Summer gardens are being harvested and it is only natural that we are gearing up to preserve the fruits of our labor. Using food…
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…
Maybe it’s just me, but for a long while, I was leery of the unknown entity known as the "prepper." You probably know the old…
Fermentation is enjoying somewhat of a celebrity status these days. In 2010, a story in The New Yorker about fermenting guru, Sandor Katz, revealed what…
When considering the wonderful contributions that Russia has made to the culinary world, the first response that might spring to the mind of a typical…
I’m feeling rather nostalgic lately. After holding onto my Grandma’s estate in West Virginia for twelve years, my mom and her siblings are finally cleaning…
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 out…
Antibacterial soap, use-anywhere bleach spray, chlorinated water, antibiotics, not to mention the horror we express if the baby eats some dirt... we are obviously a…
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:…