Rhubarb: The Pioneers’ Pie Plant

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson  Rhubarb was first cultivated in China in pre-medieval times and eventually was traded along the famous Silk Road to Russia and most...

Low-cost living: Frugality as a way of life

By Patrice Lewis Back in 1990, as newlyweds, my husband and I were normal. We lived in a rental house in Sacramento. We had two...

Basic Long-Term Food Storage

By James Kash Long-term food storage has played a pivotal role in humanity’s survival. For thousands of years, foods have been preserved in some form...

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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