Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If urban homesteading is your dream (or merely your PVC-pipe dream), you need Spike Carlsen’s “The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects” (Storey, ...

Geese make terrific watch birds, and both geese and ducks make excellent sausages and roasting birds. Plus, they’re incredibly easy keepers — the easiest of all poultry to raise. In The Backyard ...

RED HOOK, N.Y. – Hudson Valley Kinders Farm has launched online courses in backyard homesteading and goat raising. These courses can be accessed at hudsonvalleykinders.com and are an alternative to ...

Picture this. You walk out your back door with a basket, pluck a few ripe tomatoes, snip fresh herbs, and gather warm eggs ...

“The Backyard Homestead,” edited by Carleen Madigan, gives you all the hardworking information necessary to turn your backyard in to a cornucopia of delicious, organic food. From growing fruits and ...

“Homesteading can be fun and educational. It can build life skills for adults and kids. You can control what you get, what you eat and what you produce.” LAFAYETTE, La. — From gardening to raising ...

Heidi Kass said sometimes she feels like she should have been born 150 years ago. She grows dozens of varieties of vegetables and fruit, preserves them, and saves seeds for next year’s growing season.

EAGLE, Colorado – Homestead is saying “Yes In My Backyard” to a county open space deal. The deal is part of the commissioners’ plan to spend $3.2 million from the county’s open space fund on 160 acres ...