“He drives a ’57 GMC pickup truck. It’s got a gun rack and a' Goat Ropers Need Love, too!' sticker.” ~"Redneck Mother" by Jerry Jeff Walker…
Whether your homestead is your backyard or a full-fledged farm, sooner or later you need to use a trailer. From livestock and feed to compost…
Like many folks who need to work on things, I started out with an old pickup truck. I loved this truck. It never gave me…
I like to think of the tractor as the Cuisinart of land. There are so many little chores on the homestead that a tractor can…
As far as I can tell, the blame lies squarely with Prince William of England and his then-fiancée, Kate the future Duchess of Cambridge. I…
Jay Lehman had a dream. It was a modest dream. But the dream of Lehman's Store that started in a tiny community among people who…
You're probably asking, "Hey, Tony, what does car insurance have to do with homesteading?" Well, if you're like me, then you homestead in order to…
Some of my earliest memories were of gluing paper together to make something in kindergarten. My materials then were pieces of construction paper cut with…
I have to cut some hay. It’s one of those must-do things. If I put it off, I pay the price in the end. So…
Learn How to Sharpen Knives at Home - Basic Knife Sharpening It only took me about 40 years to learn how to really sharpen a…
I reflected it was an odd way to spend a morning. Crammed in a bulldozer cab, my bottom perched on a side molding of the…
What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for supper, field dressing wild game, butchering livestock, or freeing a stubborn piece of…