Garden Season Extenders and Cold-Weather Husbandry
It may seem strange to think about cold weather when it is…
Raise Heritage Turkeys for Holiday Cash
Small-scale turkey farming is an excellent income source for homesteaders. They have…
Blizzards: Furies of Nature
Today, the Great Plains is an area of great resources and beauty.…
Frozen Food: Foraging in Winter
We don’t often think of winter as a prime time to harvest.…
Wintertime on the Homestead
Snow, ice, sleet, and wind. Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen…
Humidifying Your Homestead for a Healthier Winter
The subtitle of this article could be “Don’t Do What I Did.” …
Realize Your Resolutions
Happy New Year, Homesteader! Another year is behind us, a fresh slate…
Peboan and Seegwun (Winter and Spring)
Peboan and Seegwun is a Chippewa allegory. This is another example of…
Emergency Food Storage
As a homesteader and a prepper, I believe in having stored food.…
The Deadliest Homesteading Mistake
They came from the city. They were prepared. They were prepared for…
Home Winterization Anyone Can Tackle
There's something romantic or heartwarming about seeing a home in a clearing…
Making Small-batch Maple Syrup on the Homestead
When my kids were little, someone gave me a recipe for maple-flavored…