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 ...

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 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 ...

How does a seed exchange work? Learn some basic seed swap rules and how to organize one for your own community. Have you ever participated in a community seed swap? If not, you’re missing out on a ...

Follow this easy sour cherry jam recipe for a delicious treat from your own cherry trees. When we asked Levering for a jam recipe, he replied that nobody makes better jam than Martha Biggar. Martha — ...

Remaining on-grid made sense for this solo homesteader, but learn how to build an off-grid cabin on a budget to keep those features in a small cabin. In terms of home energy systems, “off-grid” and ...

Smother bindweed to stop its spread. Go to battle with bindweed and learn how to get rid of bindweed organically using cardboard and mulch. Bindweed spreads through its root system and via seed; ...

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 ...

Follow these step-by-step instructions to build an earth-sheltered greenhouse that uses passive solar gain. I had a dream once. I am standing in a vast green summer field looking down into the earth.

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 ...

Ninety frost-free days here in the mountains of Idaho close to the Canadian border are not enough to raise most vegetable crops. For several years, I watched in frustration as my tomato and corn crops ...