Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
By: Steve Esposito One machine that improves the usefulness of any home or garden shop is the humble air compressor. If you have only one vehicle with pneumatic tires, an air compressor’s value is returned in spades...
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
By: Steve Esposito In our modern world of specialized tools, I always enjoy discovering the old ways of multipurpose/multi task machinery. The humble pickup truck is one of my favorites. Old footage of farmers on PBS shows...
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Jake Livesay was an unusual Texas teenager. Long before modern homesteading and self-sufficiency became trendy, he recognized a void between the food he ate and a lack of knowledge about where his food came from. After reading...
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
“Gardening is my graffiti!” – Ron Finley The reason this urban garden is an experiment is because it was planted on private property without the owner’s knowledge or permission. R. Bentley Marlow is the urban guerrilla gardener. Marlow...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
by: Brian Miller The seventy acres of our farm touch the boundaries, borders, property of ten other landowners or farmers. These ten property owners account for thirty or forty persons who represent our nearest neighbors, who we...