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...
An Old-School Cache To Store Food And Supplies
By Setanta O’Ceillaigh
After two very productive gardens and two winters of dehydrating food, I found I had a substantial amount of dried goods in...
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...
