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Thwarting the Fox: Protecting Your Chicken Flock
It’s late March, and a red fox has been hanging around for…
Tips for Starting a CSA, Successfully
Many people begin homesteading as a way to escape the rat race…
Chickens or Ducks? The Best Fowl for Your Farm
It's finally happened: you're moving toward living your homesteading dream. You figured…
The Housegoat: The Unusual Beginnings of Withywindle Farm
Raising a housegoat is not for the faint of heart, nor is…
5 Things We’ve Learned Owning an Intact Buck
Our first couple of years owning Nigerian Dwarf goats, we didn’t have…
Predator Proofing the Place (Or as Close as One Can Come)
It was the morning of January 4th, 2007, here in the Rockies…
Raising Animals That May Try to Eat You: A Pastured Pigs Experience
Early in our farming venture, the first year we kept pastured pigs…
Coop Considerations: Quick-Start Guide to Building a Chicken Coop
Building a chicken coop, especially from scratch, can be exhilarating and exhausting,…
Rudolph and Company: A Portrait of the North American Reindeer
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, had a very shiny nose”…as well as some…
From Beets to Beef: A Vegetarian’s Journey to Raising Beef Cattle
At the young and impressionable age of twenty, I read the book…
