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One of the joys of living off the grid is being able to see and enjoy sharing your property with abundant wildlife. While deer, raccoons, rabbits and other creatures are an enjoyable sight from a distance, they are another matter ...

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 ...

Electric fencing has been around in its modern form since the 1930s. Commonly used for livestock and wildlife control, electric fences can be found in nearly all parts of the world, doing nearly the same sort of tasks: keeping livestock ...

One of my cats is a confirmed snake hunter. Birds can happily search for worms or take a dip in a puddle in her midst while she keeps an eagle eye out for slithering reptiles at all times. I often ...

Fencing your entire property line can be an expensive endeavor. You may be able to complete only a section at a time, or you might choose to wait for several years to be able to afford the fencing that you ...

Protecting the homestead is essential for rural dwellers, who have countless threats. This includes people who would like to steal your belongings, people who want simply to sniff around, and people who may want to cause harm to your property. ...

Being able to make just about anything out of pallets has many benefits for off-grid living – saving money and repurposing items among them. Pallets are something we can get for free if we just know where to look. Let’s ...

Installing safe, escape-proof goat fencing can be a big hurdle to overcome and should be one of the first steps to complete before bringing goats to the homestead. When I first got my three Nubian does, I thought that a ...