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Besides the obvious reasons for going to a market and getting delicious food, the market is full of a product that isn't always for sale: knowledge. Rows upon rows of booths are full of farmers and gardeners who are currently growing food in your specific micro-environment. My first year of gardening I was lucky to get acquainted with a farmer who was growing green beans by the acre. I was struggling with Japanese beetles attacking my beans that year, and he had some wonderful advice. He had dis …

Yes, it’s true…Homesteading can indeed be overwhelming.I, personally, have been on my homesteading journey for 32 years. I began in an urban neighborhood in the bedroom community of Seattle, WA. It was a simple, humble beginning which started from necessity. I began canning, making soap, grinding wheat, making bread, sewing, and gardening on a tiny plot of land. I learned a lot of “inside skills” in those days. After 12 years of urban homesteading, we moved to the Monterey area of CA. My six chi …