Tag: Anecdotes

First Morning on the Homestead: Embracing Newfound Freedom

“The Blue Goat” homestead is located in Anderson County, Texas.  This is…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

The Day the Fires Came Through

I found myself fitting in well to my new way of life:…

Colleen Armstrong Colleen Armstrong

The Autumn Olympics

I've been pretty busy lately doing whatever it is that I do. …

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Homesteading Blunders

I would assume that most people reading this are either homesteaders or…

Pam Silvis Pam Silvis

Homesteading Later in Life

At sixty years old, I live alone in a circle of trees…

Betty Taylor Betty Taylor

Blizzards: Furies of Nature

Today, the Great Plains is an area of great resources and beauty.…

Dorothy Rieke Dorothy Rieke

Realize Your Resolutions

Happy New Year, Homesteader! Another year is behind us, a fresh slate…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

How to Do Things – 1919 Style

A thoughtful young person in 2019 might ask, “What did people do…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Homesteading in an 1870s English Crofter’s Cottage

I live in a Victorian crofter’s cottage, or homesteading farm cottage, in…

Natalie B. Natalie B.

Why I’m a Homesteader (The Secrets of Homesteading)

There is an imaginary picture of "Homesteading" that revolves around being entirely…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly

Adventures of Becoming a Backwoods Girl: Bugs, Guns, Dogs, and Fire, Oh My…

I decided when going back to college that I would major in…

Lacey Thacker Lacey Thacker

Homesteading Failures – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Worry, No One Else Does Either.

Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first…

Magdalena Perks Magdalena Perks

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