Food production in the backyard is a simple activity that takes in a few elements of the simple life philosophy. It helps with debt red...

We have been delighting in that wonderful, relaxed time before the real business of the year starts in ernest. We had enough food to keep u...

All of us who grow food, keep chickens or bees, milk a house cow or a goat, or keep pigs have to know a thing or two about the seasons. Her...

According to this article , handmade crafts are making a big comeback in America, with $29 billion reportedly spent on craft materials in ...

If you can't grow vegetables due to having no time, bad health, young children, or no space, the answer for you might be to buy local s...

The garden really is the queen of all seasons. After all our summer salads, she makes way for all the hearty and nourishing winter vegeta...

In the next few posts about food security I'd like to write about what we grow for our own fresh food needs, and how we grow food for s...

When I was a young girl it was common for suburban backyards to have a vegetable garden and fruit trees; my grandma grew peaches in her bac...