Rethinking The Weeds
By Mary Ann Lieser
My father tended a beautiful garden most summers of his life. Each late winter he started tomato plants from seed indoors...
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...
Storing Food The Right Way
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
My husband, Will, and I firmly believe that every family should have two years’ worth of food stocked up at all times....
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...


































