The 3-Tine Cultivator is perfect for either light and loose soil or clay and rock. It’s ready to take your abuse! Hand-forged to finish, the tool will help you amend your soil. It’s great for tidying up your beds for fall or amending your soil for springtime planting.

The cultivator is handmade in the United States!

This unique blade, we call batwing was traditionally a cotton hoe. Used for working in the fields between rows and around plants. It's easy to see why. This tool is one of the most versatile tools we offer.

You can use it for delicate scalp weeding, hacking and chopping, or turn it on either point for dragging seed furrows or chopping out sod. The extra long shank allows for better extension in larger raised beds.

Batwing Hoe Specs: Weight- 14.8 oz., Tool Length- 18", Blade Width- 5", Blade Length- 2"

The Homestead Iron Crows Foot Cultivator is great for working in finer amended soil, cultivating the dirt around plants easily. The tool is forged by hand, heated and beat into shape – just like in the old days. Each tool comes with a lifetime guarantee. Give it proper care and maintenance, and should it bend or break, Homestead Iron will repair or replace your tool.

This beauty is a reproduction of the same tool that came into existence 1,200 years ago. Japan and Holland thought up this design independent of one another during the same time period! Made with a thin, flexible blade, this is the perfect implement for fine weeding up close to your plants. A scraper and slicer, it’s made to get baby weeds as they come up (before they get stringy or woody). All Homestead Iron tools are sharp! They use 1075 high-carbon steel for their blades and treat each as a high-quality knife. Each tool comes with a lifetime guarantee. Give it proper care and maintenance, and should it bend or break, Homestead Iron will repair or replace it.

This beauty is a reproduction of the same tool that came into existence 1,200 years ago. Japan and Holland thought up this design independent of one another during the same time period! Made with a thin, flexible blade, this is the perfect implement for fine weeding up close to your plants. A scraper and slicer, it’s made to get baby weeds as they come up (before they get stringy or woody). All Homestead Iron tools are sharp! They use 1075 high-carbon steel for their blades and treat each as a high-quality knife. Each tool comes with a lifetime guarantee. Give it proper care and maintenance, and should it bend or break, Homestead Iron will repair or replace it.

The hand-forged Grub Hoe is a great all-around tool: It digs and slices through your toughest chores with ease. The heat-treated 1075 spring steel blade is sharp and durable, making it great for chopping and weeding. The tool’s tines, meanwhile, dig hard ground and effortlessly cut out tough roots. Precision TIG-welded on a forged diamond shank and finished with a solid hickory handle, this tool provides a lifetime of service.

This little guy does it all! The sharp chisel tip works to pop out stubborn weeds. The forged ridges in the blade act as a depth gauge and meter out fine seeds: Just shake and trickle out a few at a time. If that's not enough, the tool does everything a trowel does, too! It’s a must-have for the gardener who has everything (or the minimalist who needs a single, versatile tool). Each of Homestead Iron’s garden tools comes with a lifetime guarantee. If you give it proper care, and your tool bends or breaks for any reason, the company will repair or replace it.

The Diamond Head Scuffle Weeder makes short work of your weeding chores. Sharp on all sides, it cuts on both the push and pull stroke. The tool’s fine points allow for close detail work around tender plants.

Specifications:

• Weight: 15 ounces
• Length: 16 inches
• Blade width: 5 inches
• Blade length: 3 inches

The Scuffle Weeder is handmade in United States!

Homestead Iron’s hand-forged trowel is as functional as it is elegant: It features a sharp, high-carbon steel blade that’s mounted on a forged steel shank. This is one tool you will want to pass down to your grandchildren. All of Homestead Iron’s heirloom-quality tools are fabricated from the best American-made materials the company can find. Each tool comes with a lifetime guarantee. Give them proper care and maintenance, and should one bend or break, the company will repair or replace it.

Homestead Iron’s V Hoe is the most aggressive tool they offer. The sharp, high-carbon steel blade excels at slicing through tough matted grass roots. A versatile tool, it weeds, cultivates, digs, furrows, and makes transplanting hot pack plants a breeze. All of Homestead Iron’s heirloom-quality tools are fabricated from the best American-made materials the company can get. Each of their garden tools comes with a lifetime guarantee. If you treat one of them with proper care, and it bends or breaks for any reason, they will repair or replace the tool.

