Larry and I were married on May Day, an ancient holiday dear to me. Having everything we needed to start our life as a…
Trust your gut when it comes to your animals and their health. If you’ve been spending quality time with them, you’ll know when something’s…
They have been recently shorn, but still, wear moppets of hair on their heads. Some have long bangs in their eyes like punk rockers…
This is the real thing. Horse POWER! Using workhorses and tapping into their strength to help get the job done. I’ll explain the story…
Raising Angora Rabbits for Fur Do you ever wonder if you have what it takes to raise livestock and profit from it? For instance,…
I have always wanted to raise rabbits as a healthy meat addition to our homestead. The trouble is, keeping caged rabbits does not fit…
There is a taboo against eating horsemeat here in North America (as well as many other places in the world). As a horse lover…
Large horns and wild, bright colors: these are the things that usually come to mind when one thinks of longhorn cattle. Tales of the…
“The bee is a symbol of wisdom, for as this tiny insect collects pollen from the flowers, so men may extract wisdom from the…
So, you’ve done your homework. Your barn or pasture shelter is ready for its new tenant. You have prepared, fussed, researched the breeds you…
Most farms have at least one dog hanging around, and that dog may even do something to justify his free supper. If you are…
I have friends who started homesteading out in Arkansas back in the early 1970s. Their little girls had been raised in town up to…
January - the beginning of a new year, the time for resolutions intended to make the coming year better than the last one, at…
Hens are fussy about their nests, just like any other bird. Although there are many reasons why hens stop laying, dissatisfaction with their environment…
Facts about Alpacas Alpacas, the woolly, smaller cousins to the llama, are regarded worldwide, as the “finest livestock investment” by their rising popularity and marketability…
Everyone has a few memories of Elmer Fudd out hunting “wabbits” during rabbit season. If you raise your own rabbits you never need to…
Not all pets are perfect. Some have physical limitations and disabilities. They may be blind, or deaf, or both. They can be born this…
On your way to greater self-sufficiency, you have purchased a dairy cow or goat. You should feel proud that you are taking responsibility for…
So, you are a homesteader or a wanna-be looking for a low-footprint, minimal-labor technique to grow tasty, nutritional, organic food? Are you also searching…
On our farm, we enjoy being as independent as possible. To offset the ever-increasing costs of groceries, we have raised beef cattle, chickens for…
