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How to Raise Chickens for Eggs or Meat is not as different as you might think. When folks think of homesteading, meat chickens and egg laying chickens are where a lot of people start, and for good reason. They earn their keep quickly, they don’t need much room, and they teach you the daily rhythm…
When a scarlet tanager arrives in Missouri’s oak-hickory forests the second week of May, it’s following the same schedule the land has kept for longer than we’ve been watching.
How to make an old fashioned pie crust scares more people – but not my Mom! The butter has to stay cold, the dough doesn’t want to be fussed with, and the whole thing can feel like it’s working against you. Once you understand the most important moment in the whole pie crust recipe, it…
The wood thrush came back to our Ozark hollow this morning, and I want to tell you what its two-voiced song connects us to.
The rose-breasted grosbeak showed up right on time this week, and his arrival reminded me why phenology — the old practice of watching when things happen — still matters.
Early May in the Ozarks is when neotropical warblers pour through on their way north—here’s how to learn their voices before you know their names.
On June 14, 1861, a German general’s train reached Rolla — and I walk land where his soldiers slept while the nation tore itself apart.
Most people want to protect the forest by leaving it alone, but the shortleaf pines in our Ozark hills burned to stay alive — and they’re still waiting for fire.
Late April is when the birds are moving through the Ozarks — I’ll show you how to spot red-tails, broad-wings, and Cooper’s hawks from your own backyard.
In 1861, Rolla’s courthouse became a hospital overnight, and local women used wild ginger and spicebush to keep Union soldiers alive.