by (the elusive) Beringian Fritillary This week we helped a local farmer with his carrot harvest. He practices Integrated Pest Management, a...

For the last three years we have been living in a conservative rural area, where the unemployment/ welfare and illiteracy rates are well ove...

We are growing a 1/4 acre market garden this year, specializing in peas and beans. It is a good crop for us to grow in new ground, with lim...

We were graciously gifted this week with some treasures, to us anyway, another's throw-aways. We have been looking for a stationary bike...

Why keep records: I began keeping milking records in the summer of 2005, when we bought our first Jersey cow. A few home dairying books had ...

A few years ago I was in town shopping, and stopped at the discount clothing store to replace my worn sports-type bras that I wore for worki...

It is almost impossible to equate the products from our homestead to the purchased "equivalent", especially when it comes to food....