How to Start an Urban Homestead Meet-Up Group
January 18, 2016Connect with like-minded people dedicated to urban gardening and sustainability by starting a group to share ideas and skills.
Kids’ Christmas Crafts To Make At Home
December 18, 2015Get into the holiday spirit by gathering around the craft table with your children to make gifts and decorations.
5 Tips for Planning an Off-Farm Family Vacation
July 7, 2014Take a break from everyday farm life and minimize the stress of planning a getaway with this help.
How I Cope With ADD on the Farm
June 2, 2014Over my lifetime, I developed many coping mechanisms for dealing with adult ADD, but when I had a baby, quit my job and moved to the farm, I finally began to see how it impeded my life.
Plant Firm Foundation and Your Dreams Will Take Root
May 26, 2014As homesteaders we value the importance of foundation with all we do. With everything we build, grow and raise, our eyes are constantly focused on the future, and therefore, focused on ensuring a solid start.
Tornadoes and Storms: Offer Your Neighborly Support
April 29, 2014As I sat down to my computer, coffee in hand, to add the finishing touches to this week’s post, the television in the next room caught my attention. The stories of total destruction, flooding and so many lives lost are a somber reminder that we are constantly at the mercy of Mother Nature.
An Earth Day Promise
April 21, 2014I once read Earth Day (April 22) was celebrated in nearly 200 countries by almost a billion people, yet it seems to vary in its significance to each individual.
Grow, Evolve, Change: Nature’s Homesteading Lessons
January 20, 2014To move forward in life, every child must begin to evolve from the moment of conception, growing and changing until we thrust ourselves out into the world.
Four-letter Words that Make You Question Homesteading
January 6, 2014Snow, cold, wind, chill—all four-letter words. The news today is flooded with stories of record-breaking lows, high winds and severe storms as millions of people woke this morning to face piles of ice and snow.
