Basic Female Survival

Originally published by emphelan Sorry boys, I need to talk with the girls today. You men have all kinds of reference material to surf if you want to learn the basic. However the woman out there, after a detailed Internet search, have very few except for forums. When it comes to woman and survival we [...]

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Reader’s Question :: Stove Heated Bath Water

Meadowlarkgurl‘s Question: What do you know about bathing with water heated over the stove?  I’m thinking about options for bathrooms that don’t really require much in the way of plumbing. Monica’s Answer: Interesting question. Off the top of my head I don’t know anyone that has to heat water for their bath on a stove so [...]

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better than brawny

around here, we don’t have too many paper products. in fact, the only paper product you’ll find is toilet paper and even then, part of the household uses cloth wipes for that as well. i make two sizes of wipes for our general use (in addition to chinese prefolds which rock the world for absorbing [...]

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Revisiting the Crockpot

Back in my college days, when I was married (to my first husband), we had a big wedding, and a series of wonderful wedding showers.  It seems like the most popular gift items that popped up were numerous casserole dishes and…crockpots.  I don’t remember just how many crockpots we were given to us, but I do remember [...]

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Wild Kids

Originally published by Gina The first “wild food” I remember foraging was Puffball mushroom. I found it while adventuring in the big woods by my parents’ lake home. I brought it home because I was amazed to find a mushroom the size of a soccer ball. One of our neighbors told us how to bread [...]

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Corn soup..and a sauce.

I don’t usually do recipes for my postings because I find that most people have differing tastes that just don’t seem to always match up with mine. However I am going to give you a recipe for a corn soup that is fabulous and very easy to make. At least in my opinion…. and a [...]

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Time Management Techniques

For many of us, choosing the not “normal” path time is short.  We are busy folks, with long to-do lists and even longer lists of projects we hope to tackle.  Its imperative that we maximize our time while not allowing ourselves time to play and relax too.  Time management, is one of those things, that [...]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

originally published by emphelan Birthday parties on the homestead never have to be boring events. With three friendly boys, we are always getting invitations to the town kids parties. The host usually has those ginormous blow up slides or moonwalks, or they have parties in restaurants or stores that cater to such events. I say [...]

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Chickens

Originally published by Howling Hill Last month WNDiN asked our readers what you’d like to see more posts on. One of the requests was for more information on chickens. I’m going to address this topic from my limited knowledge base. First off, let me remind everyone that although Howling Hill is in a rural area [...]

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Family Medicine Chest: Making Herbal Cough Drops

the family medicine chest will be an ongoing series on the fourth thursday of each month. This month, I’m going to write about making herbal cough drops. Next month, I’ll follow up with lozenges and pills. Making cough drops are as simple as making hard ball candy. In fact, you can think of them as [...]

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