Tag: Homesteading women

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

It is exciting to consider the possibilities of taking your successful hobby…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

The Hesitant Homesteader

I love the idea of living on a homestead. When my husband…

Bobbi-Jo Irwin Bobbi-Jo Irwin

Living in the Sticks (and the Single Girl)

Carving out a homestead is a fantasy of many a young boy. …

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Making Labneh Cheese: Food Without Electricity

So as I went on and on about how excited I am…

Scout Satya Scout Satya

A Homesteader Visits Sudan

I walked off the plane in March expecting to get smacked in…

Elena Robinson Elena Robinson

To Sew or Not to Sew

When people think about all the many different tasks that are done…

Melody Cox Melody Cox

I’m From the Universe and I’m Here to Help (Regretting “Rethinking Everything”)

My family and I attended an unschooling conference recently.  We were pumped,…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

How Does a House Become a Homestead? A Visit to Soaring Eagle Farm

“This is the Yadkin Valley.  The wind never stops blowing.  That’s why…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Using a Midwife: The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Project

***Warning: this article contains some explicit references to childbirth.  If you are…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Generous Fruits – A Survey of American Homesteading: A Book Review

Have you ever wondered why, when so much of the homesteading lifestyle…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Lessons Learned When Starting a Home-based Business

I didn’t plan for a home-based business when I expressed concern for…

Gretchen Gundrum Gretchen Gundrum

The History of American Homesteading, Part 1: He Who Shall Not Work Shall Not Eat

  Captain John Smith told the English colonists under his sway “he…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

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