Tag: Homesteading

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

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

Baking Bread from Home Milled Flour

For some baking bread is an art, for some a hobby, while…

Samuel Feldman Samuel Feldman

Hooch and Hell Raisin’: Women Bootleggers

Women bootleggers put men to shame in the days of Prohibition. Women…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

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