Tag: Homesteading women

Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front by Sharon Astyk Review

Fine.  I’ll admit it.  This is a book that my husband bought…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Ruth Stout: The No-Dig Duchess

In the early 1980s, I went to Sussex, England to study small-scale…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Homesteaders from Across the Waves: Immigrant Homesteaders

While the question of immigration is on the boil in America, and…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Homesteader’s Guide to Emergency Childbirth

I’d like to talk to you about how to handle an emergency…

Magdalena Alvarez Magdalena Alvarez

Grandma Moses: A Primitive Freshness 

She was an octogenarian, an artist, a naturalist, a visionary, a farm…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Adventures of Becoming a Backwoods Girl: Bugs, Guns, Dogs, and Fire, Oh My…

I decided when going back to college that I would major in…

Lacey Thacker Lacey Thacker

Covered Wagons Heading West: Life on the Oregon Trail

Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Homesteading Failures – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Worry, No One Else Does Either.

Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first…

Magdalena Perks Magdalena Perks

The Origin of the Robin

Publisher's Note: The Origin of the Robin is a Chippewa story.  Jane…

Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

Mollie Dorsey Sanford: Frontier Wife, Frontier Life

An intrepid, independent soul, Mollie Dorsey was a homesteader in her teens,…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Getting Started Spinning Wool: Spinning Wool for Beginners

One of the questions that I get asked a lot is, "Why…

Allena Jackson Allena Jackson

Homesteading in Appalachia

Rugged, self-sufficient, fiercely loyal – despite stereotypes to the contrary, the Appalachian…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet

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