What good is a swamp to the modern homesteader? Don’t be too quick to pass it by as an unusable place. It just might end up being the most interesting corner of your domain! A swamp is any low-lying land where the ground water is exposed. It can have open water or soggy mud, with…
Have you ever struggled brewing a French press? I mean getting it just right. I have. It (embarrassingly) took a long while to get the ratio of coffee to hot water right. Sometimes it was waaaay too strong, sometimes way too weak. Like either pouring tar or tea. NOT how we want a coffee. AND…
Leaf litter nowadays is considered the seasonal chore of Autumn. But don’t just throw that leaf pile over the fence line! This is yet another free resource of abundant, organic material. It was an opportunity not missed by our agrarian forebears. There is no reason for us to pass up the opportunity as well! The…
