Fruits For The Far North

By Johanna Melchiore Eighteen years ago when we moved from our Maine homestead to Canada where we established a new homestead in the wilderness of northern...

Laundry Line Tips From An Old Hat

By Amanda Woodlee Nothing warms my pioneer blood like clothes hanging on a line to dry. For me it’s a chance to unwind while I...

Low-cost living: Frugality as a way of life

By Patrice Lewis Back in 1990, as newlyweds, my husband and I were normal. We lived in a rental house in Sacramento. We had two...

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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