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There’s more to homesteading than just a lifestyle choice. It’s the search for solitude, simplicity, and a quest for self-sufficiency. A homesteaders life is like living a humble ...

A good harvest can quickly become a storage problem. Fresh tomatoes, herbs, fruit, meat, and vegetables only last so long, so preserving them properly helps you waste less ...

Choosing a fence for a homestead is about more than marking a boundary. The right fence can contain livestock, protect crops, divide pasture, improve privacy, and make daily ...

A flock scratching through the grass is an appealing homestead sight. Raising free range chicken can also be rewarding work: your birds get room to explore, and you ...

A productive herb garden can rapidly bury you under a mountain of basil, rosemary, mint, parsley, or thyme that you can’t possibly use fresh. Rather than allowing the ...

Building a greenhouse sounds costly, but it doesn’t need to be. If all you want is a covered field to raise seedlings, cultivate vegetables, or for a few extra ...

If you have ever looked at kitchen scraps and thought, “Surely this could do more than fill the trash,” you are already thinking like a homesteader. DIY Natural ...

A dependable chicken waterer does more than save you an extra trip to the coop. It keeps fresh water available, limits contamination, protects bedding from spills, and makes ...

A greenhouse can turn a short gardening season into months of extra harvests. It protects seedlings from surprise frosts, gives heat-loving crops a warmer home, and creates a ...

Backyard beekeeping can turn one quiet corner of your property into a productive part of the homestead. A healthy colony may pollinate food crops, provide honey and beeswax, ...