Tag: Homesteading women

Going to the Birds! How I Turned Chicken Pellets into Cash

I have learned to accept the gentle smiles and assumptions of others…

Anita Gerber Anita Gerber

To Sew or Not to Sew

When people think about all the many different tasks that are done…

Melody Cox Melody Cox

I’m From the Universe and I’m Here to Help

My family and I attended an unschooling conference recently.  We were pumped,…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

How Does a House Become a Homestead? A Visit to Soaring Eagle Farm

“This is the Yadkin Valley.  The wind never stops blowing.  That’s why…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

Using a Midwife: The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Project

***Warning: this article contains some explicit references to childbirth.  If you are…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon

Half-Caff Country: A Chicken Comedy

Half-caff.  You coffee drinkers know the term.  It’s not quite the "real"…

T. Zoe Kimmel T. Zoe Kimmel

The Day the Fires Came Through

I found myself fitting in well to my new way of life:…

Colleen Armstrong Colleen Armstrong

Generous Fruits – A Survey of American Homesteading: A Book Review

Have you ever wondered why, when so much of the homesteading lifestyle…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton

Lessons Learned When Starting a Home-based Business

I didn’t plan for a home-based business when I expressed concern for…

Gretchen Gundrum Gretchen Gundrum

The History of American Homesteading, Part 1: He Who Shall Not Work Shall Not Eat

  Captain John Smith told the English colonists under his sway “he…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

The History of American Homesteading, Part 2: The Little Cabin at Sinking Spring

  https://homestead.digiwolves.com/homesteading-history/history-of-american-homesteading-part1/ From the earliest days in the new united states, living…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott

The History of American Homesteading, Part 3: Uncle Sam Is Rich Enough to Give Us All a Farm

https://homestead.digiwolves.com/homesteading-history/history-of-american-homesteading-part2/ "Come along, come along, make no delay, Come from every nation,…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott