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...

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...

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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