Homesteading

For so many homesteaders, part of the dream of homesteading is making a living off of your property. When your way of life also becomes your income, it’s a great feeling and often leads to a much-improved quality of life. But for lots of us, we’ve got to take a winding road to get there… […]

One of the very best things you can do for the health of your goats, or any livestock animals really, is to let them free-range… Roaming around on the pasture will give goats exercise, entertainment, and a wider variety of natural foods to eat. It’s a great way to improve their overall physical and mental

For most of us who don’t already have a homestead to call our own, the idea is a dream. Getting back to a simpler way of living, and becoming more connected with the land, your food, nature, and community. The appeal is obvious, and when the walls start closing in on you in suburbia or

If you are a homesteader, you probably already know just how important generators are. And if you don’t, just wait! You’ll find out soon enough… Whether you are relying on it as your primary source of electricity in the aftermath of a disaster, or just trying to run some power tools at a remote corner

Hummingbirds are amazing. They’re indisputably gorgeous, incredibly agile, and also important pollinators. Though the vast majority of all the many species out there reside near the equator, a few are migratory and do travel through North America. If you look forward to the arrival of hummingbirds every year, you can greatly increase the chances of

I know that for most of us, the idea of having a homestead of our own is something of a dream. Your own home, your own property, living closer to the land, and being more self-sufficient. And, hopefully, more disconnected from the soul-crushing tedium of modern life in society. The trick, though, is that you’re

Oh, mice. They sure are cute. At least when they are scampering around out in the field somewhere nibbling on sunflower seeds. They aren’t cute when they are in your home pooping everywhere and scaring the daylights out of you in the middle of the night. Or when they’re contaminating bags of feed you had

It is difficult to overstate just how critical air conditioning is to Western civilization at this point. Don’t believe me? Just try going without it during summer in Arkansas or Texas! Oppressive heat will not only make you miserable, but it can actually be dangerous too! Each year, countless people are affected by heat exhaustion

Interest in homesteading among Americans is surging. And that’s no wonder at all: with a skyrocketing and stagnant real estate market, increasing civil uncertainty, and an economy that looks like it’s circling the drain, more folks want to get back to a simpler way of living that is more affordable and also more fulfilling. But