Growing Great Asparagus
Kathy Harrison
April 29, 2015
A well-planned, well-maintained asparagus bed will produce a steady crop of delicious spears every spring for decades!
Food Preservation
Eat Local All Year: Plan Now for Preserving Season
Kathy Harrison
April 6, 2015
NOW is the time to plan your garden, join your CSA or make contact with the farmer who will provide you with raw ingredients for the dilly beans and tomato sauce that will grace your January table.
It’s That Time Again, Part 1: Sap’s Running
Dave Ross
March 27, 2015
I spend a lot of time gathering and boiling from the sixty-three trees that we have tapped. My son helps me, and it keeps us hopping in the evenings.
Riding Out the Storm
Kathy Harrison
February 6, 2015
There is a lesson to be learned from the hit-or-miss pattern of snow and wind, and that’s that the forecast models are not precise. Weather people do a good job, but you really never know. Always, just in case, we take storm preparedness seriously. I find that is far better to have things ready that I don’t need than it is to need something major that I don’t have.
Living Big in a Small Space, Part 1: How We Arrived
Rene
January 30, 2015
Shipping containers are a wonderful, quick, long-lasting, instant building. If uninsulated, they are, however, quite cold inside, especially when it dips down below freezing at night. When that happens, breath condenses and freezes on the inside and then when the sun comes up in the morning it melts and drips down on everything…
4 Ways You Can Learn From Great Depression Wisdom
Sarah Nussbaum
January 23, 2015
My 85-year-old grandmother was a young girl during the Great Depression. I recently popped in to “pick her brain” about ways I can apply all that hard-earned wit and wisdom to my own life, in 2015. Here’s what I learned.
Happy New Year!
admin
January 1, 2015
Happy 2015, everyone! Our newest catalog is chock-full of simple products for a simpler life – including over 100 brand-new items!
Stock Up: Get the most from your big bird!
Christi Michaels
November 28, 2014
Get the most out of your holiday turkeys (or even chickens)- make some stock!
DIY: Building Your Own Fermenting Jar
Beth Hargrave
November 12, 2014
Here is what you can do to make your own airlock fermentation system.
Pickle Your Fall Vegetables With A Lacto-Fermented Process
Kathy Harrison
November 10, 2014
All you need is a sharp knife and a cutting board and some ½ gallon jars. Almost any vegetable can be fermented!
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