Humor

Humor filled homesteading articles about homesteaders, family, farming, animal husbandry, history, and myriad other topics discussed at Homestead.org, collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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myths about ticks
Homesteading

Ticks!

I wish I knew how many thousands of dollars ticks have cost…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton
manual post-pounder safety
Equipment

Adam vs. the Post Pounder

As far as I can tell, the blame lies squarely with Prince…

Sue Dick Sue Dick
What I Learned From Poultry
Geese

What I Learned From Poultry

Remember that old commercial, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature?”  Well,…

Diana Barker Diana Barker
Homestead Year In Review
Anecdotes

Homestead Year in Review

Reader discretion is advised: this Homestead Year in Review contains graphic images…

D. Glenn Miller D. Glenn Miller
Anecdotes

Laws of Attraction and the Importance of a Good Sense of Humor on the Homestead

I recently read one of the more popular books regarding the Laws…

Sherrie Taylor Sherrie Taylor
Homesteading Blunder
Anecdotes

Homesteading Blunders

I would assume that most people reading this are either homesteaders or…

Pam Silvis Pam Silvis
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Homesteading

Too Close for Comfort: One Woman’s Misadventures in Pasture Creation

I reflected it was an odd way to spend a morning. Crammed…

Sue Dick Sue Dick
Anecdotes

Fergus the Red

The trouble with keeping cows (aside from the regular, mischievous behavior of…

Sue Dick Sue Dick
warning signs for country neighbors
Anecdotes

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Country Neighbors

When we first bought the land that would one day become Ivy…

Sue Dick Sue Dick
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Anecdotes

The Autumn Olympics

I've been pretty busy lately doing whatever it is that I do. …

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton
how to pronounce missouri, The Collie Who Tried to End It All, Snakes in the Ozarks, Autumn Olympics Living in an Old Chicken House horse sense Snake snapping turtle story
Anecdotes

An Innocent’s Tale

This morning, I was thinking about when I was a kid, about…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton
how to pronounce missouri, The Collie Who Tried to End It All, Snakes in the Ozarks, Autumn Olympics Living in an Old Chicken House horse sense Snake snapping turtle story
Chickens

My Life After the Chickens

Lately, I've been watching some of the goings-on as a handful of…

Neil Shelton Neil Shelton