Attracting Songbirds and Butterflies to Your Backyard

Backyard bird feeding is big business. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, a recent Census Report showed that over 65 million Americans enjoy backyard bird feeding, and it is one of the country’s fastest growing hobbies. Annually, people are spending nearly $4.7 billion annually...
Next Year’s Garden Starts Now

The sleet is rattling against the window, and the wood stove is popping and making those sounds that tell us a fire is really roaring inside. The dog is snoring on the rug, the snow is supposed to start later in the evening, and schools will likely be out tomorrow. A kettle of vegetable stew...
Setting Up a Woodshop at Home

For most of us who have ever taken saw in hand and made a long board shorter, sooner or later, the need for a dedicated place to do our woodworking projects becomes obvious. It’s one thing to have tools and jobs to do- it’s another thing altogether to have a safe, convenient, well-equipped...
Tunis Sheep

Tunis sheep are the redheads of the sheep world, known for their strikingly red faces and legs and their ivory-colored fleeces. The Tunis is thought to be descended from North African sheep, variously described as "fat‑tailed," "broad‑tailed," and "Barbary" sheep, that were imported to the...

Attracting Songbirds and Butterflies to Your Backyard

Next Year’s Garden Starts Now

Setting Up a Woodshop at Home

Tunis Sheep

Acreage Country Living Spotlight Articles

Blades Around the Home and Farm

If we were to take count of all the different blades we use around the small home farm, no doubt the number of edged tools would be in the dozens, if not hundreds. For everything from food preparation to wood working to yard maintenance to daily farm operations such as cutting fire wood, we use cutting tools constantly on the farm.

Product Review - Steel Buildings

Varco Pruden’s (VP) steel systems construction products include frames – some examples include a rigid frame, continuous truss, continuous beam, and hybrids of these and others – roofs, walls, and panels for you to choose from. You can also choose from plenty of finishes and accessories, including major items such as facades, skylights, windows, doors, and louvers, and a wide variety of special-use items.

Operating A Stable

Larry French says he’s been around horses his whole life. Now, he’s helping others experience what he calls “The Magic and Mystery of the Horse.”

Christmas Traditions

Santa and other Gift Givers

Product Showcase - ATV's

ATVsArtic Cat TBX 700iGT

This ATV model from Arctic Cat offers a wide variety of several features to help you get around and get things done on your acreage. Just some of these include on the fly two-wheel and four-wheel drive with differential lock, electronic power steering, a tilting cargo box, side cargo compartments, front-steel speedtrack, fully-independent suspension, a lower profile (but still sporting 11 inches of ground clearance), and automotive-style paint designed to keep your ATV looking as good as the day it arrived on your acreage.

Acreage Life – Celebrating Country Living and Life on the Farm

Acreage Life is a magazine and web site devoted to country living. We offer features on farm life, living in a small rural community, and those people who embrace life in the country.