There are many chicken species that you can raise. You will want to choose a chicken species depending on the type you want to raise. There are many chickens that look healthy but they have a diminished egg-laying capacity. Others…
The goats produce two very important products in goat farming – the milk and the meat. In most of the large goat farms, the goats are treated much like dairy cows as their accommodations are indoors and they are milked…
The workshop is currently full. Check the MOFGA Events page for future hide-tanning workshops. On Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association will host a hide-tanning workshop for beginners at MOFGA’s…
Carlisle Academy at Spring Creek Farm, 65 Drown Lane, Lyman, will host a chainsaw safety training course Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This one-day session is limited to eight participants and costs $100 per person, including…
By Stephanie Grinnell I get a lot of questioning ― and jealous ― looks when people find out that I homestead in an off-grid cabin. So what is homesteading? Well, it can be many things. I think a fair assessment…
Information source: National Parks Service, online at The ability to file a homestead claim under the Homestead Act of 1862 ended in October 1986 in Alaska. This marked the end of America’s homesteading era. Homesteading had ended 10 years…
