This is a guest post by Alex Pietrowski, Staff of the Waking Times. Re-posted with permission The most effective change-makers in our society aren’t waiting around for a new president to make their lives better, they’re planting seeds, quite literally, and through the revolutionary act of gardening, they’re rebuilding their communities while growing their own independence. Every four
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Most days I like to take a walk around the neighborhood where I work to give me a break from sitting behind my desk. The security guard often asks me if I’m going grocery shopping. Kind of an odd thing to ask a person, but he knows me well, and knows that I enjoy looking
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Some of you may not have heard of kombucha. Or maybe you have seen it at the grocery store but haven’t mustered the courage to taste it. “After all,” you might be saying, “I’m not even sure I can pronounce it.” It wasn’t until recently that kombucha has become “mainstream,” but it is hardly the
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It has taken a while, but I have finally come to appreciate cow tongue as part of my repertoire for meals. And I have received a few looks. (You know the kind.). Its not often used in the United States except for in ethnic cooking. I remember having it once as a child and I
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[This post contain affiliate links] There are a few items in my kitchen that have become indispensable for me, and the SousVide water oven quickly became one of those. I ditched the ever-popular Crock-Pot (mostly because my meat was always dry) and developed a repertoire of meals made in the water oven. Top-end restaurants have
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Getting ready for the week ahead can be overwhelming enough, but when you add in kids’ activities, church activities, and your own activities while still trying to eat healthy and incorporate exercise into your routine, it can get downright exhausting. Some weeks can seem so overwhelming that you just throw your arms up in
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[This post contains affiliate links] One of the most exciting experiences I have had on this homesteading journey was to be able to hatch the very eggs that my hens laid. I was like a girl at Christmas when I candled the eggs and saw life fluttering inside the shell. But the process didn’t start
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[This post contains affiliate links] You want to hatch your own chickens, you say? After all, what can be more fun than holding that little ball of fluff? But where should you even begin? Before we get into the nitty-gritty of incubating, you have to ask yourself, “Are chickens right for me?” While I believe
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