Having a source of vegetable oil, on your homestead, can protect you from hyper-inflation, provide a source of fresh oil for cooking, and for nutri-pseuticals, as well as providing fuel for lighting ... Read More about Extracting oil from flax seed and other vegetable seeds
Spring and Summer and very busy times on the homestead. The lambs are on the ground, the garden is in and growing rapidly. So are the weeds. The animals need milking and taking out to pasture so ... Read More about July at Joybilee Farm
I couldn't leave this post just as it was originally written, although it was a heartfelt response after a very traumatic experience. I’m clumsy with words and even when I think I am writing clearly, ... Read More about Devastation and Tranformation at Pines
The 2012 Linen Festival takes place on Saturday August 11th from 10 am to 5pm at Joybilee Farm. This is the only Linen Festival in English Speaking North America. While it isn't a huge ... Read More about Linen Festival 2012 on Saturday August 11
A lot of the Homestead lifestyle is about making healthier choices, eating organically, growing your own food, and pushing back from the corporate control of your lifestyle, which keeps people sick, ... Read More about Healthy Living Cash Give Away
Yesterday I shared a blog post that I wrote almost a year ago about how to have resilience when the world economic system seems to be failing all around us. A year later things look even bleaker. ... Read More about 10 Steps to Prepping for Resilience in Challenging Times
