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Bonfire Time: Variations for Fun Fireside Evenings
Staff | Apr 19, 2021

Cultivate a Do-it-Yourself Mentality
Staff | Mar 29, 2021

Walking for Exercise, Spirtuality and Connection to Nature
Staff | Mar 7, 2021

Knit a Folk Art Basket
Nola Heidbreder And Linda Pietz | Feb 16, 2021

Our View: Sow, Sow, Sow a Row
Caitlin Wilson | Feb 16, 2021

Mail Call: Backyard Wildlife
Grit Readers | Feb 16, 2021

Pig House Turned Party Barn
Becky Hunt | Feb 16, 2021

Farmer’s Advice for Surviving Seasonal Affective Disorder
Staff | Feb 16, 2021

Weather Info for All Seasons
Ed Brotak | Feb 15, 2021
Crafts

Knit a Folk Art Basket
Photo by Danielle Atkins; Project sample knitted by Megan SeniniExcerpted from Knitted Baskets: 42 Hip, Happy, and Handmade Projects to Keep Your World Organized (Spring House Press).Stranded knitting has a rich tradition in Scandinavia and the British Isles. Hats, mittens, socks, vests, and sweaters sport bands of decorative and whimsical designs. This basket captures a little ...
Nola Heidbreder And Linda Pietz | Feb 16, 2021

How Lye Becomes Soap
Jennifer Nemec | Jan 14, 2021

Easy Homemade Soap
Lacy Razor | Jan 14, 2021

Making Mother’s Milk Cold Process Soap
Erin Baldwin | Jan 14, 2021

Fiber Dye Day on the Farm
Pam Blasko | Nov 24, 2020
Health

Taking Things At the Right Pace
Have you ever had one of those weeks where one day is fantastic, the next day you just want to punch a wall, and by the end of the week, all of your projects are in chaos, and you’re not even sure which direction is north? That happens to me a lot more than I think it should, but it usually boils down to me trying to do too much in a given time period, aka ...
Keba M Hitzeman | Nov 2, 2020

22 Natural Remedies for Everyday Ailments
James White | Jul 17, 2020

What Is Your View?
Keba M Hitzeman | Jun 16, 2020

Self-Care, Mental Health, and Taking a Half-Day Off
Keba M Hitzeman | Feb 24, 2020

Organics and a Subsistent Life
Kate Marlowe | Feb 24, 2020
Heart Of The Home

One Farmer’s Library
We love to read. Our library has everything from classics, herbals, history, art, science, sports, animals, military, cooking, faith, fiber arts, writing, and philosophy, to pulp novels and how-to books. And definitely books about farming. Every time we’ve moved, I’m pretty sure the packing, moving, and unpacking of books has taken longer than the rest ...
Keba M Hitzeman | Apr 9, 2020

Don’t Use Your Truck as a Dozer
Mary Carton | Feb 2, 2016

My Homestead Husband
Faithful Homesteader | Jan 28, 2016

Fumbling Toward Independence
Brian Kaller | Jan 19, 2016

Fear to Freedom
Liberty V Justice | Jan 19, 2016
History

Preserving Giant Trees
Photo by Adobe Stock/StephenDid you know that trees have their own beauty pageant? Well, they do. In 1940, American Forests (called American Forestry Association at the time) spearheaded the National Register of Champion Trees to locate the largest living trees throughout the United States. The goal was to raise awareness of the importance of preserving mature trees, not ...
Kristi Cook | Dec 8, 2020

Happy, Happy, Happy Halloween
Lois Hoffman | Oct 26, 2020

GRIT Newspaper 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
1918 Grit Archives | Apr 29, 2020

Coin Collecting: Bringing Us More Value Than We Thought
Kacey Bradley | Jan 1, 2020

The Unintended Consequences of Technology
Dan O' Brien | Nov 12, 2019
Humor

10 Things You Learn on a Farm
Reader Contribution By Charlotte McMullen I grew up in a rural farming community. From my parents’ kitchen window, I could see the farmhouse my father was born and raised in. Living in the country was nice, but I never dreamed I’d actually live on a farm when I grew up. It’s not that I thought I was too good for farm life; I simply had dreams of a career in the city. ...
Staff | Sep 14, 2020

You Might Be A Homesteader If…
Sparrow Sinclair | May 13, 2019

Spring Cleaning My Gadgets
Lois Hoffman | Apr 2, 2019

Stockpiling for Winter
Jerry Nelson | Dec 4, 2018

Irreconcilable Differences
Lois Hoffman | Jun 27, 2018
Mail Call

Don’t Let ‘Em Get Your Goat
Photo by Rachel LeystraWhen I was in seventh grade, I went through a rough patch in my life. I didn’t really have any friends, I was often bullied, and I needed a healthy distraction. When a new member joined my 4-H Club, I signed on to her goat project. I fell in love with the goats instantly, and told my mom I wanted one. She quickly pointed out that farm animals ...
Rachael Leystra | Feb 12, 2020

Foxes in the City
Readers | Dec 2, 2019

Bless This Greasy Mess
Grit Readers | Oct 1, 2019

The Handicapped Hen
Grit Readers | Jul 30, 2019

Dirt is Our Friend
Grit Editors | Jun 5, 2019
Nostalgic Stories

A Secretly Decorated Forest Evergreen Becomes a Farm Family Tradition
While winter and the holiday season holds many allures for each of us, my favorite seasonal rituals center around trees. When I was a wee girl, we lived on a 50-acre farm in central Missouri. Much of the property was woodland comprised of oak and hickory interspersed with cedar. From a very young age, my brother, 6 years my elder, and I owned the task of providing our family ...
Sarah Joplin | Dec 29, 2020

Watermelon Thumpin’
Arkansas Girl | Jul 17, 2020

A Beautifully Simple Christmas Bucket List
Lois Hoffman | Dec 23, 2019

Holiday Traditions
Mary Lewis | Dec 19, 2019

America’s Favorite Pastime in Full Swing
Laura Everly | May 28, 2019
People

Apple Crate Furniture
Shortly after the Great Depression — when money was especially scarce in small rural towns like ours — you could buy an empty apple box for a nickel in my part of Texas, in Dime Box. Since growing apples was, and still is, next to impossible in Texas, apple boxes, both empty and full of apples, were imported from places like Mequon, Wisconsin. One tree could ...
Ray Spitzenberger | Jan 17, 2021

Candy Corn Stacking Game
Lee Ann | Oct 27, 2020

The Uncollector
Lois Hoffman | Jan 31, 2020

Volunteer Firefighters: Small Town Saviors
Callene Rapp With Photos Darren Grow | Oct 1, 2019

TIME IS A GIFT TOO
Lois Hoffman | Jun 18, 2019
Reader Letters

Mail Call: Backyard Wildlife
Photo by Larry OppermanBackyard WildlifeI've attached some wildlife pictures from our yard and around our house. We live in Soldotna, Alaska, and have a bounty of wildlife to view. Even in the city, wildlife is abundant. In our yard alone, we see moose, caribou, rabbits, squirrels, otters, ermine, porcupines, and birds. And while we haven't seen them in our yard, our ...
Grit Readers | Feb 16, 2021

Creative Upcycling
Grit Editors | Dec 4, 2018

Where, Oh, Where did the Summer Go?
Nebraska Dave | Nov 3, 2014

Potato and Lovage Soup
Sheryl Normandeau | Oct 3, 2013

Rural Adventures Letters From Grit Readers
The Grit Magazine Editors | Mar 1, 2007
Travel

Travel by Water With Kayaks or Canoes
Photo by Dana BennerPeople often ask me what I consider my most important tool. I’ve learned that the most important tool is the one you need at that moment. One item that could be useful to many people is a canoe or kayak. When a disaster hits, your life may depend on your ability to move quickly and silently. A canoe or kayak will allow you to do this. Since ...
Dana Benner | Dec 8, 2020

There’s No Shoes Like Snowshoes
Lois Hoffman | Nov 10, 2020

New Explorations: Old Hotels Part 2
Laura Everly | Jun 5, 2019

New Explorations: Old Hotels
Laura Everly | Jun 4, 2019

ME AND TUCKER
Lois Hoffman | Jan 23, 2019
Weather

Weather Info for All Seasons
Photo by Adobe Stock/MDesigner125 Over the past five years, I’ve written many articles for Grit about weather, from life-threatening storms to weather folklore. This time, I want to tell you where to get weather information and how to use it. All the sources I’ve cited are from the United States and Canadian governments’ official ...
Ed Brotak | Feb 15, 2021

NICE ICE
Lois Hoffman | Nov 10, 2020

Winter Storm Preparation
Shawn L. Tipping, Sarah E. Tipping, And Robert D. Harris | Nov 4, 2020

Tips on Snow Management From an Upstate New Yorker
Holly Welles | Nov 4, 2020

My Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Keba M Hitzeman | Aug 13, 2020
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