About the Front Porch

Join us on the Front Porch to talk about anything and everything that has to do with homesteading! Catch up on the latest news at HomesteadBlogger. Chat with our Front Porch Team as they blog about their favorite topics. The Front Porch is the heart of our community. Make yourself right at home!

Front Porch Team

•Chas, Senior Editor
•Amy
•Lisa Barthuly
•Rose Denson
•Kristina Duckett
•Kristin Hoffman
•Victoria LaFont
•Catherine Love
•Crystal Miller
•Marilyn Moll
•Leslie Valeska
•Lisa Vitello

Front Porch Central

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•Friends
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Recent Entries

•Have you heard of Luffa?
•Questions on Preserving the Harvest
•Post Partum Depression
•Marvelous Mulch
•Want to Spice Things Up a Bit?
•Another Calculator
•The Schoolhouse Planner
•July's Winner!
•Backyard Sustainable Agriculture
•July Contest!
•How To Dry Fresh Herbs
•Until Monday...
•Simplifying Laundry
•Container Veggies for Frugal Groceries
•A question from our readers...

Daily Features

Monday
•Featured Blogger
•Homestead Garden
•Traditional Nutrition
Tuesday
•Homestead Barnyard
•Simple & Frugal Living
•Going Green
Wednesday
•General Homemaking
•Putting Food By
•Homestead or Bust!
Thursday
•Homemade Clean
•Quilting
Friday
•At Home with Kris
•Homestead Kitchen
•Bread Baking 101

Tidbits & Topics

•A Word Fitly Spoken
•Featured Sponsors
•Feeling Crafty?
•Home Dairy
•Homestead 101
•Homestead News & Issues
•HomesteadBlogger Contests
•Healthy Eating & Living
•Product Reviews
•Time Saving Tips
•Tip of the Day
•Urban Homesteading

Favorite Resources

Links

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On the BookShelf

• The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It
• The Encyclopedia of Country Living
• Storey's Basic Country Skills
• Country Wisdom and Know How
• Barnyard in Your Backyard
• Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle
• Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats
• Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep
• Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs
• Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits
• Chicken Tractor
• Southern Herb Growing
• Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces
• Square Foot Gardening
• Carrots Love Tomatoes
• How to Grow More Vegetables
• Prescription for Nutritional Healing
• Pay Dirt
• Let It Rot!
• The Rodale Book of Composting
• Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening
• The Vegetable Gardener's Bible
• The Complete Tightwad Gazette

• Solar Family Farm
• Homestead.org
• Homesteading Today
• Simple Homesteading
• Natural Family Home
• Jason Unbound Homesteading Resources
• TONS of Homesteading Links
• Mother Earth News
• DayCreek.com
• Countryside Magazine
• Homesteaders Links
• Backwoods Home Magazine
• Christian Homesteaders
• New Harvest Homestead
• Homeschool Country e-group
• Christian Homestead Keepers e-group

Gread Reads!

• Hobby Farms
• Cottage Living Magazine
• Eating Well Magazine
• Delicious Living Magazine
• The Rose Cottage Gazette
• Mary Jane's Farm Magazine
• Little Country Village
• Simple Living Magazine
• SimplyLiving.org
• CountryLife.Net
• Making It Home Magazine

Homemaking

• Choosing Home
• The Urban Homemaker
• Practical Homemaking
• Creative Homemaking
• Early 19th Century America
• Ladies Against Feminism
• Old-Fashioned Homemaking
• The Family Homestead
• Laine's Letters
• A Christian Home
• A Christian Home - Homemaking
• Christian Homemaking
• A Woman's Place

Frugal Living

• Frugal Families
• The Dollar Stretcher
• The Frugal Family Network
• Frugal Living in the UK
• Frugal Cottage Living
• FrugalMom.net
• The Frugal Life
• FrugalVillage.com
• Frugal Simplicity
• Miserly Moms
• All Things Frugal

Food & Recipes

• Dining on a Dime
• Betty Crocker
• Creative Homemaking
• Menus 4 Moms
• Cooking Club of America
• Seeds of Change
• Dove's Farm Organic
• Seabreeze Organic Farm Recipes
• Organic Recipes
• Cambria Organic Recipes
• Green Cuisine Recipes
• Organic Authority Recipes
• Organic.org

Healthy Living

• Mary Jane's Farm
• Bob's Red Mill
• Pleasant Hill Grain
• The Urban Homemaker
• Something Better Natural Foods
• Stoneyfield Farm
• Cascadian Farms
• Horizon Organic Dairy
• Brown Cow Farm
• Arrowhead Mills
• Nature's Path
• Barbara's Bakery
• Ian's Natural Foods
• My Family Farm
• College Farm Organic
• Avalon Organics
• Clearly Natural Personal Care
• Bi-O-Kleen Cleaning Products

Cleaning Recipes:
• Earth Notes
• Organized Home
• Nancy's Naturals
• Natural Cleaning Recipes
• Eco-Cycle
• Green Cleaning Methods
• Green Cleaning Recipes

Crafts

• Lion Brand Yarn
• Joann Fabrics
• KnitPicks.com
• KnittingHelp.com
• Knitty.com
• SockKnitters
• Socks 101
• KnittyGritty
• The Idea Box

Friends

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• Dalyn
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• FaithfulAcres
• patintenn
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• belovedlamb
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• LindaI
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• farmgirlshelley
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• southernbelle
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• MyThreeDaughters
• AmyJoBellclapper
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