We’re getting ready for our homesteading seminar and progressing on our homestead as usual

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I'm madly trying to wrap things up on my end as I prepare to fly out Thursday to Colorado Springs for the Preparedness Expo where I'll be speaking and hanging out at the BHM...

Reader’s Question: Green chicken meat

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Hi Jackie! Love your column! Here's my question: Have you ever found GREEN meat in your roast chicken? If so - do you throw the whole bird out - or just pick out the...

Our first seeds have popped up

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Of course, they're the earliest petunia seeds, which I planted last week. But it's terribly exciting to see those tiny little seedlings bravely poking up, with two feet of snow, right outside of the...

We finally had our big freeze

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Sunday night, it dropped down to 27 degrees F. A clear sky made it inevitable. Bummer! Luckily, we had already rushed around and gotten all of our frost-sensitive garden produce inside. Will took the...

Our fruit, both tame and wild is … well … running wild

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We are so tickled that we are getting plenty of fruit this summer. I've been making pin cherry jelly from our wild pin cherries. They are so RED and jewel-like that I love picking...