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From a child’s point of view, few trees are as inviting as an apple tree. As a child, I found many friends on my grandfather’s farm: Grandpa’s two friendly quarter horses, Dolly and Babe; the mild-mannered Guernsey dairy cows; the ...

If the sight of your barren winter garden makes you melancholy, take heart. Even when six inches of snow covers your yard, you can grow food indoors with almost no effort at all. Sprouting isn’t technically gardening because no soil ...

Many people know they want to homeschool long before they ever have children. Others may be intrigued by the concept but haven’t taken the leap yet. And then for some of us, homeschooling is the furthest thing from our minds. ...

Few times in your life are as exciting or as intense as pregnancy. You’re probably experiencing a wide range of emotional reactions, as well as many physical changes. Don’t buy into the idea though that you have to simply suffer ...

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), all children are entitled to a “free and appropriate education” through the public school system. The problems begin, though, with the term “appropriate.” This word is subjective, open to numerous interpretations. It ...

I’ll admit it. I have a compost box, but I’m a lousy composter. Every spring, I make a renewed commitment to manage the compost successfully. I layer nitrogen and carbon materials, water the pile until it’s as wet as a ...

In John Holt’s excellent book, Teach Your Own, he discusses the merits of real learning. He suggests that the most valuable kinds of learning experiences are those based on skills or products we actually need and want, rather than silly ...

In the past, my emergency food storage consisted of several hundred pounds of wheat and rice, along with other staples, canned goods, and oils. Then I had to live on it for several months. I discovered that, among other things, ...

Perhaps you’re one of those talented few who excelled at every academic subject in school. Calculus? No problem. Honors physics? Piece of cake. But, if you’re like most homeschooling parents, sooner or later, you’re going to run into a subject ...

As a homesteader, you probably have a goal of growing most of your own food. However, the road to self-sufficiency doesn’t appear overnight. Perhaps you started with a small garden with a few tomato plants and a box of lettuce. ...