Growing food & cutting costs for our families

We've come from valuing our neighbors as our lives depended on them, to wanting nothing to do with the entire neighborhood today. As the pendulum inevitably swings back to maintain balance, it's...

First of all, How many acres Are needed to not see any neighbors? The number of acres required to not see any neighbors can be a complicated question to ask. We asked it too! With experience...

When our life situations aren't feeling ideal, it's easy to dream of a completely self-sufficient life close to nature and far from fruitless people. To follow through with living alone and providing...

How to be a good homestead neighbor to avoid conflict is an art worthy of mastery. Especially as homesteading is a rising and desired lifestyle, many of us are looking to connect with our neighbors....

Today, there is a clear social distance and disconnection between neighbors. Thinking through the time of events and how our society has evolved to its current construct, it all makes sense....

The need for neighborly interactions has changed with every new neighborhood, and the more I try to localize my life. Each place I've resided included all types of people. If neither of us said...