April 15 was an unusually warm spring day in Belle Plaine. Jim Glisczinski's worn farm boots compressed the soft, freshly unfrozen ground as he walked toward his new John Deere planter. The complex ...
About 10 years ago, my husband and I decided to try homesteading. We wanted to be self-sufficient and moved to a 93-acre farm in rural Maine. Over time, we realized it was harder than we thought and ...
Before electricity, Wisconsin farms relied on lanterns and manual labor. Electric companies didn't see a profit in changing that.
Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from Brian Reisinger’s book “Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold History of the Disappearing American Farmer.” Unearthing hidden history from ...
LARNED, Kansas (KANSAS NEWS SERVICE) — Tom Giessel vividly remembers growing up in the 1960s as a Kansas farm kid on the High Plains. In his memories, this place that some refer to as “the middle of ...
WASHOUGAL — A Washougal resident fears potential Clark County code revisions could wreck the peace and quiet that drew many to rural areas. “It’s a quality-of-life issue,” said Sherri Irish, who has ...
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We moved to a farm in rural Maine because we thought homesteading would save us money. It didn't.
In 2015, my husband and I packed up our belongings — including half a dozen geese and a library of self-sufficiency how-tos — and moved our lives from 2 acres in a coastal suburb to a 93-acre farm in ...
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