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Put the tart, nutritious elderberry to good use in elderberry recipes, wine, jelly, and even dumplings.
DIY Root Cellar: Cold Storage Basics You can learn the basics of root cellaring, including humidity, ventilation, temperature and storage and have fresh produce all year!
Our nationwide reader survey reveals the best organic pest control methods for managing garden pests. Use organic pest control methods that work.
Canning produces flavorful, high-quality food that saves money, builds self-reliance and creates lifelong memories. Learn how to can today!
Interested in learning more about the chile de agua Oaxaca? The chile de agua pepper has been grown for over 300 years in Mexico.
Create your own homemade seed starting mix with the perfect balance of nutrients and moisture. This seed starting mix DIY is simple to put together.
Make salt-cured eggs in your home fridge. This salt-cured egg yolk recipe is a deliciously simple way to preserve your farm-fresh yolks for up to six months.
With this novel technique, you can make earthbag buildings step by step to serve as a studio, garden shed, chicken coop, or root/storm cellar — no permit required!
Gardening sustainably can be a fun, creative pursuit, and our reader tips will give you ideas for going beyond organic in your garden. You’ll learn ways to reuse and recycle materials in your ...
What should you know about food, farming and the meat you eat? Farmer and writer Joel Salatin sounds off on government regulations, pasture-based farming and more.
Slugs, snails, crickets oh my! Join Miles Olson as he shares the ins and outs of gathering edible bugs for food.
The Possibility Alliance was created by Ethan Hughes and his family to teach anybody and everybody about how to live a more simple and meaningful life. The 80-acre homestead in La Plata, Mo., is ...