Right On, Sister! The Feminization of Farming in North America
There has always been a female face to agriculture: the tough homesteader…
The Tygart Valley Homesteads: Pioneers of the Great Depression
"Two days after Thanksgiving, hospitable Anna Eleanor Roosevelt…motored in a White House…
Homesteaders from Across the Waves: Immigrant Homesteaders
While the question of immigration is on the boil in America, and…
Music Carriers of the Southern Appalachians: Sharing History Through Song
If you’ve ever traveled through the southern Appalachian Mountains, you will immediately…
Homesteader’s Guide to Emergency Childbirth
I’d like to talk to you about how to handle an emergency…
Grandma Moses: A Primitive Freshness
She was an octogenarian, an artist, a naturalist, a visionary, a farm…
Basement Bunnies and Grow-box Gardening: The Challenges of Urban Homesteading
Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and…
Container Gardening in the City: Urban Homesteading on a Budget
One man's trash is another's treasure, or in my case, his trash…
Adventures of Becoming a Backwoods Girl: Bugs, Guns, Dogs, and Fire, Oh My…
I decided when going back to college that I would major in…
Covered Wagons Heading West: Life on the Oregon Trail
Amelia Stewart Knight knew the cross-country journey west would be a rough…
Homesteading Failures – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Don’t Worry, No One Else Does Either.
Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first…
