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10 Mother's Day Gardening and Homesteading Gifts

10 Mother's Day Gardening and Homesteading Gifts

Looking for Mother's Day gardening and homesteading gift ideas? We've got you covered with 10 gifts for moms who love getting their hands dirty,...

Embrace the Garden Mess: The HowTos and Benefits of NoTill Gardening

Embrace the Garden Mess: The How-Tos and Benefits of No-Till Gardening

As spring sets in, gardeners everywhere begin to get the itch to go outside to till the garden. But before you crank up the tiller, allow us and a...

3 MultiFunctional Trees and Shrubs To Plant This Spring

3 Multi-Functional Trees and Shrubs To Plant This Spring

Are you considering adding trees or shrubs to your rural land this spring? Check out these 5+ beautiful multi-functional trees, shrubs and plants...

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...

Companion Planting: Nature's Free Organic Pest Control

Companion Planting: Nature's Free Organic Pest Control

Tap into the many benefits of companion planting as an alternative to pesticides in the garden this spring. Use certain flowers and herbs to repel...

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...