If you’re looking for sleek, durable fence design ideas for your farm or homestead, you’re in the right place. We’re about to analyze what farm fencing is, its benefits, what it costs, how long it lasts, and more. Plus, we’ll…
Tired of shelling out cash on chicken feed? Let’s explore how to feed chickens without buying feed! Get ready to save money while giving your chickens a natural, healthy, and nutritious diet. Free and Cheap Chicken Feed Ideas: 1. Free…
Some people call Zero-Turn Radius lawnmowers ZTRs, but I call them zero-turns. I love mine, and it reformed my attitude about the repetitive lawn care chores I have here on our homestead. We only have about 6 acres, but we…
You’ve seen them out there – burning around, making tight turns, and mowing down epic amounts of grass. With lawn weeds flying everywhere! It’s a homesteader on their best zero turn mower for 5 acres – and boy. That looks…
Well, ‘yellow’ there! As a lifelong naturalist and outdoorsman, I have a deep respect for all trees, especially those huge, old woodland champions that hold a hundred years of stories. Yes, I am definitely a dendrophile, a lover of all…
Have you checked the price of pasture-raised, organic meat recently? Or even supermarket meat prices? Holy Toledo! The cost seems to keep skyrocketing. And if you eat lots of delicious meat like I do, then you must like that meat to…
Buying a half or a whole cow has many benefits, including better-tasting cuts of beef, knowing where your food came from and how it got raised, saving a big chunk of money, and making the world a more humane place…
If you’re a homesteader or farmer with an extra acre of land, just sitting there doing nothing, why not raise some goats? Goats are nifty, friendly, and valuable animals. And they don’t require a lot from their human caretakers. Using…
When I was seven years old, my neighbor taught me how to dispatch and clean a rabbit, within three minutes, with nothing but his hands and a garden hose for rinsing. Within five minutes, he took the rabbit inside to…
Ladies & Gentlemen, Start Your Tractors! Even the most intense farming tasks are far less grueling with suitable tractor equipment. When you’re sitting on your new tractor’s adjustable power seat, even the trickiest farm duties can become so easy that…
Although my wife and I now have country homesteads in two states (Ohio and Kentucky), we used to live in some of the largest cities in the USA – like Atlanta, New York City, and Seattle, to name a few….
Like geese and swans, ducks are members of the Anatidae bird family. Ducks are talkative and comical. And they are becoming increasingly popular with homesteaders and others who enjoy the benefits of natural pest control, namely because their webbed feet…
Here’s our massive list of the best-tasting pig breeds. If you’re a homesteader or rancher who wants to raise pigs to save money, do your part to increase environmental sustainability, and escape the bland, flavorless pork you buy at the…
If you’ve been wondering about plants that grow in the dark, or at least without a whole lot of direct light, you’re in the right place! Join me as we explore 17 beautiful plants that grow well in low-light conditions,…
Crazy weevils – get out of my long-term food storage containers! Find grains, flour, coffee, cereal, and whole wheat stores of your own making, and leave ours alone! Sound familiar? Your family’s long-term food storage system is a vital investment,…