Paper can easily be tossed into your recycling bin, but consider the hierarchy of the “Three R’s:” reduce, reuse, recycle.…
On horse-powered farms and homesteads, draft horses are used for heavy work. But like any animal, these horses need to…
Hobby farmer Fawn "Tarma" Richardson based in Greenfield, Maine. Richardson breeds Turkish Kangal Shepherd dogs and two breeds of heritage…
Loaded with nutrients and vitamins, goats milk has been proven an excellent ingredient for personal cleaning products. When used in…
Image by Mohamed Nuzrath from Pixabay Mosquitoes love me. I do my best to repel mosquitoes, but no matter what…
Years ago, my father restored an old farmhouse to its former glory here in Maine. With layers of wallpaper peeling…
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Making ends meet on a homestead can be challenging. If you live in a remote…
Graphic by Aislinn Sarnacki Whether hiking a mountain or mowing your lawn, you don’t have to look far to find…
Photo by Sam Schipani Plastic seems inevitable in some aspects of our lives. For those of us with daily medication…
The author, Sam Schipani, who grew her garden from seed for the first time this season. | Photo by Sam…