No more harvesting the hard way! These inventive harvesting tools can make this trying time a bit easier.
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.
A farmer talks about his roadside stand and selling produce on the roadside.
Sue Weaver, a Hobby Farms contributing editor, recounts lessons learned during the mostly magical spring births on her farm.
While cheese making a fairly simple process, it helps to learn the basics before you begin.
Want to keep an unusual meat breed with market potential? Try your hand at raising meat goats—a true farm money maker.
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.
Get a drive-through gate for your farm and make winter or any type of weather more bearable.