Most of us remember what a garden was supposed to look like from our experience as children. It could be the garden that our parents or our grandparents planted. Everything was probably arranged in neatly tilled rows, sometimes in graduation of sizes, specific types of food, or compatibility of plants. Such an arrangement would have…
Category: Sustainability
Homesteading Topics for 2024
Happy 2024! One of my latest posts was about the staples that everyone should consider having on hand. This post will be the first of many dealing with skills that would be a good idea for everyone – whether they have a homestead or not- to consider learning or brushing up on. I confess this…
It’s Getting to Be That Time Again: Scores of Seed Catalogs to Get You Thinking About Spring!
I originally wrote this blog piece in the spring of 2018. Things have changed a bit since then. On a personal level, life happened. Putting that aside, I am pretty safe in saying to those who are still reading that we’ve gone through a pandemic, and global climate concerns are on the minds of just…
Some Great Books to Add to Your Permaculture & Gardening Bookshelf
I confess, I have been away from updating this blog in a while, and I am here to remedy that. Life, as I am sure many of you know, has a way of happening. However, in the world of homesteading, sometimes a step back can actually end up as a few steps or even a…
Homesteading Resources to Help You Get Started Wherever You Are – RIGHT NOW!
So…..Do you like my SEO-friendly, click-tastic title there? Nah. Me neither. Personally, I don’t have much use for hyping up a blog or webpage, and that may very well end up being my undoing. The truth of the matter is, my goal is to give readers the kind of information that they can use to…
A Log Cabin in the Enchanted Forest
For more than 20 years our family has lived in a log cabin in the Wapsipinicon River Valley. Our small acreage overlooks Buffalo Creek and our neighbors are mostly wildlife and the beautiful woodlands that provide shelter for them. Back when we started, there were few neighbors with most of the large parcels being being…
Starting Out: Herbalism
Several years ago, I put this information on Ezine articles and also on my blog at fannyfae.com. Since starting this blog, I felt it important to update a bit of the information – and tailor to fit this blog’s specific focus. Herbalism was probably the biggest influencer for me to get into the whole mindset…
Winter & Holiday Inspirations
The cold has set in much earlier than expected this year. But the sound of hammering and sawing and the prospect of all new and energy efficient replacement windows and ceiling fans being installed earlier this month has given this old cabin a new lease on life. My own projects have been following a similar…
Real World Homesteading 