Save Seeds, Save Money, Grow Better
Once upon a time I bought bedding plants from the nursery to grow my first ever vegetable garden. They grew well and I had...
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...
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...


































