Growing Carrots And Parsnips
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
Most of us love carrots, and those of us who know how good parsnips taste love them too. But over and over,...
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...
Confessions Of A Desert Rat — Life In The Boonies On $30 A Week
By Joel Simon
I’m what some people call a Cedar Rat. I live alone with a couple of dogs in the Southwest high desert on...
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...


































