The MOTHER EARTH NEWS 2014 Homesteaders of the Year have taken self-reliance into their own hands, and with a little time invested in learning new skills, you, too, can achieve the DIY life and build ...

Anaïs, left, Justin and Jordanne Dervaes carry on the family work at Urban Homestead that their father, Jules Dervaes Jr., started in 1985. In 1984, a determined back-to-earther named Jules Dervaes Jr ...

Homesteading has its roots in the Homestead Act of 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln signed a law to encourage people to move out West in the United States. These homesteaders received acres of land ...

Tucked away in the mountains of Washington state, on a 5-acre lot, ducks and geese mill about. Goats are milked twice a day. A rooster crows. These animals belong to Elizabeth Kirk, her husband and ...

A homestead cabin within the boundaries of a national monument occupies part of a Roundup woman's childhood. In 1917, Myrtle Hledik's parents homesteaded along the Missouri River north of Winifred.

Letters From Happy Valley: Memories of an Alaska Homesteader’s Son, by Dan L. Walker. Ember Press, 2018. 230 pages. $17.99. Several years ago, Seward resident Dan Walker received an unexpected gift in ...