There was a time in my life when from spring to September, and sometimes on into November, I was busy earning my keep harvesting wild…
As a homesteader and a prepper I believe in having stored food. However, there's the smart way to do it and the dumb way…
There is an imaginary picture of "Homesteading" that revolves around being entirely self-sufficient from your land. Chickens for eggs, goats for milk, making your…
Three years ago, my husband decided to start growing an aphrodisiac in our urban postage-stamp property. I was as turned on as he was…
Of all the names people call homesteaders—come on, you know we are easy to talk about— there is one that really gets my goat:…
After waging war on all the germs and bacteria we know are lurking around us, people are finally beginning to understand that some bacteria…
Crunchy, sour, sweet, and spicy, I love pickles. Basically, if you can pickle it, I’ll like it. I must admit, though, that the first…
As homesteaders we have canned, frozen, dried, and smoked a lot of food. However, many of us have not yet tried the ancient art of…
I don’t know about you and the folks at your house, but I used to be pretty stupid. When I was single, I ate…
My connection with figs began early. I would have been no older than four when we moved to a little brick house in Greensboro,…
An Alternative Crop for Your Homestead Growing horseradish on your homestead offers several benefits. First, it is a perennial, which means it only needs…
My husband Donnie was raised near the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina, a little set of scenic, high hills in the central part of…
