Giving Back To Your Community
By the time we get through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber…
Check Out These Seeds! Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library
Grow Hardy Plants and Preserve the Food Chain with a Seed Library…
Keep More Cash in Your Wallet by Bartering
During the economic recession in the early ‘70s, I was a stay-at-home…
Finding Community on the Homestead: Your People are Out There.
Homesteading can be a solitary affair and finding community on the homestead…
Prospering Together — Cooperation, Not Competition
Are you living a prosperous life? Do you consider yourself a success? …
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Country Neighbors
When we first bought the land that would one day become Ivy…
Garden Seeds, Honeybees, You, and Me
Every day as we read our newspapers, scan our internet forums, or…
Building Community Through Bartering and Trading
Think back to your grandparents, or maybe your great-grandparents and the stories…