How to Define Homesteading: More than One Definition?

How to Define Homesteading: More than One Definition?

What does homesteading mean to you? To many, the term evokes thoughts of self-sufficiency and sustainable living; but what that looks like has evolved over time. For some, the term evokes images freedom and flexibility while for others it illuminates struggles and pain. The definition 

Book Review: The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening

Book Review: The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening

We were provided with a review copy of The Complete Guide to No-Dig Gardening by Cool Springs Press / Quarto Publishing Group. We appreciate them sharing a copy so we could share with our readers. The Homesteaders’ Book Club recently selected Charlie Nardozzi’s new book 

Book Review: The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook

Book Review: The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook

Homestead How-To was provided with a review copy of this book by Cool Springs Press. Vegetable garden pests are the worst. You spend all spring growing seedlings indoors, prep your beautiful garden beds, and plant your baby seedlings outdoors only to have them EATEN by 

How to Reduce Waste at Home (A Book Review of “Towards Zero Waste”)

How to Reduce Waste at Home (A Book Review of “Towards Zero Waste”)

Reducing waste is not a problem of the past. Just because we can now recycle, and more and more consumer goods are being produced with recyclable or even compostable packing doesn’t mean the problem has gone away. And if you find that trash and recycling 

Read “Spice Apothecary” with the Homesteaders’ Book Club!

Read “Spice Apothecary” with the Homesteaders’ Book Club!

The Homesteaders’ Book Club is pleased to announce our late summer 2020 common read – Spice Apothecary: Blending and Using Common Spices for Everyday Life by Bevin Clare. Appreciation to Storey Publishing for providing a free copy of this book for one lucky book club 

Homesteading & Racism: A Letter to our Community

Homesteading & Racism: A Letter to our Community

Dear Homestead How-To Community & Book Club Members, The world is in turmoil and we are writing to share with you how we see a connection between these struggles and the world of homesteading. We are also writing to invite you to be a part 

Book Review: Fire Cider!

Book Review: Fire Cider!

We were excited to receive a review copy of the new Fire Cider! book from Storey Publishing so that we could share the excitement with you! The timing couldn’t be more perfect for the release of Rosemary Gladstar’s new book Fire Cider: 101 Zesty Recipes 

How to Go Off Grid: A Book Review

How to Go Off Grid: A Book Review

Many dream of going “off-grid” – moving toward a self-reliant lifestyle in the wilderness. They want to disconnect from the daily grind. Ron Melchiore has done it, and his book “Off Grid and Free: My Path to the Wilderness” offers an inside peek into what 

Book Review: Gaia’s Garden

Book Review: Gaia’s Garden

Gaia’s Garden starts with the simple but important position that permaculture practices allow us to work with Mother Nature instead of against her as we design our landscape and our gardens.

Homesteaders’ Book Club Digs into Gardening

Homesteaders’ Book Club Digs into Gardening

We are pleased to announce that the Homesteaders’ Book Club is going to dig deeper this spring and read a gardening book that will offer new insight to almost any homesteader! Are you itching to start your spring gardening tasks, or maybe already getting started?