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 wrong. …
My dad grew up in a big family, with eight kids. He was the youngest of the four boys, and he had four sisters. My…
Modern homesteading is difficult. Rabbits love tender garden sprouts; every wild thing loves a good chicken dinner; and neighbors sometimes spew pesticides and herbicides about…
At one time or another, nearly all homesteaders desire to make their homesteading journey self-sufficient and begin to search for ways to achieve that self-sufficiency. …
If you have purchased eggs from a retailer recently, then you know that the most expensive eggs for sale are the ones known as “cage-free”…
During the economic recession in the early ‘70s, I was a stay-at-home mom with three children. My husband was a public school teacher, raking in…
A Portlander guy walks into a butcher shop, tells the man behind the counter he has to kill his beloved chicken, it’s old and sick,…
Over the course of time, even the humblest beginnings in flock-raising can mushroom into an impressive collection of more birds than you had ever dreamed.…
It may seem strange to think about cold weather when it is still scorching but cold weather is right around the corner. For a homestead…
I am here to tell you about how homesteading in the United States and the United Kingdom differ; there are many aspects that are different…
In readying for retirement, the world changed. As a result, we redirected our efforts into an endeavor that would mitigate the reduction of purchasing power…
The life of a modern-day homesteader is consumed with planning and projects. Whether it’s beehive construction, mending broken fence-posts, or stocking the pond, the expense…