Living Off The Land

Spring is a great time to forage for wild foods. Find out some helpful tips to guide you on your foraging journey.

It is still possible to create a sustainable, profitable micro farm on a small piece of land. However, the truth is that the methods and tools that worked in traditional pioneering and homesteading days just won't cut it anymore. Here's the truth about starting a micro farm today.

Have you ever wondered how the pioneers got their bread? After all, there were no brightly-lit grocery stores boasting shelves of different varieties of bread. For the early settlers in southern Ohio and other wilderness areas, it took much work to create a simple loaf of bread.

Selling locally grown organic herbs and vegetables provides an opportunity to create a business from one's own yard or garden.

Recipe for Pemmican, a hardy Native American survival food. This protein and fat based food is good for hunters, camping, backpacking or emergency food.

Discovering the herb Echinachea on my walk. Learn all about the health benefits of this beautiful flower native to North America.

Summer Riches brings back many rural memories when life was simpler and yet exciting and rich for children living on the farm in the summertime.

From my walk today, I discovered this little gem the red clover (Trifolium pratense) also known as purple clover or trefoil.

Farming in the 13 colonies was not considered a job. It was a way to provide for the family.

Honey color ranges from nearly colorless to dark brown, and its flavor varies from delectably mild to distinctively bold, depending on where the honey bees buzzed.

Easy guide to the properties of various softwoods used for furniture and other interior decor work, including strength, color, texture and uses. Now you can be sure you are using the right wood for the right job.

There are numerous ways to package dried herbal teas for sale, from tea-themed gift baskets to home spa tea collections.