Franklin Sanders is an author, writer, speaker, investor, army veteran, and precious metals expert. Since the late-1960s, he has been studying economics and monetary systems, and since 1980, he has operated a gold and silver exchange business as founder and owner of The Moneychanger.
At Home in Dogwood Mudhole, Volume 1: Nothing that Eats, the first of a three-part collection of letters that provide a running account of the multigenerational farm Franklin and his wife, Susan, started just after Y2K. You will be encouraged and fascinated by their family’s journey going back to the land, learning how to farm with their children and their families.
Praise for Dogwood Mudhole
“The Sanders’ family farm saga of relearning agrarian home-based craft, at once hilarious, humbling, and holy, proves that learning curves are real. From feverish preparations for Y2K to eventual pig litter tsunamis, At Home in Dogwood Mudhole reveals the despair and wonder of building a self-reliant homestead.”
— Joel Salatin, Agrarian, “lunatic farmer,” and New York Times bestseller of Folks, This Ain’t Normal and Everything I want to do is illegal
“Faith, family, farming, hard money, and Southern history. Those are the core themes that coalesce into Franklin Sanders’ newest book, an autobiographical collection of essays titled At Home in Dogwood Mudhole.”
— Herrick Kimball, author of Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian and inventor of the Whizbang Chicken Plucker.
“At Home in Dogwood Mudhole is an agrarian epic . . . The tale is told with vivid and unflagging immediacy, courage, wisdom, Christian faith, and good humor. Franklin Sanders is a gifted writer and original thinker who avoids two of the most common American faults: spiritless practicality and easy sentimentality.”
— Clyde Wilson, Emertius Distinguished Professor of History, University of South Carolina and editor of The Papers of John C. Calhoun
“Full of highs and lows, the [Sanders] family’s journey to an agrarian lifestyle is a must read for all homesteaders!”
— Melissa Jones
Get At Home in Dogwood Mudhole, Volumes 1 and 2 online