The Quest for the Precious Farmers have been extolled throughout history for the fine character qualities they possess: dedication, perseverance, insight, devotion, the ability to…
An Alternative Crop for Your Homestead Growing horseradish on your homestead offers several benefits. First, it is a perennial, which means it only needs…
Growing Your Homestead Without Going Into Debt It was June, almost ten bee seasons ago, and Steve and a friend were moving an established hive…
I know somewhere there must be someone who doesn’t like blueberries. I’ve never met this unfortunate soul, however. Whether used fresh over ice cream…
I’m about to share a secret recipe for peace, tranquility, and income on the homestead. First, a little background. My wife and I have…
I recently watched a movie produced by Robert Kenner called Food, Inc., a documentary about current American farming practices and where we are going wrong. …
Read Part One: The Whitmires Christina Martin, along with business partner John Strom, runs the Morningside Farms CSA in Brevard, North Carolina. CSA stands for…
No matter where you live, you can create an income stream, or supplement your existing income by harvesting the natural products you find all…
Milk prices have certainly gotten higher in the last few years, high enough that many of us small farmers are seriously considering a dairy…
Thirty years ago my parents loaded my little brother and me into Dad’s 1978 powder-blue Dodge pickup and headed fifteen miles north to a…
In an era where all things labeled "do-it-yourself" or "DIY" are gaining popularity, making cheese at home is having a sort of modern-day renaissance…
Birgitt Evans has been gardening since she was a child. Now a resident of Alameda—an eleven square mile island in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay—she’s…
If you live beyond the sidewalks, or are planning to move there, you need a way to sustain yourself: you need money… either to get…
I was a market gardener long before I ever knew it. I came along it quite by accident, really. It would be several years…
I don't think a homestead can be called complete without at least two goats on it. Why? Because goats can provide milk, meat, and money,…
Bravo to those already on their own land, who are old hands at gardening and raising animals and bettering their lives. These are the folks…
Dairy animals have a saleable by-product: offspring. If you have dairy goats, then you have a saleable crop each year, but what do you…
It’s no secret that the world’s softest garment fiber comes from a docile and adorable animal called the Angora Rabbit. Quiet and calm by nature,…
It’s a fact that, as a species, we bore easily. Curious beings are we, always looking for the innovative and new. This is especially…
Over the last ten years or so, and around my various “off the farm” work schedules, I have learned a bit about gardening, preserving food,…
