Sam Schipani

Photo by RVP Photography Amy Stross wasn’t happy with in her profession as a high school teacher. So, she did something bold: she quit, and started part-time jobs in landscape gardening and farming. Through that change, she learned how…
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We are all about reusing waste in smart ways like eggshells and canning jars. Did you know you can also reuse toilet paper rolls? Here's how. Photo by Sarah Walker Caron As the adage goes: Everybody poops. Unless you have…
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Most people do not think of turkeys as backyard fowl, but they can be. Should you add the gobbling bird to your homestead? Photo by Troy Bennett “A lot of people who choose to raise them because they’re going to eat them at…
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The last months of winter may not seem like a prime gardening season, but it is a great time to get a jump on spring growing by starting seeds indoors. Photo by Kate Garland Starting your plants indoors protects tender seedlings from…
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If you are an enthusiastic homebrewer or happen to live near a brewery, you may have toyed with the idea of growing hops. The green, pinecone-shaped flowers of the hop plant that are used to flavor and stabilize beer. Photo by Anthony…
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Life’s changes can mean changes for our homesteading lifestyle. No one knows that better than Nancy Wolff. Nancy Wolff at her Vermont homestead. | Photo by Bill Wolff After nearly a decade blogging at Nancy on the Home Front from her…
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Photo from Pexels by Lukasz Dziege Between moving, packing and shipping and runs to the warehouse club stores, cardboard boxes tend to accumulate. You can bring new life to the old boxes lying around your home when you reuse cardboard…
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Testing bean seeds for viability.| Photo by Kate Garland With spring around the corner, you may be perusing seed catalogs to order your favorite fruit and vegetable varieties. But don’t be so quick to purchase new packets -- those…
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From her upbringing in rural Maine, homesteading has always been a way of life for Samantha Burns. After having kids of her own, she started thinking out how she could use her skills to best protect the planet that she loves. Burns…
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Flowers can bring a bit of color to your homestead. Did you know edible flowers can also bring a bit of flavor to your food? Photo by Seth Koenig Though flowers have been used in cooking since ancient times, the so-called foodie…
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Photo by Ashley Conti Your homestead is a living laboratory, and homesteaders are constantly conducting experiments and making observations. Getting involved with citizen science on your homestead takes that one step further by turning…
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If you want to keep bees, planning ahead is key to getting started. And that starts with knowing the answer to an important question: When should you order bees? Photo by Gabor Degre Winter is wrapping up and bee season is right…
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