Follow these guidelines to let off some steam while preserving your bounty Steam canning can be just as safe as water bath canning if performed properly to preserve acidic foods. Here are guidelines ...

Enhance your garden with a backyard wildlife pond. Learn how to build a backyard pond and get tips for pond plants and wildlife pond-edging ideas. Having a water source, especially a pond, on your ...

How are potatoes grown? Potatoes thrive in well-drained soil and require ample sunlight to grow well. Remember to space out your seed potatoes properly when planting to give them room to develop.

Learn how to build a sawdust stove for an efficient and clean burn while fueled by a material typically discarded as waste. Here is how to create one. As we who live in the industrialized nations of ...

Can you make paint from flowers? Learn how to make watercolor paint using deadheaded flowers from your garden or other blooms foraged from nature. Whenever I walk through my garden, I find something ...

Can you reuse canning lids? We compare four brands of disposable and reusable lids for anyone who’s been tempted by the idea of reusing canning lids. In the last few years, the canning world has been ...

Start harvesting maple syrup in your backyard by gathering your maple tree tapping supplies and use these instructions to build a maple sap evaporator from a barrel. Transforming sap into syrup is one ...

One of Mossin' Annie's moss installation projects was enhancing a stonehenge garden. Take some lessons and advice from a passionate mosser. How does moss grow? What are some bryophytes examples? And ...

Carry and store your water in solid, food-grade buckets. Clean them weekly to keep them sanitized. Take your water supply into your own hands using a manual water pump. Learn how to live well with ...

The author, his wife, and workshop participants recently built this earthbag tiny home. My wife, Mary Jane, and I built our first earthbag home in 2009, after being inspired by the Mother Earth News ...

Chances are that you’ve got a carob or a honey locust (depending on your location) tree near you. The pods from these trees can be turned into naturally sweet powders that are healthy, tasty, ...

Cultivating oyster mushrooms on spent coffee grounds is a simple and enjoyable home activity for all ages, resulting in some good edible mushrooms to boot. If your home brewing doesn’t provide enough ...