I try really hard to keep within our food budget. I also try really hard to serve my family food from local, sustainable sources. Fortunately,…
I haven’t met a homesteader who doesn’t enjoy good food but even the best of us can get into a food rut. Juniper berries are…
Persimmons are a delicious and unusual fruit to grow on your homestead. Persimmons like a warm climate but other than that, they are not particularly…
Hackberry trees are noxious weeds. At least that’s what I was taught growing up. My parents would grumble and mutter about it taking over, spreading…
It was a cool and gloomy morning in the mid-October woods. But despite the lack of sunshine, the timber had a glorious glow. This particular…
The snow is melting. The birds are chirping. The promise of a new spring is in the air, but there is still some waiting to…
Learn how to make herbal tinctures and liquid medicinals from herbs, berries, and roots. Medicine making is both an art and a science. For the…
It’s early spring. The bone-chilling winds of winter have finally given way to that sweet-smelling southern breeze. Songbirds have returned en masse to turn the…
It’s a fact that, as a species, we bore easily. Curious beings are we, always looking for the innovative and new. This is especially true…
It is exciting to consider the possibilities of taking your successful hobby farm to the next level, but there are quite a few factors to…
"The Neolithic Revolution, Neolithic Demographic Transition, or Agricultural Revolution, was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to…
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…