When we moved to the country, we had been vegetarians for 13 years, and we remained vegetarian for another year, then we very gradually started eating a bit of our own chicken here and there, as well as one of … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you want to be entertained while learning about modern agriculture, Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard is the book! In … Read More
Whether you are raising goats, knitting a scarf, or making a homemade pizza, you will find that you learn a lot more from your mistakes than from any book or article. True learning is in the doing. Unfortunately, fear of … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Last week I reviewed the book, Cooking With Coconut Flour by Bruce Fife, N.D., and I promised to give you one of the recipes this week, so here it is! All … Read More
If you’ve never given a second thought to coconut flour, you’re not alone. Most people have never cooked with it and never thought about cooking with it. If they’ve ever eaten it, it was probably something that was prepared by … Read More
11+ reasons you could be wrong! Since I started eating healthier a couple of decades ago, I didn’t think that I needed supplements. I believed that vitamins were for those people who were not eating a healthy diet. However, … Read More
Whether you have your own apple trees or enjoy visiting local orchards during the fall, this is a great way to preserve the harvest to enjoy year-round! Not only is caramel apple butter great on toast (including French toast), but … Read More
A few days ago, a friend said that one of her friends on Facebook had gone on a rant about how something natural is not necessarily good. The most outrageous example she gave was tsunamis. Just because tsunamis are natural does … Read More
One of the hardest things for humans to understand is why goats are so mean to each other. And sometimes the goats that are the most outgoing towards humans are the roughest with other goats. They butt heads and slam … Read More
Every spring I respond to multiple phone calls and emails from people who want a pet goat. They are unaware that goats are herd animals and need to have another caprine friend to be healthy and happy. Here are a … 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....
