Countryside Magazine

05/26/2026

Learn why minerals are important, types of swine minerals and vitamins, and how to ensure your soil is suitable for pasture-raised pigs. 🐖🐷

Learn why minerals are important, types of swine minerals and vitamins, and how to ensure your soil is suitable for pasture-raised pigs.

05/25/2026

Today we remember, we honor, and we cherish the legacy of those who served.

05/25/2026

Create natural dyes in shades of yellow with goldenrod flowers. Learn how to extract natural dye for wool from goldenrod plants straight out of your garden. 🌼🌻

Add to Favorites By Christine Lundsten McKahan – Five years ago, as my husband and I wandered around our two acres of newly purchased homesteading land, surrounded by rolling hills, grazing …

05/24/2026

🐄 Strange, unexpected things can happen to a mama cow. Learn orphan calf care from bottle and tube feeding to raising a calf with a buddy to reduce stress while keeping the immune system strong. 🐮

Strange, unexpected things can happen to a mama cow. Learn orphan calf care from bottle and tube feeding to raising a calf with a buddy to reduce stress while keeping the immune system strong.

05/23/2026

Kids these days are more disconnected from nature and agriculture. Agriculture provides a nexus of vocational skills that is hard to beat in any other field of study. It can teach not only carpentry, husbandry, and business, but also patience, leadership, and empathy. 📚🌾✏️
Learn how to get them more involved with fun, DIY projects with both livestock and gardening. 🐓🐄🪴🪏

Kids these days are disconnected from nature and agriculture. Learn how to get them more involved with fun, DIY projects with both livestock and gardening.

05/23/2026

When properly constructed, sturdy fences, sheds, and barns provide a great deal of peace of mind to the modern homesteader. When put up poorly, no greater headache ever came to a homesteader. Fencing is essential to maintain healthy relationships with neighbors, but more importantly, to maintain healthy pastures and healthy herds. 🪵🌾
Download our FREE Fencing Guide today to learn more!

Download our free fencing guide! Discover expert guidance on choosing the right fencing, mistakes to avoid, installation, and more.

05/21/2026

North America’s oldest and endangered cattle breeds celebrate 500 years of history, heritage, and hardiness.

05/20/2026

It's International Heritage Breeds Week! 🐄🐴🌾
There is no question that our environment is changing. This is especially clear on our farms. These changes put pressure on our livestock industry and the land we depend on. It’s time to move away from highly specialized animals and fuel-heavy machines used to care for them, and to take another look at heritage and landrace breeds.

It's time to step away from highly specialized livestock and machinery to manage them and re-look at heritage and landrace breeds.

05/19/2026

The best mulch to prevent weeds depends on where the mulch lies, what else you need it to do and, of course, cost. Some people consider mulch to be the most important factor for a successful garden. Learn which mulches are best for preventing weeds. 🌱🪏

The best mulch to prevent weeds depends on where the mulch lies, what else you need it to do...and, of course, cost.

05/18/2026

You’ve found the perfect pasture pig for your farm. Knowing what pigs you want to raise is the first step. Now, let’s talk pastured pig fencing! 🐷🐖

You’ve found the perfect pasture pig for your farm. Knowing what pigs you want to raise is the first step. Now, let’s talk pastured pig fencing!

05/18/2026

🚨LAST DAY TO ENTER!🚨
COOLEST COOPS 2026 is almost at an end!
Do you have the coolest coop? Prove it! Enter for your chance to be featured in the magazine and win some great prizes just by sending us photos of your coolest coop today!

Do you have the coolest coop? Prove it! Enter for your chance to be featured in the magazine and win some great prizes just by sending us photos of your coolest coop.