Tag: Homesteading

Growing a Butterfly Garden: Host Plants to Attract Butterflies

Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish

Snake Lore

Words like cold-blooded, venomous, slithery, and cunning come to mind.  Not very…

Catherine Lugo Catherine Lugo

Bees for Free

If you are new to, or interested in, beekeeping, you will eventually…

Andrew Botham Andrew Botham

Munching on Milkweed: It Hasn’t Killed Me Yet

I remember first having thoughts about living off the land when I…

Kathy Kish Kathy Kish

B.L.T. Pasta Salad

Quite frankly, I'm not a fan of most pasta salads I've tried. …

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton

The Benefits of Classic Tractors

I like to think of the tractor as the Cuisinart of land.…

Mary-Beth Woods Mary-Beth Woods

Preservation Preparations: Getting Ready for Canning Season

Summer’s bounty will soon be rolling in from the gardens, berry groves,…

Kathy Bernier Kathy Bernier

Living with Poison Oak: Keys to Identifying this Forest Menace

As we left our home in the city, where my beautiful wife,…

Wade Truex Wade Truex

Simple Solar Projects

Solar power is sweeping the nation and for good reason.  Solar energy…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Strange Edibles

The vegetable garden is usually one of the first steps taken toward…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet

Strawberry Cream Cheese Baked French Toast

Every year, I sort of forget just how much I love strawberries. …

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton

Adventures of a Beekeeper’s Wife

“You are about to enter a whole new world,” the retired beekeeper…

Trendle Ellwood Trendle Ellwood

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