YouTube is a great source to learn small-scale farming techniques from experienced growers. Here are four channels with especially high-quality farm videos.
A chicken-keeper, homesteader and author turns from prose to poetry in his new book on living the farm life, "99½ Homesteading Poems."
Violets are an incredibly useful plant whose flowers and leaves are used in multiple healing remedies. Here's how to make lip balm from violet leaves.
DIY recycling can be easier—and more creatively fulfilling—than you might think. Here's how to make junk mail and similar items into paper.
Five women farmers over 50 share insight about their experiences in life and agriculture. In this first segment, the topic is love.
"Having a cow" is not as far-fetched as it might seem. More homesteaders are opting for a milk cow, which can offer a lot more than fresh milk.
Join the many Americans showing their patriotism by re-creating their own victory gardens for modern times. Here's some history and pointers.
In honor of Independence Day, we share several ways we work toward establishing true food independence. You can do the same.
For Jaime Cool and her family, an off the grid homestead of livestock, produce and bees takes a lot of work. But "it's a good life not many people get to experience."
A chipper can help you make use of fallen trees and leaves, and it can also help you with composting. Here's how it works.
Here's how to mix herb-infused oils with beeswax to make salves and lip balm that keep your skin moist and offer other healing properties.
Start your garden small with just a few common miracle-worker herbs such as chamomile and lavender, then progress from there.
