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Flowers and HorticultureGardening

Your Garden is Cooked: 10 Plants That Don’t Like Heat

Ah, summer. Flowers are bursting into full bloom. Children are delighted to…

Macie LaCau Macie LaCau
Small Scale Mushroom Farming
FoodGardening

Small-Scale Mushroom Farming

Homesteaders, whether the 100-acre or backyard type, are always on the lookout…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
Poultry

Beyond the Coop: Why Chickens Might Not Be the Easiest Starter Animal After All

When we purchased our homestead, chickens were always part of the plan.…

Aly Nickling Riddle Aly Nickling Riddle
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GardeningHomesteading LifeLand

Keeping Skunks at Bay

Anyone old enough to remember the classic Looney Tunes cartoons is familiar…

Jo Ann Abell Jo Ann Abell
Avocado Zucchini Bread recipe, healthy zucchini bread
BreadsHomestead.org Cookbook

Avocado Zucchini Bread

With a name like “zucchini bread”, you would think it was a…

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton
In Defense of the Weed-lot, natural lawn
Gardening

In Defense of the Weed-lot

Whether your homestead is one acre or one hundred acres, there’s a…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon
Flowers and HorticultureFoodGardening

Brassica: The Queen of Greens

I recently had breakfast with my three-year-old granddaughter, Josephine, in a rather…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott
A Broad-tailed Hummingbird female with open wings approaching a Hummingbird Mint plant in a lush green garden. Close up view.
GardeningHealth and DietHerbs

Three Lesser-known Starter Crops for the Homestead

Knowing where to begin when you just want to experiment with the…

Freya Binkley Freya Binkley
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Beekeeping

Bees for Free

If you are new to, or interested in, beekeeping, you will eventually…

Andrew Botham Andrew Botham
Fresh Summer Peach Quick Bread
BreadsHomestead.org Cookbook

Fresh Summer Peach Quick Bread

It’s my favorite time of the season again, friends: Peach time!  Every…

Jessica Shelton Jessica Shelton
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Frugality and FinanceGardeningHomesteading LifeLandLifestyle

Small-scale Homesteading: How Much Do You Really Need?

I subscribe to a number of homesteading blogs.  One in particular chronicles…

Rebecca Long Rebecca Long
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EcologyLandOutdoor Lore

We’re not Playing, ‘Possum: Opossums are Actually Good for the Homestead

My first up-close encounter with an opossum was one evening many years…

Jo Ann Abell Jo Ann Abell

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