A hobby farm can have different definitions. But the basic idea is that a hobby farm is a small-scale farm that is primarily for pleasure instead of being a business venture. The owner or owners of a ...

If you jump into hobby farming with both feet, there's a good chance you'll feel overwhelmed with the care of three or four species of animals that are new to you, plus managing a garden and trying to ...

About an hour before the start of a spring storm, Dominique Salamone surveyed her three-quarter-acre Northridge yard and commenced an impromptu master class in suburban chicken raising. “You have to ...

Interest in raising backyard chickens spiked after the start of the pandemic, and shows no sign of slowing down. As a chicken owner, I have had a steady stream of curious friends visit my hobby farm ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Phil Jacobs was just a teenager when his parents bought a scenic Kentucky farm with hayfields, forests, creeks, trails and a view of the Ohio River. Decades later, he still spent ...

Clifford Milton Leonard had grand plans when he built an exquisite hobby farm on 150 acres of Lake County farmland in the mid-1920s, but as a working dairy, his dream farm failed after only a few ...