Off Grid Internet: Homesteader’s Guide to Starlink

Off Grid Internet: Homesteader’s Guide to Starlink

Off Grid Internet: Homesteader’s Guide to Starlink

Off Grid Internet: Homesteader’s Guide to Starlink

Internet has been one of our biggest struggles on this little hilltop homestead. For some, the internet may seem like an unnecessary luxury. Many off-grid folks rely on cell phone

Continue reading

Guide to Growing Garlic

Guide to Growing Garlic

While I could never pick a favorite crop, garlic has earned its keep on our homestead time and time again. Follow this guide and get a garlic crop of your own growing! 

Buying Food in Bulk: Everything You Need to Know

Buying Food in Bulk: Everything You Need to Know

Over the past couple of years, we’ve been trying to purchase most of our groceries in bulk. It hasn’t always been the perfect solution, but I think it’s been worth

Continue reading

Wild Blackberry Hand Pies

Wild Blackberry Hand Pies

Simple. Rustic. Plant-based. That’s the sort of food I excel at and enjoy making. I do like food that looks and, more importantly, tastes great, but my favorite recipes, the

Continue reading

Terraced Garden Beds in 8 Simple Steps

Terraced Garden Beds in 8 Simple Steps

Most of the gardens I’ve built have been on hillsides or slopes. Especially here in West Virginia, flat land can be hard to come by. To create productive garden beds

Continue reading

Foraging: Oyster Mushrooms

Foraging: Oyster Mushrooms

One of the first mushrooms I learned to identify, and forage was the oyster mushroom. These tasty mushrooms are relatively easy to identify safely and are common throughout North America.

Continue reading

Our Favorite Tomato Varieties to Grow in Appalachia

Our Favorite Tomato Varieties to Grow in Appalachia

Years ago, when we lived in New Hampshire, I wrote about my five favorite heirloom tomato varieties. Four were varieties I planted each year after a few initial years of

Continue reading

1 Year of Off Grid Living

1 Year of Off Grid Living

I’d honestly hoped to have some important lessons we’d learned this year to write about, but honestly, there isn’t. Maybe that’s the biggest takeaway, that off-grid living isn’t that different

Continue reading

Springtime Hope: Tips for Growing Healthy Seedlings

Springtime Hope: Tips for Growing Healthy Seedlings

I think that starting seeds indoors each early spring is one of my favorite parts of gardening. It’s can still be cold and dreary, but a shelf full of tiny

Continue reading

Lessons from Our First 3 Months Living Off Grid

Lessons from Our First 3 Months Living Off Grid

We moved into our off grid house in the beginning of January. While January isn’t an ideal month for this type of venture everything has gone surprisingly well. Our house

Continue reading

Twitter
Visit Us
Follow Me
Follow by Email
RSS