Wild cherry trees are often popular sources of food for wildlife. Perfectly tart and delightfully abundant, sour cherry tree varieties will be your new summer favorite. Over 50 years ago, my friend ...

Save the leaves from brambles to reap the blackberry and raspberry leaf benefits given by simply drinking a cup of tea.

There are many reasons to start building a beautiful inexpensive stone house, but we’ll list seven here. To build a stone house from scratch is to create a sustainable home that can last for centuries ...

Is growing morel mushrooms possible? While not the easiest thing to cultivate, it can be done. Learn how to grow morel mushrooms at home and what to avoid. Every weekend at the farmers market, I have ...

Photo A: The author’s grandson, Austin, experiments with using the baler to form a bale. When you build your own wooden hay baler, you can hand bale hay without the need for equipment, so you can ...

Go to battle with bindweed and learn how to get rid of bindweed organically using cardboard and mulch. Bindweed spreads ...

Learn how to raise chickens humanely by following the animal Five Freedoms as an everyday guide, or when you're just ...

Is there an empty spot on your property that could use a unique workshop, studio, roadside store or guesthouse? If so, you might want to buy a train car–an old caboose, or a bunk car (a boxcar with ...

This close-up through the polycarbonate shows the absorber screen, the foam sealer molding, screws with EPDM washers, battens and a bottom vent. After walking into my workshop one December morning and ...

Whether as a studio, garden shed, chicken coop, or something else entirely, an earthbag building is adaptable. With this novel technique, you can make earthbag buildings step by step to serve as a ...

Using natural materials allows painted surfaces to release moisture naturally and is a great way to bring the outdoors in. Natural oil paints typically are made with linseed oil and a natural solvent, ...

An ideal staple crop for those seeking to meet most of their food needs with homegrown produce would be nutrient-dense, offer high yields, and have excellent flavor and storage qualities. A crop that ...