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Homemade Dog Food Business

Beginning Farmers
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Rudy Green's Doggy Cuisine delivers homemade goodness, quality, safety--and becomes a business venture for a dog lover.

House Repair, Backyard Market, and Endangered Livestock

Beginning Farmers
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Reviving Your House, Backyard Market Gardening and The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds

Gravel Pathways

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm Management |
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Whether pathways on your farm are used for walkways between garden produce or for thoroughfares between barns and pastures, there’s a type of footing for every situation.

Sue Weaver Tells of Spring on the Farm

Farm Management
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Sue Weaver, a Hobby Farms contributing editor, recounts lessons learned during the mostly magical spring births on her farm.

Up Your Sustainability

Homesteading
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Sustainability, as it relates to farming, describes practices that can be sustained over a long period of time without depleting or damaging natural resources, while maintaining the farmer’s income and decreasing farm expenses. Learn how to increase your homestead's sustainability.

Buying the Farm House

Homesteading
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When contemplating move to the country and buying a farm house, "look before you leap” is more than a cliché—especially if land acquisition includes an older home.

Daily Living and a Cali King

Beginning Farmers
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This Day... A Daily Guide to Living and The King of California

Buying the Farm

Beginning Farmers
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I am interested in buying a 12-acre fixer hobby farm here in Indiana. My wife would prefer acreage with a brand-new home. What are the pros and cons of each?

It’s Tax Time: How To Navigate The Tricky World Of Farm Taxes

Farm Management
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Whether you farm as a hobby, as a full-scale business or something in between, use this advice to navigate tax forms and save yourself some money.

11 Steps to Successful Farm Marketing

Farm Management
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With a little forethought, you can create successful marketing plan for your farm that will expand your customer base and increase your profits.

How Do You Make Money Farming? Raise Meat Goats

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Want to keep an unusual meat breed with market potential? Try your hand at raising meat goats—a true farm money maker.

Holiday Gift Tag

Homesteading
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Our Hobby Farms holiday gift tags can add a touch of country living charm to your presents this holiday.

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