Waste Not, Want Not: Repurposing on the Homestead
Growing up in the rural Midwest, and being a child not unlike…
Permaculture: The Truly Sustainable Way of Life
What is Permaculture? Permanent agriculture. A system for feeding and caring for…
Slow-cooker Pork Carnitas with Fresh Tomatillo Salsa
Wow, this was so much easier than I expected. I love pork…
A Country Girl’s Best Friends: Baking Soda & Vinegar
They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend. That may be true…
Bats & Guano: Gifts From the Garden Gods
Say the words feces, scat, feculence, crap, caca, and a shovel-full of…
Inside a Sharecropper’s Garden: Growing Food in the Inner-city
Birgitt Evans has been gardening since she was a child. Now a…
Signpost to Simplicity: Wanda Urbanska Points the Way
If you have a television, you’ve probably seen the PBS series, Simple…
Hooch and Hell Raisin’: Women Bootleggers
Women bootleggers put men to shame in the days of Prohibition. Women…
