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A Couple In Their 60’s Are Giving Away Their Farm A 35-Acre Virginia Horse Farm will be won by someone who can convince a panel of judges that their 1000 word story is a bestseller! Randy Silvers and Carolyn Berry who are now in their 60’s and looking to retire, are the owners of Rock Spring…
Wonderful five cluck establishment in Landstown, Texas This Chicken Coop ‘The Hotel Eggcelsior’ is simply amazing! It is a 6’x10, five cluck establishment built in the wonderful area of Landstown, Texas. The majority of the materials needed for building this coop were found free on Craigs List. As you can see the owners work hard to ensure all the guests seem content…
This episode of Chickens In A Minute explores the difference between a bantam and a standard chicken… There are four main differences between bantams and standard chicken: Size – Lifespan – Eggs – Space The biggest difference with bantams is their size. They are about one-fifth to one-fourth the size of a standard chicken. The next difference…
This is one of those “Why Didn’t I Think Of That” Ideas Built underground or partially underground a root cellar is a used to store fruits, vegetables, or other foods. A root cellar will keep your food at a stable low temperature and humidity. Properly designed it will prevent spoilage by keeping food cool during the summer months and stop it from freezing…
A quick and easy way to create compost! You don’t need for a pitchfork when you use a compost tumbler. Turning or spinning keeps the pile inside fired up by allowing oxygen to reach the decomposing materials. If you do it correctly, a compost tumbler can cut months from the composting process — sometimes as little as…
Want to know how to build your own Berkey water filter system… for a fraction of the cost of a store brought one? One of the most popular brands for filtering water in rural areas, at disaster sites, and for those just wanting to clean up city water before drinking it is the Berkey water…
The low-tech strategies used by Jean-Martin Fortier (JM) and his wife Maude-Hélèn, kept their start-up costs to a minimum and overhead expenses low . Amazingly their farm became profitable after only a few years of production. With only 1½ acres of cultivated permanent beds, this micro farm gross more than $140 000 per year with operating margins of about 60 per cent,…
20 Basic Homesteading Skills There are many skills a modern homesteader needs to learn. Below is a list I modified Mother Earth article called ‘101 Basic Homesteading Skills’. This list is only a starting point and everyones top 20 homesteading skills will be different and it is to get you thinking about the skills you might want to develop….
Follow These 5 Tips and Get Off to the Right Start. There are so many reasons for new homesteaders to become discouraged. Follow these 5 tips from the While homesteading is about being more self-sufficient, it is easy for new homesteaders to become discouraged. There are just so may obstacles to overcome and things to learn. Here are 5 tips for…
A Few Homesteading Tips to Help You Save Money, Energy, Time, and Sanity. When you first start homesteading you find it exciting. However, like many others before you, you can get ahead of yourself. Here are a few tips to help you save money, energy, time, and sanity. After watching this video let us know…