“There's no way this car will make it the rest of the way home in the dark. The alternator belt is gone,” I said. My…
I couldn't say the exact date I started single-parent homesteading since it has been a steady progression over the last seventeen years. I grew up…
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…
Lately, I’ve had the satisfaction of launching into a new project that I’ve been planning for quite some time and dreaming about for longer still. A…
The Bible says, “For everything there is a season, and time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to…
A thoughtful young person in 2019 might ask, “What did people do before they had… [fill in the blank: cellphones, computers, netbooks, smart watches]…” And…
When we first bought the land that would one day become Ivy Hill Farm it was a desolate February day, complete with gray skies and…
I've been pretty busy lately doing whatever it is that I do. Besides all that, I've personally spent the week preparing for the Olympics. Not…
I need some beans to go with dinner so I grab a basket, slip on my muck boots, and head out to the garden. I…
This morning, I was thinking about when I was a kid, about the farm across the river from ours, and about the folks who lived…
Oh sure, we all know the perks of growing our own food, supplying our own energy, and being as self-sufficient as we can be, but…
I love the idea of living on a homestead. When my husband and I were looking to purchase our first home, it didn't even occur…
