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When you have been hiking or working in a wooded, grassy or weedy area, you may come home with an unwanted “hitchhiker.” It is tick season throughout much of the country. Ticks are classified as arachnids (the classification that includes ...

Honeybees pollinate more than 100 crops, from apples to zucchini.  The world has watched honeybees dying in the millions since 2006. Though there have been news reports concerning this crisis for the last 12 years, a majority of people still ...

There is an abundance of information on the Internet describing how to set up an aquaponics system, and a lot of that information makes it look frighteningly complicated and time-consuming. Today, I am going to try and simplify it for ...

On numerous hunting, fishing and camping trips I’ve found myself in a fixed camp with family and friends for up to two weeks. It usually doesn’t take me long to get the ax and a saw out and start to ...

  Are you thinking of starting a homestead? Does the thought of growing food, tending animals and living independently sound attractive to you? If so, then you are not alone, as each year thousands of Americans discover the joy of the ...

Foxes, coyotes, weasels, raccoons, rats and hawks. Predators abound in and around a homestead, and they’re all after your chickens. Possums, skunks and snakes wouldn’t mind stealing some eggs and chicks, too. And even if you live in the city ...

Winter weather has arrived, and with it all the joys and excitement of the season. We have Christmas carols ringing, cookies baking, and snow falling. The snow is pretty and coats the farmyard in a beautiful white blanket … and ...

One of the greatest thing about homeschooling your children is that you get to take math out of the realm of the abstract and plant it firmly in the practical world. Math in school is often tough for children because ...

Hydrogen peroxide should be a staple in everyone’s home. In fact, if you are storing food and medical supplies, you should have several bottles of it. This handy liquid has a host of off-grid uses. Here are 5 reasons why ...

It is definitely wintertime in North America. The garden tools have long been put away, all of the growing season activities have officially wound down until next spring, and we have resolved to snuggle up with a nice hot beverage ...