A hobby farm can provide its owner with hours of enjoyment tending to livestock and harvesting crops. The farm can also create hours of frustration when tax season comes around and it is time to file ...

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 ...

With the increasing number of people entering the food movement and selling produce and craft foods, determining if one qualifies as a farm is important to understand. The term “farm” includes stock, ...

BURLEY • In Cassia County, sugar beet and potato fields stretch as far as you can see, while rolling fields of wheat and barley glisten in the morning sun. But don’t forget the little guys. Hobby ...

It happened slowly. Mary Carrion always loved knitting so she learned how to spin yarn. She liked the spinning so she bought a couple of sheep. Then, she added ...

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 ...

Among the unique hobby farm animals, pygmy goats are a friendly breed that makes an excellent pet for a constant supply of fresh milk. These diminutive goats, often considered a popular breed, offer a ...