There are a lot of good reasons to have a few hives of honey bees around. For garden and orchard crops, honey bees provide the…
When people think about all the many different tasks that are done on the homestead, sewing may or may not make the mental list. Coming…
Recently several people have been asking a lot of questions about my solar and wind power, solar hot water, and wood heat. With power rates…
A few years ago, we undertook a radical transformation on our homestead. After seven years of raising animals for meat (chicken, turkey, quail, duck, rabbit),…
Here’s the thing… we recently discovered we’re very rich. Right now we are only lacking money. Thankfully, we have pretty much everything else in abundance. …
One of the first concerns of new homesteaders is to provide themselves with some sort of shelter. We have all heard the advice that it’s…
As we all know, the evolution of the kitchen — room, concept, purpose, and practicality — began on a camping trip. It was a camping…
My introduction to gardening began with time spent in my grandfather’s garden. His suburban lot was no bigger than 10,000 square feet, but it was…
Not long ago, on a summer jaunt to the northern border of the U.S., my husband Donnie had the impulse to take us on a…
My family and I attended an unschooling conference recently. We were pumped, ready, excited to go and be with people like us, who homeschool in…
In life, it doesn't seem to matter what undertaking you do, be it getting married, changing careers, going into business, starting a family, buying a…
***Editor's note: this article was written pre-COVID-19 lockdowns. So, I’m not at home. My family is on a forced internment inside the bowels of the…