Rural Life (30)

Would you give your kids raw milk?

It seems like a no-brainer. You’ve got property, you’ve got kitchen scraps, tons of leaves, grass clippings, and other biodegradable items.

One of the best things about being a parent is being able to see life from a child’s perspective again. I have many memories from growing up on my...

Last summer my gardening attempts were pitiful. I planted a few vegetables in my square-foot garden beds, watered, weeded and in the end only...

From the outside, Angel and Mark Cole seemed to be living out their dreams as successful systems engineers climbing the ladder in the Washington,...

I have a confession to make.

Growing up as a farm girl in Wisconsin, I spent many summer hours in my father’s garden weeding. At the time, I saw it as a cruel form of abuse to...

We hear a lot about adults moving to the country to escape from the stress and grind of city life, but recent studies are showing stress is taking a...

Have you ever secretly wanted to ride a tractor?

Burton Ouzts grew up in the big city of Dallas, Texas, where celebrity-owned restaurants, fast-moving freeways and high-fashion shopping malls rule.