Why Homesteading?
Screenshot from ‘Farm for the Future’.There are relatively few people who dream of gardening as a primary food source, raising animals that they will butcher and eat, building an alternative house that...
View ArticleFarm City, The Education of an Urban Farmer
I just got done reading Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, by Novella Carpenter. I spied it on my library’s new book shelf and just had to check it out. With little to no experience in urban...
View ArticleThe Day You Know You’re a Farmer
Even if you’ve spent months and years cultivating and planting, harvesting and shearing, or canning and pickling you may not quite feel like a farmer. Pulling weeds, shoveling manure, and enjoying a...
View ArticleGetting Started with Hazelnuts – Research and Resources
Beautiful hazelnuts! (via Pixabay, sunnysun0803) Like nuts? Like Nutella? Then maybe growing some hazelnut bushes on your homestead would be right for you. While I’ve got some time (a couple more...
View ArticleFun Scything Workshop
For the longest time I’ve been contemplating getting a scythe. The appeal of cutting a small field of hay with no screaming gasoline engine (not to mention the stink of exhaust) is very real for me....
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