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Buying In, Day-to-Day, Getting Started, Living the Life, Real Estate, Success Stories, Uncategorized

Enjoy Your Homestead! Using Outbuildings and Designing Outdoor Spaces



Expanding Your Home Outdoors Homesteading requires creativity and ingenuity. In the depths of winter, I often find myself dreaming of days and evenings enjoyed outside. On our homestead, we have discovered opportunities to expand our living spaces by creating private areas outdoors as well as creatively using outbuildings. Wintertime is the perfect time to plan […]

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Featured, Finding Your Niche, Getting Started, Living the Life, Success Stories

Healthy Chickens and Housing for Maximum Profits



Healthy Chickens=Healthy Profits Healthy chickens result from careful planning. Your happy hens will lay eggs regularly which you can turn around and sell for profit. Following are the practices we implement in our flock to encourage optimal health in order to produce the most amount of eggs. Ways to save money It can be easy […]

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Adapt and Overcome, Agritourism, Day-to-Day, Featured, Health Set-Backs, Living the Life

How to not just survive…Taking steps to thrive!



We are coming into our third harvest season in a couple of months. Hard to believe. I am sitting outside in one of my spots, watching the leaves fall around me. It’s one of those days where I can close my eyes and hear them falling onto the forest floor. It is unseasonably warm today. As […]

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Getting Started

How to Transition from Hobby Farming to Business Farming



You’ve already spent time growing your own food and raising animals. You did it in your spare time, perhaps when you got home from a full-time job at the office, but it’s something you enjoy and are good at. Now, you’ve grown enough food to sustain you and your family, and you’re getting to the […]

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Agritourism

How to Make Extra Money From Your Farm



How to Make Extra Money From Your Farm Written By:Megan Wild, Grit Blogger Most people have no idea what challenges face a small farm each year. Yes, they might appreciate the occasional trip to a farmer’s market, where fruits and veggies always seem to be in abundant supply. That’s not telling the whole story. It only takes […]

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Agritourism, Featured

7 Tips for Preparing Your Farm for Fall Festivals



7 Tips for Preparing Your Farm for Fall Festivals Written By:Megan Wild, Grit Blogger Autumn is a lovely time of year and the perfect season to host outdoor festivals to celebrate. Are you considering hosting a fall festival on your farm or homestead but not sure where to start or even what all is involved in the […]

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Finding Your Niche

Hoppy harvesting!



Hoppy harvesting! Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Chris Colby It usually takes at least three years for hops to start producing up to their full potential. From the second growing season onward, the steps you take are the same. In spring, the shoots will emerge. Once they are long enough, train the fastest growing […]

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Agritourism, Diversify, Finding Your Niche

Lavender Farm Becomes Agritourism Stop



Lavender Farm Becomes Agritourism Stop Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Deborah R. Huso Julie Haushalter decided to start growing some lavender of her own, and she began with 150 plants, selling the harvested buds, as well as products she made from lavender, at the nearby Harrisonburg Farmers’ Market. The business took off like wildfire, […]

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Finding Your Niche, Getting Started

Raising Rabbits for Profit – Part 1 – Your Best Breed



Raising Rabbits for Profit Your Best Breed Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Callene Rapp If you’ve been raising rabbits for a while as a hobby, the thought may have occurred to you that you could make a little money raising them. The thought may have even occurred to you that you can make a […]

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Finding Your Niche, Networking

Raising Rabbits for Profit – Part 2 – Marketing and Production



Raising Rabbits for Profit Marketing and Production Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Callene Rapp Producing year-round In order to maintain profitability, it’s important for the rabbitry to produce litters year-round. This necessitates having litters when Mother Nature, and the doe herself, may not think it’s the greatest idea. Rabbits, like many other animals, are […]

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