My father is a special guy and I would like to tell you about one of the memories I have of him from my childhood and youth. Dad grew up in Newport, RI and was an avid fisherman. Honest, he …
In recent years I’ve had learn or invent some vegan recipes due to health (allergy) issues experienced by some family members. Fortunately, though my knee jerk impression to the word “vegan” is to understand it as meaning “doesn’t taste so …
Ruth Bible Pole Bean is living history. It was cultivated by the Bouy family, in Kentucky, from at least 1832. I remember reading about this bean in the very first Seed Savers Exchange yearbook I received, as a new member, …
We first started raising rabbits 38 years ago. Jerreth and I were newlywed. We rented a small homestead in Arkansas for year, and we inherited some meat rabbits with their cages. During that year I became absolutely enthralled with meat …
Have you ever encountered a time when you think you planted and did everything right, yet your beans don’t produce? I frequent a number of gardening forums on the internet, and hear about this problem every year. I’ve dealt with …
Sourdough isn’t that difficult. Just last week I decided to try an experiment, to see how quickly I could get up and running with sourdough, starting by making a brand new culture and taking the process all the way to …
One of the more challenging skills for a new gardener is knowing how to water the garden. Offhand, one would think, “How hard can it be?” Yet, this is an acquired skill. No one has it “straight out of the …
Weeds are an inevitable part of gardening. Basically, a weed is an unwanted plant, a plant growing where it is not wanted. It seems to be a truism that weeds grow MUCH MUCH BETTER than anything planted on purpose! There …
I love homesteading, though, I have to admit I sometimes struggle over the term. In today’s society “homesteading” is not well understood. Historically, homesteaders moved to the wilderness and carved most of their living out of raw materials there. Life …
These days, more and more people would like to get into homesteading. Some don’t really know how to go about it, as their lifestyles are so different than what they would like to pursue. Some folk mistakenly think that to …