Homesteaders looking for a money-making venture should consider raising quail for profit. Quail can be raised in small areas, are low maintenance and are inexpensive…
Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and a glass of cool sweet tea. It was in the high nineties outside…
One man's trash is another's treasure, or in my case, his trash is my container garden. Container gardening in the city is how I began…
Turning a 1928 Bungalow into a Farmhouse and Other Misadventures America in 1928 was a decadent place for some. Those who could afford the best…
When most people think of homesteading, visions of sprawling pastures and big red barns come to mind. Even after the recent popularity of small-scale homesteads, it…
"Don’t you think you’re being irresponsible?" "Think about your kids’ future." "You’ve worked so hard to get here, and now you’re just going to throw…
I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs. One in particular chronicles the adventures of a single person running a small homestead. While I certainly…
I have been gardening for about six years and, up until a few months ago, I was living in a small one-bedroom apartment with my…
For centuries now, owning a home or plot of land has been a linchpin in the mythology of the American Dream. It’s also a huge…
Birgitt Evans has been gardening since she was a child. Now a resident of Alameda—an eleven square mile island in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay—she’s…
