Save Seeds, Save Money, Grow Better

Once upon a time I bought bedding plants from the nursery to grow my first ever vegetable garden. They grew well and I had...

A Few Tips For Cutting Firewood

Chuck Klein There are only two economical, exciting, expeditious, and fun methods of cutting firewood: one is with a chainsaw, the other is … we’ll...

Are There Holes In Your Preparedness Plan?

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Providing for your family is a basic self-reliance tenet. I don’t look at myself as a “prepper” (a word referring to folks...

The circle of homesteading

By Patrice Lewis It all started one day about 20 years ago when I was cleaning the barn. My task involved shoveling manure into a compost...

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