Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If urban homesteading is your dream (or merely your PVC-pipe dream), you need Spike Carlsen’s “The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects” (Storey, ...

Geese make terrific watch birds, and both geese and ducks make excellent sausages and roasting birds. Plus, they’re incredibly easy keepers — the easiest of all poultry to raise. In The Backyard ...

With fresh, year-round produce available at the grocery store, vegetable gardening for beginners may seem pointless, not to mention challenging. But growing fruits and vegetables is a great way to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting down on one knee and popping the question is nerve-racking enough. But imagine burying the engagement ring in the garden, ...

Homestead is saying “yes in my backyard” to a multi-million dollar open space plan in their neighborhood. The county commissioners want to spend $3.25 million for 160 acres of open space that borders ...