Category Archives: Homesteading

Water systems, outhouses, heating with wood – alternative lifestyles that move us toward more self-reliance and self-sufficiency.

Channeling My Grandmother

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Michelle Zeiger

Lately I have been thinking a lot about my grandmother, Sarah Mae Eggleston Harris, who was one of my heroines. She knew so much about growing food, fishing, cooking, canning, sewing, loving and living a good life.

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Canning As Fast as We Can

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

The soundtrack of the homestead lately should be Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, because around here, we’re doing the can-can! Home canning is a quintessentially Alaskan activity closely associated with homesteading. It’s also very much a part of my life … Continue reading →

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