Tag: Homesteading

Learn to Earn: Ten Books Every Homesteader Should Read

The rise in popularity of the homesteading lifestyle is a good thing…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

What I Learned About Patience, Parenting, and Poop

No one tells you how much of homesteading is just… waiting! As…

Mary Makumi Mary Makumi

Gilliard Farms: Snapshots in Time from Black Farmers in America

Down on the southern Georgia coast, there was a time when you…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

A Town Named Audacious and African American Homesteaders

“Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Peanut-butter Chocolate Valentines

If you live on Earth, you've likely noticed the typical treats that…

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton

Eight Medicines to Have in Your Cabinet… and Why

A well-stocked medicine cabinet is like a well-stocked pantry in many ways. …

Dr. Richard Monroe M.D. Dr. Richard Monroe M.D.

Two Parents, a Kid, and One Tiny Cabin

“Yeah that Laura Ingalls Wilder, her sisters and their parents all living…

Martina Kuhnert Martina Kuhnert

The Exodusters: The Roots of African American Homesteading

History’s ironies never cease to amaze me. The same day that Abraham…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Dutch Baby, aka German Oven-Pancake

Doesn’t that look impressive?  It may look as though this German oven-pancake…

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton

The Collie Who Tried to End It All

Back in the Bad Old Days, when I was a practicing real…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

An Empire That Stood Alone: Black American Homesteaders in Wyoming

There were a lot of reasons for Americans to head West after…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Mexican Chopped Salad

Chopped salads are one of my new favorite things, and this one…

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton

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