Forged by hand, this leverage weeder is perfect for the tap root variety of weeds. It’s a reliable standby and a must-have in every garden tool collection! All Homestead Iron heirloom-quality tools are fabricated from the best American-made materials that the company can find. Each comes with a lifetime guarantee. If you give one of these garden tools proper care and it bends or breaks for any reason, Homestead Iron will repair or replace it.

In celebration of the holidays, Mother Earth News is offering the Homestead Multiplatform Archive Gift Set! This set contains the Mother Earth News Multiplatform 1970-2017 Archive AND three Mother Earth News Premium Issues including: Self-Sufficient Living, Homestead DIY Projects, 2nd Edition, and Living on Less. The multiplatform archive is compatible with computers, laptops, electronic readers, smartphones, and tablets.

Beekeeping isn't just for the professional farmer-bees can be kept in any situation, from the simple backyard patio and garden to large expanses of farmland. A comprehensive and attractive beekeeping guide from Hobby Farm Press (the same folks who bring you Hobby Farms and Hobby Farm Home magazines), Honey Bee Hobbyist takes readers from finding their bees, housing them, collecting honey and using their produce for pleasure and possible profit. This colorful book includes entertaining chapters on the history of bees and beekeeping, and serves as an extensive introduction to help novice beekeepers fully understand this exciting hobby!

Hoppy Tummy Bitters features a floral hops flavor with cinnamon and birch accents. A savory element is added by the fact that it is infused in apple cider vinegar. Bitters are used to help balance the digestive system.

Description
Most traditional bitters contain herbs that encourage contractions, making them unsafe for pregnant women. By contrast, we are proud to say this formula is uniquely pregnancy safe. You will enjoy it whether or not you are pregnant, but we’re excited to offer an option for good digestion if you are.

What Are Bitters?
Bitters can help you balance your digestive system+. Traditionally, you would use them to increase the absorption of nutrients during digestion, but you can also use them to curb your sweet tooth. The bitter flavor encourages your gall bladder, liver, and stomach to produce appropriate levels of digestive juices. Sadly, the American diet is severely lacking in the bitter taste that your body needs to maintain a properly toned digestive system. This leads to a lack of assimilation, acid indigestion, reflux, constipation, and much more.

How to Use
Put 15 drops of Hoppy Tummy Bitters on the top of your tongue 15 minutes before each meal.

Ingredients:
Apple cider vinegar*, hops (Humulus lupulus)*, dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)*, birch (Betula spp.)W, gentian (Gentiana lutea)*, orange peel (Citrus sinensis)*, and cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.)*. 2 ounces. [*Organic, W Wildcrafted]

+This statement has not been tested by the Food and Drug Administration. This product isn’t intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Don't let ice and snow shake you up! You will be ready with an army of ice melt shaker jugs. Keep one in your car emergency kit; buy a second for the entry way or patio. • Handy shaker jug for easy application • Melts ice to -16°F • Covers 2,700 square feet • Safer for pets • Non-toxic to fish, aquatic life and watersheds • Biodegradable • Does not promote algae blooms in rivers, lakes, bays or wetlands • Does not harm lawns, vegetation, hardscapes or cured concrete when used as directed • Leaves no greasy residue on floors

Lost your zest for life? Feeling tired and sluggish? Need a health boost? Reach for a soothing cup of herbal tea and harness the extraordinary power of nature's most potent healing ingredients. With more than 70 expertly formulated recipes for tasty, soothing, caffeine-free infusions, this book will have you blending, brewing, and sipping your way to well-being. It also includes tips to help you get the most from your brew, as well as a comprehensive directory of herbal ingredients and their active properties and benefits.

Jerky Everything encompasses not only a variety of dried meat snacks but also veggie and fruit jerkies. Forget the ho-hum beef sticks of the past, Jerky Everything offers tasty dried treats for every palate, with flavors that range from orange beef to cheddar bacon to piña colada.

Learn natural beekeeping from Europe's foremost beekeeping authority. Georges de Layens, inventor of the world's most popular horizontal hive, shares a lifetime of experience on how to get started in simplified beekeeping; choose the best hive model for you and your bees; manage your hives with just two visits per year; take advantage of horizontal hives and deep frames, and much more.