Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part Three: The Animals
Preparing the Homestead for Winter, Part One: The Buildings Preparing the Homestead…
How Raising Chickens Can Help Your Garden
It’s hard to imagine a world without chickens. We love them for…
Feeding Your Chickens: Lower Costs and Improve Management
Over the course of time, even the humblest beginnings in flock-raising can…
The Uncommon Coop: Think Outside the Nesting Box
The life of a modern-day homesteader is consumed with planning and projects. …
Easter Chicks Gone Bad: The Unexpected Menace
They looked innocent enough, like fuzzy giant Skittles bouncing around the tub.…
Hatching Plans for Baby Poultry: A Hatching How-To
Mail order chicks are a great way to start a new flock…
Basement Bunnies and Grow-box Gardening: The Challenges of Urban Homesteading
Tammy Curry greeted me with fresh homemade bread, slathered with butter, and…
Multi-purpose Chicken Tractors
Our poultry tractors used to sit dormant in between bird batches, now…
Thwarting the Fox: Protecting Your Chicken Flock
It’s late March, and a red fox has been hanging around for…
Chickens or Ducks? The Best Fowl for Your Farm
It's finally happened: you're moving toward living your homesteading dream. You figured…
Learning Curves on Rural Roads: Three Lessons for Every Homesteader
When my husband and I ditched our rat-race city lives to lead…
