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The Best Way to Leave Land to Your Family Members

The Best Way to Leave Land to Your Family Members

An expert offers tips about leaving land to your family members through rural estate planning.

7 Ways to Make Money Off Your Land While Hosting a Wind Turbine

7 Ways to Make Money Off Your Land While Hosting a Wind Turbine

Whether you have vacant land hosting a single turbine or limited land space after installing a turbine, don’t let that land go to waste.

7 Tips for Starting a MasterPlanned Garden on Your Land

7 Tips for Starting a Master-Planned Garden on Your Land

Before making any drastic changes to your land, draft a master plan for your garden and move carefully to reach your ultimate goal.

How does fire benefit landowners?

How does fire benefit landowners?

When uncontrolled fires occur, it can be easy to forget the benefits of fire on land and how it has changed landscapes for the better. Woodrow Ross...

How to droughtproof your land

How to drought-proof your land

A permaculture expert shares 8 tips to prevent drought and conserve water on your rural property.

How to Build a Pond or Lake on Your Rural Property

How to Build a Pond or Lake on Your Rural Property

If you’re hoping to add a pond or lake to your property, there are many factors to consider and lots of planning to do. Our latest infographic offers...

Why manage wildlife on hunting land?

Why manage wildlife on hunting land?

Longtime hunter Steve Simmons explains the benefits of managing wildlife for hunting land, both to increase the health of the deer population and the...

How to Repurpose Wood You Clear from Your Acreage

How to Repurpose Wood You Clear from Your Acreage

Clearing your land means you are well on your way to building your dream rural home. But what will you do with all that timber?

Never too young to own land

Never too young to own land

The McDaniels may only be in their 20s, but they were more than ready to set up a homestead in the country.

Where to build your house on your land

Where to build your house on your land

You’ve bought the land. You have your house plans. All that remains is to choose the best location on your property to build your home. Nothing to...