#Homesteading

The cure

Garlic curing in one of our outbuildings Garlic. Need I say more? Delicious. Favourful. Theraputic. Beautiful. It was Canada Day...

Oppressive heat has been replaced by morning mist and a dewy morning. How I love these moments in summer. After almost 40C heat this past...

(Strengthen your 'traps with cow pulls. No need for gimmicky workouts on a hobby farm!) You know you live in a sedentary culture when the...

(It's hay making time. Here's a guest column Papa Sparkling wrote last year at this time for the Armchair Mayor News) The sun was...

Just so no one gets the wrong idea about life here, I'd thought I'd come clean and let you all in on a little secret: Things at Shalom...

As a gardener who has an interest in food security, I have been an observer and sometimes writer on the organic vs. GMO movement and...

Some people just have a way with animals. My neighbour is one of those people. Whether it be due to practice or some inborn talent, she...