WRITING WORK

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• Are Geese Right for My Farm?, Hobby Farms, Aug. 2015

• Store-Bought Eggs vs. Farm-Fresh Eggs, Hobby Farms, Aug. 2015

• Five Things You Didn’t Know About Top Bar Hives, Hobby Farms, Sept. 2015

• Keeping the Peace in a Mixed-Species Flock, Hobby Farms, Dec. 2015

• Winter Care for Water Fowl, Hobby Farms, Jan. 2016

• Geese: Personalities & Basics, Backyard Poultry magazine, Feb/March 2016

• A History of Geese as Guard Animals, GRIT Guide to Backyard Chickens, March 2016

• Practical Uses for Geese, Backyard Poultry magazine, April/May 2016

• About Duck Raising, Hobby Farms, May 2016

• Gosling to Goose, GRIT magazine, May/June 2016

• Feed and Care for Geese, Backyard Poultry magazine, June/July 2016

• The African Goose, Backyard Poultry magazine, August/September 2016

• Duck, Duck, Goose, The Sustainable Dish Podcast Episode 7, June 2016

• Why Ducks Are Good for Your Garden, Hobby Farms, August 2016

• Raise a Goose to Guard Your Flock, Hobby Farms, September 2016

• The Sebastopol Goose, Backyard Poultry magazine, Oct/November 2016

• Affordable Ways to Keep Your Coop Warm, GRIT Guide to Backyard Chickens, November 2016

• Pros & Cons of Lighting Your Coop in Winter, GRIT Guide to Backyard Chickens, November 2016

• The Roman Goose, Backyard Poultry Magazine, December 2016/January 2017

• Honk if You Love Goose Eggs, ZEST Maine magazine, January/February 2017

• The Toulouse Goose, Backyard Poultry magazine, February/March 2017​​

• The History of the American Barn, GRIT magazine, March/April 2017

• An Introduction to Keeping Geese, Molly Green magazine, Spring 2017

• Can You Eat Goose Eggs?  You Bet!, HobbyFarms.com, July 2017

• Consider These 6 Types of Poultry for Your Farm, HobbyFarms.com, August 2017

• Help Your Poultry Get Through a Cold Winter, HobbyFarms.com, Sept. 2017

• 5 Reasons Why Farmers Should Keep Ducks & Geese, HobbyFarms.com, Oct. 2017

• Earthworms Podcast, KDHX with Jean Ponzi, Nov. 2017

• 4 New Year's Resolutions for Our Poultry Flock, HobbyFarms.com, January 2018

• Finding Your New Farm Home, GRIT magazine, January/February 2018

• How to Get the Best Birds for a New Flock This Spring, HobbyFarms.com, February 2018

• Consider Adding These Heritage Goose, Duck, & Chicken Breeds to Your Flock, HobbyFarms.com, March 2018

• Ducks and Geese Housing Needs, HobbyFarms.com, April 2018

• Sumer Treats Good for Poultry, HobbyFarms.com, May 2018

• A Practical Guide to Keeping Geese, Permaculture Northeast magazine, Spring 2018

• Breed Profile: Get to Know the Sebastopol, HobbyFarms.com, July 2018

• Breed Profile: Meet the Roman Goose, HobbyFarms.com, August 2018

• Poultry Goals for 2019, HobbyFarms.com, January 2019

• Grow Your Farm with Social Media, GRIT magazine, March/April 2019

• How to Prepare Your Farm for Waterfowl, HobbyFarms.com, March 2019

• Introducing New Ducks & Geese to Your Flock, HobbyFarms.com, April 2019

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Kirsten Lie-Nielsen's first book, A Modern Homesteader's Guide to Keeping Geese, was released with New Society Publishers in October 2017.  Order your copy here!

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Her second book, So You Want to Be a Modern Homesteader: All the Dirt on Living the Good Life, was released in December of 2018.  It can be ordered here.

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In addition to caring for the flock of chickens, gaggle of geese, colony of bees, and expanding gardens, Kirsten spends her free time doing freelance writing projects, sharing the knowledge and information she’s learned through her farming experiences.  

Here are links to some of her featured pieces: