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A good source of lean protein, crickets are easy to raise and can be eaten by poultry and humans. Here's what you…

With winter at the doorstep, there is nothing quite so cozy as curling up next to a roaring fire in a wood-burning…

Winter is coming. Is your home ready? Insulation, heat loss, sealing windows and more … These weatherization tips…

The relatively small scale of bee colonies makes urban beekeeping an ideal back-to-nature project for city…

Root cellars among the oldest, most reliable ways to store produce. Here's how to make DIY root cellar storage. …

Nothing, and I mean nothing, goads a homesteader or backyard poultry farmer into action faster than the season’s…

A paddock is a pasture used for grazing. How do you build a perfect paddock? Find out in this excerpt from The…

Donkeys can be stubborn, but they are also intelligent, attentive animals that are good draft animals, guardians…

A molting chicken is not exactly a thing of beauty, but it is a natural process in the bird's life that comes with…

Some songbirds stick around for the cold months. Here's how to attract birds in the winter.  Bluejays are…

Bats are important to the ecosystem. Here's how to set up a bat house on your property. Large bat houses built…

From their eggs to their meat to their willingness to eat kitchen scraps, ducks are a great addition to…