Homesteading And Livestock
The proper skills and right animals turn a homestead into a closed loop: tools, how-to tips, eggs, milk, meat, wool, and honey for the table, manure for the garden, and help with the work in between. The guides here are organized by chore, goals, and animal, so you can start with the one you’re considering or take your skills to the next level.
Cost and Coop Considerations for the Heritage-Breed Chicken Farmer
Jo Devries
Unexpected Benefits of Owning a Goat-Rental Business
Mary Powell, Barnyard Weed Warriors
Start ‘Em Young: Connect Kids with the Land to Yield a Lifetime of Harvests
Rory Groves, The Grovestead Farm
Soap Making Recipes and Tips for the Homesteader
The Mother Earth News Editors
Build a Zero-Waste Homestead
Jessi Bloom & Dave Boehnlein
Growing Apple Trees Ecologically: A Guide to a Low-Spray Orchard
Brenda Olcott-Reid
Apple Picking: Not Your Usual 9 to 5 Job
The Mother Earth News Editors
How to Keep Your Chickens Happy: A Chicken Owner’s Adventures
Claire E.
Managing Your Property for Healthy Wildlife with Dr. Grant Woods, Part 1
Fala Burnette, Wolf Branch Homestead
Collect Windfall Apples
Heidi Hunt
Getting Started With Milk Sheep, Part 3: Lambing, Milking Your Sheep, and Using Sheep Milk
Kat Ludlam, Willow Creek Farm
Deer Hunting for Beginners
Bruce Woods
A Beginner's Guide to Hunting Firearms
Bruce Woods
My Pony-Powered Gardens Work!
Alexia Allen, Hawthorn Farm
Building an Off-Grid Homestead from the Ground Up, Part 1: Advice for Beginning the Build
Tammy Trayer, Trayer Wilderness
Processing Meat Rabbits
Melissa Souza
Deer Meat Processing
Maggie Bonham
Lessons Learned from 23 Years of Mountain Homesteading
Bruce Mcelmurray
The 4 P’s Every Homesteader Needs
Fala Burnette, Wolf Branch Homestead
Small-Scale Haying on the Homestead
Cindy Dayton
