Giving Back To Your Community
By the time we get through Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber…
Keep More Cash in Your Wallet by Bartering
During the economic recession in the early ‘70s, I was a stay-at-home…
Fighting Inflation: Frugality Wins the Day on the Homestead
Inflation in the last several months has increased the price of everything:…
Building Community Through Bartering and Trading
Think back to your grandparents, or maybe your great-grandparents and the stories…
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…
Knowledge in Numbers: Starting a Homestead Community
Like all rewarding endeavors, homesteading on any scale can be difficult and…
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…
