Fermentation is enjoying somewhat of a celebrity status these days. In 2010, a story in The New Yorker about fermenting guru, Sandor Katz, revealed what…
Homesteaders are accustomed to spending time at home and taking on projects in the kitchen. Now that everyone has been spending more time at home,…
Homemade wines are easy and quick to create. Not only can you fill your own glass, but those of your friends and family as they…
Eating in season. Eating locally. They’re not just foodie buzzwords, that’s how our ancestors ate. They had to. There was no running to the store…
Homesteaders often enjoy looking back and learning how the old-timers did things. We look back at their lives as not necessarily easier, but more simple…
When considering the wonderful contributions that Russia has made to the culinary world, the first response that might spring to the mind of a typical…
I recently set out to learn how to make yogurt. In my initial information gathering, two things made an impression on me because they seemed…
It was a simpler time, before railroads were built or the coal industry and tourism began to change the landscape. Back then, existence was all…
Mead: in the western world, the very word conjures images of warriors in leathers drinking from horns or human skulls. Despite this barbarous image, the…
Homesteaders are a resourceful and imaginative group. If you need a tool, a fixture, an egg or heating fuel, there’s that innate drive to make…
Antibacterial soap, use-anywhere bleach spray, chlorinated water, antibiotics, not to mention the horror we express if the baby eats some dirt... we are obviously a…
Learn to Save Money with Old-Fashioned Methods: Money-saving Advice from the Past Self-sufficiency and sustainability are buzzwords—not only used in the close-knit homesteading community, but…
