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6 Tips for Celebrating Earth Day By Reducing Plastic On the Homestead

6 Tips for Celebrating Earth Day By Reducing Plastic On the Homestead

Happy Earth Day 2024! This year, we’re celebrating Earth Day’s theme, Planet vs. Plastics, with a few tips for reducing plastic waste on the...

Get Expert Tips on Packing Perishables For A MultiDay Trip

Get Expert Tips on Packing Perishables For A Multi-Day Trip

Planning a camping, floating or backpacking trip this Spring? Get tips from a rafting guide on how to pack perishables for safe, substantial and...

A Celebration Of Springtime in Appalachia

A Celebration Of Springtime in Appalachia

Kentucky farmwife and author Catherine S. Pond shares the poetic glory of springtime in the South in words and photographs from her family farm in...

Essential Tips For Canoeing With Kids

Essential Tips For Canoeing With Kids

Springtime is perfect canoeing weather in the South! Here, an outdoor expert and mom shares tips she learned from their recent family canoeing trip...

10 Ways Rural Living Benefits Heart Health

10 Ways Rural Living Benefits Heart Health

Ample research across decades has shown lifestyle plays a primary role in heart health and heart disease risk. Here we explore 10 ways a rural...

How to Access and Purify Water In An Emergency

How to Access and Purify Water In An Emergency

When catastrophic events occur, how do you access clean water? A survival expert weighs in on the basics, and importance, of water and how to...

Ode To A Truck

In an unexpected Valentine's Day ode, outdoor mom Corey Hunt recounts her newlywed and early parenting adventures spent driving and off-roading...

8 Ways to Meet Friends  Socialize in the Country

8 Ways to Meet Friends & Socialize in the Country

Have you recently moved to the countryside? Often, meeting new people and socializing in a rural area can pose a challenge. Here we share 8 creative...

Reading Nature's Newspaper: How To Spot Evidence of Wildlife On Your Land

Reading Nature's Newspaper: How To Spot Evidence of Wildlife On Your Land

Are you curious about the wildlife that shares or runs through your property? While trail cams can help, there's no substitute for developing keen...

Musings from the Front Porch

Musings from the Front Porch

The front porch has become symbolic of the rural South and a cherished place for folks to relax, regroup and even make sense of world's problems....