Homesteading women

Bridges Burned, Fingers Crossed: My Homesteading Adventure Begins

The bush-hogging is done.  The perimeter fence will go up next week, after I cash in a CD.  I’m rigging…

2 years ago

Too Close for Comfort: One Woman’s Misadventures in Pasture Creation

I reflected it was an odd way to spend a morning. Crammed in a bulldozer cab, my bottom perched on…

2 years ago

Our Life with Geese: A Mother-Daughter Goose Story

This is the second submission by single-mom and homesteader, Mariann Foster.  Click here to read her very popular first article, "Making…

2 years ago

Letters of a Woman Homesteader 1: The Arrival at Burnt Fork

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:  The writer of the following letters is a young woman, Elinore, who lost her husband in a railroad…

2 years ago

Making a Life, Not a Living: A Single Parent’s Journey

I couldn't say the exact date I started single-parent homesteading since it has been a steady progression over the last…

2 years ago

The Profitable Homestead: How to Take Your Homestead from Hobby to Profit

It is exciting to consider the possibilities of taking your successful hobby farm to the next level, but there are…

2 years ago

The Hesitant Homesteader

I love the idea of living on a homestead. When my husband and I were looking to purchase our first…

3 years ago

Living in the Sticks (and the Single Girl)

Carving out a homestead is a fantasy of many a young boy.  Even now, when Saturday morning programming does not…

3 years ago

Aprons: A Cover Story

Just when I thought that my one apron, Old Faithful was all I needed, I found a cute vintage garment…

3 years ago

Making Labneh Cheese: Food Without Electricity

So as I went on and on about how excited I am that I'm making continuous production yogurt (one of…

3 years ago

A Homesteader Visits Sudan

I walked off the plane in March expecting to get smacked in the face with heat and dust.  “115 degrees,”…

3 years ago

FarmHer Genes: Is Homesteading in your DNA?

I always felt different than my sisters.  We were all born in a big city, yet I did not embrace…

3 years ago