Growing our own produce is an important part of the homesteading lifestyle. However, planting and depending solely on annuals season after season can be exhausting…
"Oh My Heavens! It's in My Bellybutton!" Taming the Poisonous Triplets The worst place I ever got poison ivy was in my belly button. At…
Bats are among the most misunderstood creatures on the planet. For centuries, these flying mammals have been associated with evil and death and reviled as…
My first up-close encounter with an opossum was one evening many years ago when I went to get feed for our horses. I had seen…
In 2010 the USDA uncapped their figures: 2009 yielded the lowest recorded U.S. honey crop ever. EVER. What is happening to the bees? The bees…
Where I come from there are three topics that are impossible for the locals to tell the truth about: buck, trout, and merkels. The bucks…
One evening as the sun slipped behind the Short Hills in Rockbridge County, Virginia, I had just shut the chicken coop when the evening quiet…
Whether your homestead is one acre or one hundred acres, there’s a terrific feeling of ownership and stewardship that goes along with knowing that YOUR…
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…
Returning to the land is a desire that has coursed through the hearts of certain people as long as there have been cities to escape…
What happens after peak oil hits? James Howard Kunstler in his book, The Long Emergency, paints a dark picture of the "end of industrial growth,…
Urban sprawl has helped to bring the modern lawn into existence. The result is a short, neat, monoculture plot of grass that extends from fence…