Snow, ice, sleet, and wind. Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen water-troughs, frostbitten ears on calves, milk frozen in…
Whether you want eggs, meat, or your own petting zoo, there's a bird that will fill the bill. There is…
No matter if you are producing eggs, honey, milk, or meat, a well-considered animal-husbandry program is essential to the financial…
One in nine people faces food insecurity in America (2018, USDA Household Food Security report ). I'm sure a lot…
The popularity of keeping and raising chickens for eggs has undergone a dramatic resurgence since the turn of the twenty-first…
Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and a glass of cool sweet tea. It was…
If you raised your kids in the country would you eat more cupcakes and fewer rice cakes? Would you dust…
Our poultry tractors used to sit dormant in between bird batches, now they are used year round, in a variety…
It's finally happened: you're moving toward living your homesteading dream. You figured out your property and set aside a spot…
What do I mean by, "hens are birds, too"? For starters, hens are fussy about their nests, just like any…
Anyone who claims to succeed without some measure of homesteading failure first is either not trying very hard, or lying…
My three boys and I are all settled in now, trying out the homesteading lifestyle in this house in the…