If you have ever tried to compile a bibliography by hand, you know that it is not an easy task, even with a small bibliography. Zotero (zoh-TAIR-oh) offers a free, simple, and effective solution to all of you writers out there. Zotero allows users to compile collections of research material: Blog posts. Books. Conference papers. Dictionary entries. Interviews. Journal articles. Letters. Maps. Patents. Statutes. Theses. … Continue reading Zotero
If you enjoy research and writing, you are probably always on the lookout for a better way to keep track of information. Scrivener is an outstanding program that can help. As for telling you what Scrivener can do, it’s hard for us to know where to start, since it can do so much. First off, Scrivener is an excellent way to organize research materials. You … Continue reading Scrivener
The early cowboys seem to have been artists at heart. Every aspect of their daily lives seems to have made it into verse, from their love of nature to their battles with wild horses to their prosaic bacon-and-beans diet. Many of the first cowboy poems were song lyrics. Thus, this poetic style shares the same cultural origins as Western music. The ballad form of the … Continue reading Introducing Cowboy Poetry
You don’t need a pricey suite of software to turn out professional-looking documents to represent your business. If you are motivated and reasonably artistic, you can use Scribus, a powerful open source desktop publishing program freely available to everybody, to design flyers, brochures, and more for your farm or other enterprise. Scribus was developed to produce print-ready PDFs. It combines all of the tools you … Continue reading Scribus
The Family Garden Journal published by Homestead on the Range is now better than ever! We have released a new compact edition that is easier to carry, but still contains plenty of room for logging your family’s daily plans, observations, and harvests. Develop your green thumb while creating a keepsake: Start by planning for success with our Step-by-Step Gardening Guide. Check items off of your … Continue reading New Compact Family Garden Journal Available
If your children love the outdoors and also love to write, they may enjoy A Kid’s EcoJournal series by Toni Albert. There are four of these books (spring, summer, fall, and winter), but they all follow a similar format. After some tips on exploring and writing about nature comes space for entries. Each entry has blank lines for writing, a selection from the author’s nature … Continue reading A Kid’s EcoJournal Series
As goatherd learns his trade by goat, so writer learns his trade by wrote. —Anonymous Continue reading Quote of the Week: Practice Makes Perfect
If your children are interested in farm-related topics, you may be looking for ways to feed those hungry minds. DIYHomeschooler.com offers free—but high-quality—units on a wide range of subjects. Each unit is packed with information, activities, notebooking pages, and books to read. Below we have picked out five units and activities of particular interest to homesteading families: Explore the Farm Tour a dairy parlor, view … Continue reading 5 Free Farm-Related Unit Studies
Hopefully by now you have decided to reap the benefits of keeping a farm journal. You may even have a journal to write in and a time to write in it. There is one last question to answer: What are you going to write about? There is only one important rule to remember here, and that is that there is no such thing as a … Continue reading The Farm Journal: How
Many birdwatchers enjoy keeping journals of their finds. Skimming through past entries can bring back memories of great moments with nature. Although you can easily make your own birdwatching journal, the All-Weather Birder’s Journal made by Rite in the Rain has several advantages: Waterproof cover. Durable paper. Convenient spiral binding. Easy-to-manage size. Places for both sketches and written notes. These features combine to make a … Continue reading All-Weather Birder’s Journal
