Cut Garden Costs By Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson One of the costliest parts of growing your own food is buying garden seeds each spring. These days, a single packet of...

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...

Working My Way Up — Part 1: Living In A Storage Shed

By Setanta O’Ceillaigh  It was not my intention to live in such small housing, but necessity is the drive of all creation. I had lived...

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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