***Editor's note: this article was written pre-COVID-19 lockdowns. So, I’m not at home. My family is on a forced internment…
Part of the decision to homestead is a desire to live a more natural and healthy lifestyle. It involves eating…
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It doesn’t take long for those who get involved in the homestead movement to become interested in the lost kitchen…
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Two: The Machinery There’s a…
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Oxymel... what an odd word. The etymology of the word actually gives us the basic recipe for this ancient medicine. …
Chances are if you look around your homestead you will find many items that you no longer need or want. …
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Mead: in the western world, the very word conjures images of warriors in leathers drinking from horns or human skulls.…
When I tell people I tan snakeskins and animal hides, they politely try to make the disgust on their face…
I love the hard, dirty work that goes along with homesteading but that doesn’t mean I don’t love the fancy,…