Making Cheese at Home is Fun! Making Fromage Blanc
As I ponder my kitchen, which is a total wreck, I see an opportunity to prepare something delicious. Even though I have no sink, or countertops, or anything, I do…
Cucumber Scallion Dip
If you're looking for a creamy, yet fresh-tasting accompaniment for a party tray or just a quick snack, this dip fits the bill. Clean, bright cucumber and scallions combined with…
Pigeon Preliminaries: Getting to Know the Magnificent Rock Pigeon
With this article, I hope to promote the beloved rock pigeon and share with you about its husbandry. May you be drawn into an admiration and develop a picked interest…
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
Sometimes, a book is so perfect it defies definition. I was given this book as a birthday gift. Actually, it was a sort of a re-gifting, as the friend who…
Herbal Medicines for Fall and Winter
By now you have probably harvested and preserved your summer produce for the winter but have you considered what to do with your herbs? Why not make some immune-boosting herbal…
Grilled Corn, Tomato, & Avocado Salad
I'm attending a backyard cookout this weekend and want to bring along a dish to add to the smorgasbord. Since we have family visiting from out-of-state, I wanted something that…
Lemon Herb Roasted Hasselback Potatoes
Who doesn't love roasted potatoes? Crisp on the outside and creamy on the inside, they've been a staple of dinner tables all over the world for centuries. That said, they…
Pit Vipers Need Love, Too
The other day I was driving along one of those little two-lane black-tops that snake through the Ozarks. I take these routes whenever I have a choice. There’s a lot…
Are You Cut Out for the “Simple Life”?
Being a staying-at-home mother, who works as a teacher for her children, as a maid for her house, and as a farmer for her homestead, I can tell you… is…
The Complete Sissy-boy’s Guide to Pickup Trucks
The illustration above is from a 1949 Studebaker advertisement... that Never Never Land where everyone drove a Studebaker. ~~~~~~~~ I grew up on a cattle ranch in the 1950s. Back…
The Day the Fires Came Through
I found myself fitting in well to my new way of life: being a woman, living alone in the middle of the wild African bush (during the week my husband…
Learn to Save Money with Old-Fashioned Methods: Money-saving Advice from the Past
Self-sufficiency and sustainability are buzzwords—not only used in the close-knit homesteading community, but by corporations who want to cash in on a trending value system to make a quick buck. In…