Homesteading

Home is where the great change will begin. It is not where it ends. ~Shannon Hayes, Radical Homemakers Do you hold a dream to live off of the land and experience the joy of sustainable living? Living a sustainable lifestyle does not mean you have to have acres of land somewhere in the middle of nowhere! …

Here in our desert home — USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9/10… …the growing season is in full swing. The backyard is full of life… …and fresh food! No matter where you are… …you can grow one. Maybe it’s one winter vegetable, microgreens, or one herb plant… …whatever you choose — choose one and grow it this winter! Learn more: …

Ouch! If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time you may have noticed that I tend to write about whatever is on my mind or what I’m doing in the garden or maybe I’ll tell you about the happenings in my kitchen…basically I share my everyday life with you. So this past weekend …

I raise sheep, goats, llamas, angora rabbits, and poultry; as well as dogs and cats at Joybilee Farm, where we make our full-time living. Healthy animals are the mainstay of our business, and we maintain their health with the use of herbs, and a natural diet, that enhances their natural species-specific well-being…what Joel Salatin calls …

Herbal medicine has always been with us; in fact, humanity has survived for thousands and thousands of years — even prior to the advent of modern technologies and conventional medicine — because of it. Today, the art and science of learning to heal with the use of plants is definitely gaining in popularity in large part due to it’s …

“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” -Mohandas Gandhi Sustainability and frugality aren’t just ideas, or words in our vocabulary, they are a way of life. For most of us, living it means learning new and reinventing old ways for saving money and resources. One of …