When I had my dairy goats in Wisconsin nothing bothered them, and they lived happily and without a care in…
Over the course of the last 25 years, I have gardened both sides of the Mason-Dixon line, and I have…
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Poor Bob. Although he and his wife live in the country on a few acres, they have no intention of…
Ten years ago I was overworked, underpaid, alone in the world and adrift without a home to call my own. …
The first livestock most new homesteaders bring home to the farm are chickens—and rightly so. Here's how to start raising chickens…
Oh sure, we all know the perks of growing our own food, supplying our own energy, and being as self-sufficient…
There are a few, a lucky few, folks who were born on the family farm, grew up on the family…
Carving out a homestead is a fantasy of many a young boy. Even now, when Saturday morning programming does not…
There are several options available to the new landowner-slash-rural-inhabitant, some appealing, some viable, some neither one. It all depends on…
If you are thinking and have been reading about Alternative and Natural Building styles, this is one of those things…