BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 11, 2024
Gift ideas for homesteaders and gardeners generally fall into two categories: creating more work (a surprise cow, a beehive) or making less work (an efficient tool, a nice cart). If you aren’t sure that they want to take on something new, lean toward the less-work side. A gift card to a hardware store, online supplier, feed mill or seed company is a safe bet. A bundle of books or a year’s subscription to a magazine like Backwoods Home. A pair of wool socks, headlamp, good knife, heavy-duty hand cream, warm sweater, dehydrator, pocket chainsaw, handheld scythe, kerosene lamp, “chicken swing” or poultry picnic table, garden apron. Sourdough and kombucha starters are gifts for newer homesteaders that can literally keep giving forever.