Why Gardening Is Such Good Exercise, Especially For Women

By Tom Kovach There is an old maxim about exercise: “The best exercise is the one you are willing to do.” For us rural folk, one...

An Old-School Cache To Store Food And Supplies

By Setanta O’Ceillaigh After two very productive gardens and two winters of dehydrating food, I found I had a substantial amount of dried goods in...

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...

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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