Rural Revolution

In-your-face stuff from an opinionated rural North Idaho housewife

Monday, August 17, 2026

What a way to make a living

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It's been a year and a half since my job layoff in February of 2025. Since that time, we have made our living exclusively through freel...
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Friday, August 14, 2026

A dirty job

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It's been a dry summer, and our pastures – already limited in size to begin with – are pretty much eaten down. As a result, we've be...
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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Calling fall

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This morning, standing in front of the open kitchen window, a zephyr breeze brought the scent of earth. "Hmm," I thought. "It...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Survival cookies

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When I put up the recent post on making strawberry preserves , a reader asked why I canned it up in quart jars instead of pints. Short answe...
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Monday, August 10, 2026

One of the (many) reasons I hate AI writing

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I came across an article today about a wild animal encounter in Poland: " Wild Video Captures Giant Bison Flattening Tourist, Refusing ...
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Friday, August 7, 2026

Wealth untold

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This. This . This! Here's a transcript of what the woman says: "One of the greatest luxuries in life is being married to the handy...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

A garlic "Eureka"

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When we lived in our last home, I spent years cultivating a beautiful German porcelain-neck variety of garlic. I routinely harvested cloves ...
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Monday, August 3, 2026

Peach purée

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Five years ago, we planted four peach trees . Peaches are, hands down, my all-time favorite fruit, so I was anxious to get some trees establ...
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I'm a thrifty cow-milking rural-living Christian mom.
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