I walked outside this morning to find my front-yard filled with purple crocus flourishing in this balmy 60-degree version of February. This inspired me to…
Raw milk. The term makes many people shudder. Most states don’t allow raw milk to be sold in the store and the CDC has…
I saw this film on a rainy day in the Bay Area. I had no preconceptions about it except that the venue, a charming old…
It is indeed a strange paradox that the internet enables me to pursue the “simple life”. Fresh out of college, my wife and I…
We can kick her, stick her, fog her and smog her, but she will keep on trying to give us what we need. She…
As I ponder my kitchen, which is a total wreck, I see an opportunity to prepare something delicious. Even though I have no sink,…
The first summer after my husband and I bought our first home, I was very eager to plant as many lovely things as I could…
Picking mineral-rich weeds like dandelion, clover, chickweed, and plantain is a great way to round out your nutritional intake during the spring, summer, and…
If you are embarking on your homesteading experience and faced with building your home on vacant land, popular opinion says that you need three…
Soup. Ahhh, warming, comforting, nourishing, left-over using ... Soup. Not a week goes by that I don't factor in soup as a meal. No, I'm…
Serene prairie or green cover or a homesteader's worst nightmare? Is there mystery and power in “dem dere hills n‘ prairies” or simply a…
Watch any old movie about rural life, cow towns, farming, or homesteading, and you are bound to see at least one episode taking place…
