President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum on Monday, re-upping a policy from his first term that pleased domestic metal makers but hurt other American industries and ...

Check out the hand tools of the 19th and early 20th century during the annual Antique Tool Show and Sale on Sunday, Aug. 4, at Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills. Courtesy of Garfield Farm Museum ...

Learn how to use a scythe on your property for haying, harvesting, and more – while enjoying an invigorating method to farming that scythe use brings. Forms of the scythe have been in use since ...

“We received a lot of feedback from women on what they liked and didn’t like about tools and which ones they most wanted to see redesigned.” Feedback in hand, Adams and Brensinger applied for a Phase ...

For years, I have used hand pruners for this job, but I recently found that using a hand scythe makes it much more efficient. The hand scythe is a mini version of the traditional tool used to ...

The hand scythe is a mini version of the traditional tool used to harvest grain. ... I can attest — I’ve had most of my hand tools for fifteen years and counting!

The Resilient Farm and Homestead(Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013) is a comprehensive how-to manual that will help the reader select, design, develop, and manage land for self-reliance and ...

Stay safe and comfortable during blackouts with these 11 essential tools and tech, tested in real-life outages from heatwaves to winter storms.

In this video brought to you by the Local Motives YouTube channel, we explore how a small community urban farm in Red Hook, Brooklyn produces over 150 tons of compost every year with just hand tools.

On his way to his third golden scythe title, Fred Hall, of Unity, N.H., shows off his style during the hand mowing competition in Meriden, N.H., on July 26, 1984.

Hand tool grips are often too large for the average woman’s hand. She says this can result in less productivity on the farm. “Women are very, very capable of running these pieces of equipment.