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...
Practical Prepping
I decided for my own family that I wanted to take a more practical approach to preparing. I don’t call it prepping, I prefer to look at it as living a sustainable, yet useful life.
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...
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...
