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…
As far as I can tell, the blame lays squarely with Prince William of England and his then-fiancée, Kate the future Duchess of Cambridge. I…
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…
What used to be pretty well accepted as “normal” life is likely where we're all headed—tougher times. Most people deluded themselves into believing that the…
Like most Americans, I find it very relaxing on occasion to take time away from my regular work to do something at which I’m not…
If you're shopping for a used tractor, if you've never owned a tractor before, and if you're reading the pages of Homestead.org, then I'm going…
I climb on the seat and ease in the clutch pedal. Then I slip the choke forward, make sure the gearshift is in neutral, bring…
