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, ...

After 15 years of experience, here are three costly trends you should take into consideration before starting your urban ...

Calamity Jane is not your typical housewife. Although she cooks most of her family’s food from scratch, bakes fresh bread once a week, puts every kind of fruit she meets into a canning jar, helps her ...

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 ...

With fresh, year-round produce available at the grocery store, vegetable gardening for beginners may seem pointless, not to mention challenging. But growing fruits and vegetables is a great way to ...

“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 ...