As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Lettuce makes up over 70 percent of all leafy vegetables sold in the US, and most of that is iceberg lettuce. If you were to stay up all night trying to … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Today we are chatting with David Kennedy, author of Eat Your Greens: The Surprising Power of Homegrown Leaf Crops How did you learn about non-traditional greens? After a number of unsatisfying jobs in … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you think that Eat Your Greens: The Surprising Power of Homegrown Leaf Crops is just a book telling you to eat your salad, you are in for a pleasant surprise. In … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As the Internet has become more popular, reference works, such as encyclopedias, have gone the way of the dinosaurs. So, why is Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook: Your Complete Guide to … Read More
I started my herd with three does and a buck. Knowing that goats are herd animals and need company, I was buying my buck from a breeder who was going to give me a wether for company. However, after driving … Read More
Why a Newborn Check? Shortly after each kid is born you should do an initial newborn check to make sure that each kid has all its pieces in the right places. In addition to checking for obvious things, such as … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. A word about water filters One might think that the #1 selling water filter removes a lot of contaminants. You might also think that the most expensive water filter is the best. And … Read More
The decision to dam raise or to bottle raise kids needs to be made before the kids are born. There has been a bias towards bottle raising baby dairy animals for the past few decades as factory farms took over … Read More
If you suffer from any type of chronic pain, even just a bit of soreness when you wake up in the morning, you don’t want to miss today’s post! When I was in my early 30s, I started waking up … Read More
This time of year, my head always turns to gardening, as I start to dream of warmer days and fresh produce! And one of my resolutions every new year is to have a bigger garden than the year before. This … Read More
Thrifty Homesteader was created in 2012 after the publication of my second book, Ecothrifty. The name was coined by one of my followers because I said that I didn’t want anyone to think that they had to be rich to homestead or live a greener life....
