As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Today we are chatting with Victoria Miller, author of Craft Distilling: Making Liquor Legally at Home. Thrifty Homesteader: Why did you decide to write a book about distilling? Victoria Miller: At first it … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Nicole Caldwell’s book Better: The Everyday Art of Sustainable Living is billed as “one part memoir, one part theory, and one part DIY manual,” which describes it well. It tells her story … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Today we’re visiting with Pam Dawling, author of Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres. Pam was born and raised in England and moved to the U.S. when … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres by Pam Dawling answers most of the questions I’ve heard from aspiring market gardeners and even some established market gardeners. Whether you are … Read More
Do you think you spend too much time online or on some websites? Do you check your email every ten or fifteen minutes? Is your smart phone within three feet of your body 24/7? Does your two-year-old play with your … Read More
Bone broth is made from bones with a little bit of meat on them, which you cook for longer than you would a meat stock. You can introduce bone broths into your diet once you’re through the Intro Diet and … Read More
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Today we’re chatting with Hilary Boynton and Mary G. Brackett, authors of The Heal Your Gut Cookbook: Nutrient-Dense Recipes for Intestinal Health Using the GAPS Diet. If you have health challenges, … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you happen to live in one of the 42 states that passed a cottage food law and you have an entrepreneurial spirit, you might have thought about starting your own … Read More
Internal Parasites It is a well-known fact that internal parasites are the leading cause of death among goats. Unfortunately, it is a problem of our own making. You have probably heard of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, which resulted from the overuse of … Read More
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
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....
