How to start homesteading in Alaska

December 26, 2019

Image by skeeze from Pixabay When you think of the Last Frontier, farming and homesteading may not be the first…

How to start homesteading in Georgia

December 25, 2019

Though modern Georgia boasts bustling Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world and the headquarters for carbonated beverage behemoth Coca-Cola,…

How to start homesteading in Missouri

December 24, 2019

Image by David Mark from Pixabay The Show Me State has plenty to show when it comes to farming and…

I tried to make a no-sew t-shirt bag. Here’s how it went.

December 24, 2019

Over my four years of high school theater, I accumulated over a dozen show shirts, each screen-printed with a student-drawn…

It’s a blue-stained Christmas on Rusty Metal Farm

December 23, 2019

The Rusty Metal chickens look over the blue tinged bald spot on elder chicken Shoppie.| Photo by Julia Bayly It’s…

How to start homesteading in Utah

December 23, 2019

In the mid-1800s, migrating Mormons fleeing religious persecution were drawn to Utah: its sparsely populated lands, its mountains flowing with…

How to start homesteading in Idaho

December 20, 2019

Image by David Mark from Pixabay Think of farming in Idaho and the first thing that springs to mind may…

How to start homesteading in Oregon

December 19, 2019

Image by skeeze from Pixabay With a climate that supports orchards, crops, livestock and seafood, there is not much that…

How to start homesteading in Wyoming

December 18, 2019

Image by David Mark from Pixabay Wyoming is the Cowboy State, so it’s not surprising that cattle is the number…

I tried to make maple syrup snow candy. Here’s how it went.

December 18, 2019

As a writer for the “Homestead” section of the Bangor Daily News, I am almost ashamed to admit that I…