Tag: Homesteading

Your Medicinal Garden: Ten Herbs to Plant This Spring

Come spring, the nursery catalogs will be arriving in the mail.  All…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet

The Three Sisters Legacy: The Science Behind Companion Planting

There’s nothing quite as frustrating as having some know-it-all tell you why…

Clare Brandt Clare Brandt

Waste Not, Want Not: Repurposing on the Homestead

Growing up in the rural Midwest, and being a child not unlike…

Adrianne Masters Adrianne Masters

Permaculture: The Truly Sustainable Way of Life

What is Permaculture? Permanent agriculture.  A system for feeding and caring for…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet

Blizzards: Furies of Nature

Today, the Great Plains is an area of great resources and beauty.…

Dorothy Rieke Dorothy Rieke

Slow-cooker Pork Carnitas with Fresh Tomatillo Salsa

Wow, this was so much easier than I expected.  I love pork…

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton

A Country Girl’s Best Friends: Baking Soda & Vinegar

They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend.  That may be true…

Adrianne Masters Adrianne Masters

Aprons: A Cover Story

Just when I thought that my one apron, Old Faithful was all…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Bats & Guano: Gifts From the Garden Gods

Say the words feces, scat, feculence, crap, caca, and a shovel-full of…

Alan Ray Alan Ray

Inside a Sharecropper’s Garden: Growing Food in the Inner-city

Birgitt Evans has been gardening since she was a child.  Now a…

Clare Brandt Clare Brandt

Signpost to Simplicity: Wanda Urbanska Points the Way

If you have a television, you’ve probably seen the PBS series, Simple…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Italian Zoodle Salad

Love pasta salad but hate the carbs?  Or, like myself, don't love…

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton

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