Build Your Own Farm Tools Heather Smith Thomas Grit magazine launched its Country

Grit magazine launched its Country Skills Series with the Guide to Backyard Chickens

and master techniques such as chopping

and brood chicks yourself rather than buying them from a hatchery

in the house or garden

cheesemaker and small-scale dairy producer Gianaclis Caldwell opens the door for fermentation enthusiasts and dairy devotees to make and use yogurt and kefir in the home kitchen

Build Your Own Farm Tools Heather Smith Thomas Grit magazine launched its CountryJosh Volk, the author of the best selling Compact Farms, offers small scale farmers an in depth guide to building customized equipment that will save time and money and introduce much needed efficiencies to their operations. Volk begins with the basics, such as setting up a workshop and understanding design principles, mechanical principles, and materials properties, then presents plans for making 15 tools suited to small farm tasks and processes.