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...

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....

A Beginner’s Guide To Preparedness

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson I’ve written a lot about food storage for a preparedness pantry in the past. Much of it is now found in the...

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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