The homesteading life is one that is admired by most and desired by many. The healthy lifestyle, living out in the country on your own…
The popularity of keeping chickens raising chickens for eggs is undergoing a dramatic resurgence since the turn of the twenty-first century. Laying hens are making…
At sixty years old, I live alone in a circle of trees in the middle of twelve wild and wooly acres. People are either intrigued…
A Portlander guy walks into a butcher shop, tells the man behind the counter he has to kill his beloved chicken, it's old and sick,…
Are you looking for your next adventure? Are you in need of something new and exciting? It may be worth your while to think about…
I'm sure you've heard the good news by now—the recession is over! But in case it doesn't feel like it's over at your home, or…
A girl about the age of twelve, sporting a French beret, stands to the side with her face tilted, looking over the fields as I…
In readying for retirement, the world changed. As a result, we redirected our efforts into an endeavor that would mitigate the reduction of purchasing power…
Many of us got interested in homesteading as a way to escape the rat race only to discover—surprise, surprise!—you still need money on a homestead.…
There has always been a female face to agriculture: the tough homesteader pioneer woman on the frontier; the milkmaid; the tender of the flocks; the…
To many homesteaders and would-be homesteaders, “money” is a four-letter word. After all, money is all about materialism, and that's the antithesis of homesteading, right?…
My engineer friend in Dallas said, “This is the third year my health insurance has gone up. It's now over $550 per month just for…
