Catherine Lugo

23 Articles

The Doomsday Cookie

Can a cookie save lives? The United States government thought so. In…

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Hooch and Hell Raisin’: Women Bootleggers

Women bootleggers put men to shame in the days of Prohibition. Women…

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Happy Homestead Quilting: Quilt Patterns You’ll Love

If you’re a quilter you may have started on a whim because…

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How the Ancients Farmed

Mrs. Cro-Magnon just got home with a basket of berries and tubers;…

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Grandma Moses: A Primitive Freshness 

She was an octogenarian, an artist, a naturalist, a visionary, a farm…

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Quick Pickles: The Original Fast Food

I absolutely enjoy a good crunchy pickle, and I want my pickles…

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Go Wildcrafting!

No matter where you live, you can create an income stream, or…

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Snake Lore

Words like cold-blooded, venomous, slithery, and cunning come to mind.  Not very…

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Raising Country Kids on the Homestead

If you raised your kids in the country would you eat more…

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Covered Wagons Heading West: Life on the Oregon Trail

Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough…

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Gardening by the Moon

"That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." …

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Barnyard Basics of Animal Aid — Animal First Aid

Trust your gut when it comes to your animals and their health. …

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