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Regardless of if you are an established homestead or just starting your backyard flower farm, Instagram is a great way to promote your small business. You may have concerns about if Instagram will be worth the time it takes to successfully use it for your business. However, using Instagram will help you establish your brand […]

In recent years, homesteading has become an extremely popular topic in the news and on social media. Of course, there are many benefits to running a homestead. However, the practice also comes with its fair share of work as well. In fact, most homesteaders work hard doing several different tasks or jobs in order to […]

Finding a genuine work-at-home job is a challenging task for many parents especially when most of the job listings are associated with online scams. However, with increased technology and the need to reduce the hustle and bustle associated with office jobs, today we have millions of genuine jobs that parents can work remotely. For instance, […]

Guest post by Charlie Baulm Farming: Rich soil, bright sunshine, and … addiction recovery? Strange as it may sound at first, people are farming to help them recover from alcohol and drug abuse. When you learn “why,” their reasons make a lot of sense. Whether it be to build a sense of community as in […]

Early last winter we had the good fortune to have our mentors and friends Matthias and Andrea Reisen of Healing Spirits Herb Farm and Education Center come to our home and farm for a visit. Matthias and Andrea were pioneers of medicinal herb farming back in the 1980s when very few people in the United […]

Starting & Running Your Own Small Farm Business (Storey, 2007) by Sarah Beth Aubrey helps you plan your small business from the start. Filled with tips, examples, ideas, form templates, and success stories, this book is a handy all-in-one guide for your homestead hustle. Even if you don’t want to spend the money to develop […]

Excerpted from Market Farming Success by Lynn Byczynski Scheduling After you have completed the exercise of figuring out how much to grow in order to meet income targets, you can get to work filling in your planting calendar. You can do this with a pencil on a big paper calendar or use a computer. First, […]

Excerpted from Sustainable Market Farming by Pam Dawling Bart Hall once published a very useful table in Growing for Market which works back from your farm’s first frost date, to see what options you have. If you are more than 120 days before frost, you would most likely plant another food crop. If you are […]

Excerpted from Homemade For Sale by Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko   Hosting Private Product Parties If your state permits it, another option may be to host a private “product party” along the lines of a Pampered Chef or Tupperware gathering. Invite over your friends, neighbors and other community members in your target market for a private […]

Excerpted from The Farm to Market Handbook by Janet Hurst. Finding laborers is often one of the most difficult obstacles for a farmer to overcome, but there are means to assist with this ongoing problem. Farmers often bring apprentices onto the farm. Although they are usually not paid, apprentices can learn valuable skills from the […]