Sam Duffy
Massad Ayoob – Lethal Force Instructor & Gun Writer
By Massad Ayoob
Back in the mid-1990s, I got a call from a fella named Dave Duffy. He published a magazine called Backwoods Home, and...
10 tips for selling your homemade product
By Lisa Nourse
My husband and I purchased our current property when we were young and poor — very poor.
Shortly after purchasing the property we...
Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun
By Steve Maxwell
How many times have you built an outdoor project out of wood, only to be disappointed by the deterioration that hit after...
Earning money from home
By Patrice Lewis
With the economy in uncertain territory, many people are looking for ways to earn money from home, either as “pin” money or...
Mid-season planting
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we...
Sourdough simplified
By Jim Capossela
I’m not a movie buff but one could imagine that you wouldn’t have to watch too many John Wayne movies before seeing...
How safe is your electric fence?
By Eloise Twining
I’ve used solar powered electric fencing on my California ranch for at least 35 years. Over that time electric fencing has proved...
The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate
By Habeeb Salloum
Wonderful to look at, appetizing in flavor, delicious in taste and with a juice which is refreshing on a hot summer day,...
Tea for the garden
By Lisa Nourse
We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants...
Farm baseball … with ghost runners!
By Tom Kovach
Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....
How to become a backyard beekeeper
By Sheri Jones
If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re...
Growing and Using Cilantro
By Habeeb Salloum
Cilantro (also called fresh coriander, Chinese parsley, Mexican parsley, Spanish parsley, and Thai parsley) is one of the oldest herbal condiments known...
Pruning Blueberries
By Kristina Seleshanko
When we purchased our mountaintop homestead, I was excited to discover four blueberry bushes that were already established on our property. Not...
Homestead helpers
By Charles Sanders
My parents were children of the Great Depression. They learned to get by on very little, to make or repair or reuse...
Consider the trades when it comes to your future ability...
By Patrice Lewis
When I was in my late teens and getting ready to attend college, my father gave me a piece of advice: “Study...
Making a wooden kitchen countertop
By Patrice Lewis
One of the advantages of living a homesteading lifestyle is participants can kick aside the ever-changing concepts of what constitutes “classy” home...
