Need more time? You might be able to find two or three extra hours a day by eliminating most of your television viewing, if you’re like most Americans. In addition to having more time, you might also lose weight, be … Read More
If it were not for illegal immigrants, most Americans would be starving — and this is not simply my little opinion. This is what “specialty growers” will tell you, and they are the farmers who grow the food that people … Read More
After my first book was published, I was being interviewed on a radio talk show, and the host asked me if we ever get bored with our food. You know, since we grow almost all of our own, we must … Read More
We became vegetarians in February 1989 when our first child was a toddler. Up until that point, I assumed (like most Americans) that meat came from animals who had spent happy lives wandering around in grassy pastures. But then I … Read More
Star with her boys in 2006. They were sold to a pet home, and I’m still in touch with the owners! Recently I received an email from a vegetarian who would like to produce his own dairy products but is … Read More
Thinking about gardening already? Can’t wait to get outside and dig in the dirt as soon as the mud or snow clears? Well, today’s guest blogger has some ideas for your garden, as well as containers, so you can get … Read More
“Psst! Lemme give you some advice!” Although I made a lot of mistakes when we started homesteading, there was one thing that I got right — and it was totally by accident. I wound up with a great goat mentor. … Read More
It is that time of year when many of us are curled up with a cup of something warm and a hatchery catalog or we’re on the Internet looking at classified ads for other livestock. Whether you will be bringing … Read More
Would you expect Tropicana Cherry Berry Blast to contain some cherry and berry juice? Should Betty Crocker Carrot Cake Mix contain carrots? Apparently there is no rule that says a product must contain what the name implies because there are … Read More
It is miserable for a farmer to be obliged to buy his seed; to exchange seeds may, in some cases, be useful, but to buy them after the first year is disreputable. George Washington to Farm Manager William Pierce Nov. … 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....
