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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The Backyard Homestead,” edited by Carleen Madigan, gives you all the hardworking information necessary to turn your backyard in to a cornucopia of delicious, organic food. From growing fruits and ...

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 ...

“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 ...