Harvesting Tools

No more harvesting the hard way! These inventive harvesting tools can make this trying time a bit easier.

Making Your Own Hay

Learn about making your own hay. If you have access to a patch of hay land, the equipment and you’d like to produce the best possible forage for you pets and livestock, do-it-yourself haymaking can still spell dollars and sense.

Roadside Farmstand with Local Vegetables and Fruit
Selling On The Roadside

A farmer talks about his roadside stand and selling produce on the roadside.

Make your own cheese at home, with recipes like Lemon Cheese.
Cheese Making Basics

While cheese making a fairly simple process, it helps to learn the basics before you begin.

Tibetan yak
Yaks And Water Buffalo: Alternative Bovines

If you’d like to add cattle to your farm, think outside the box–try yaks or water buffalo. No matter where you live in North America, one or both of these interesting, easy-to-raise species is right at home and they’re perfect hobby farm livestock.

Farm gate
Drive-Through Farm Gates

Get a drive-through gate for your farm and make winter or any type of weather more bearable.