Rotational grazing offers a solution to provide livestock with the necessary forage for optimal health and production while also supporting the health of the soil and plant life.

If you plan to add selling animals to your homestead income sources – or you want to buy animals for your homestead – it’s important to understand the laws and regulations surrounding the sale and purchase of different species.

If you want to be part of your local farmers’ market to sell your wares and drive income for your homestead activities, however, there are some legal considerations.

If you live in an area with cold seasons, you’re limited in how much you can grow and harvest to feed your family throughout the year.

Fortunately, growing a garden year-round is an attainable goal, but you have to plan right to make it work

homesteaders are also partially or completely self-reliant, so you do need basics and suppliers to produce your own resources, make your life a little easier, and support your dream.

Managed well, small acreages can sustain a small family. If you want a greater degree of self-sufficiency, you may need more like 20 to 40 acres.

If you are looking to buy land for your own homestead, here’s how much you need.

Whether you want to get into some basic homesteading or you’re dreaming of running a full-time homestead as an income generator, here are some basic skills you will need.

While many choose to homestead just for themselves, there are ways for you to monetize homesteading to generate income, scale operations, and build a safety net to quit your 9-5 job.

It can take many forms, but at its core, a homestead is a self-sufficient lifestyle. This can mean growing or raising your own food – all or in part – to producing your own energy. Whether you’re dreaming of farm life in the city or you have a decent amount of land in the country, […]

At some point in your homesteading journey, you may get a desire to bring animals into your homestead. Homestead animals aren’t around to look cute, however – they all have a job and purpose. Not all homesteads have animals, but you can raise some of your own livestock to make your homestead more self-sufficient. Animals […]