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.
The Benefits of Barn Cats: Your Homestead's Purrrfect Predator
Corinne Gompf, Heritage Harvest Farm
Modern Logging with Horses
Tom Moates
Preparing the Farm and Farmer for Winter
Steve Judge
Suffolk Punch Horse: British Draft Horse Breed
Jake Page
Large Horse Breeds: Draft Horses
The Mother Earth News Editors
Reconnect with Rhythms
MOTHER EARTH NEWS staff
Trash to Treasure: Upcycled Projects
Reader Tips
No Root Cellar? Build Root Vegetable Storage Boxes
Rory Groves
Building and Using a Precast Septic-Tank Root Cellar
Garth And Edmund Brown
Urban Chicken Predators
Anna Twitto
Aging Homesteaders Share Their Wisdom
Bruce McElmurray
Egg Grades: Chicken Egg Quality
Gail Damerow
How to Sex Baby Chickens
Beth Robinson Bosk
How to Make Schmaltz Using Poultry Fat
Andrea Chesman
Chicken Egg Hatching Cycle
Melissa Caughey
Growing Fodder from Sprouts for Livestock
Sarah Cuthill
Homestead Dogs: Black Mouth Cur Dogs
Amy Fewell, The Fewell Homestead
Gracefully Aging On a Homestead
Mother Earth News Readers
Modern Homestead Chores for the Mid-Summer Months
Ann Larkin Hansen
Certified Naturally Grown Honey & Mushrooms
Suzannah Schmeider
