Find time-tested resources on all facets of breadmaking, from ancient grains and sourdough starters to wild yeast and holiday ...

Use this comprehensive checklist of important papers to keep in case of emergency on hand in a binder, ready to go at a drop of a hat. In the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that I ...

Discover regenerative backyard gardening to build soil, capture carbon, and grow more food with a permaculture approach, cover cropping, perennial plantings, companion planting, living mulches, and ...

Discover the hidden flavors of the city with Los Angeles urban foraging. Find inspiration for gleaning fruit, wild greens, and other edibles in cities and other urban environments. Los Angeles is one ...

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 ...

Fallen hickory nuts can be gathered and pressed into a fresh and delicious oil. Learn about the Carya cordiformis, AKA the Yellowbud hickory tree. Get to know the hickory tree leaf, its bark, where it ...

The first time I learned about Lloyd Kahn was in this very magazine more than a decade ago, when he was presented with a Mother Earth News Lifetime Achievement Award. Alongside a photo of him at ...

Learn to build your own cabin cheaply and sustainably and learn about the green building benefits of sustainable, green-living homes. In 2013, I was living in a large city, but I felt it was time to ...

Do chickens improve soil? Discover how to utilize chickens for pasture overseeding ahead of grazing livestock, such as cattle. If you’ve raised broiler chickens in mobile shelters on pasture, then you ...

Tradd Cotter is a microbiologist, professional mycologist, and organic gardener who has been tissue culturing, collecting native fungi in the Southeast, and cultivating both commercially and ...

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 ...

Last canning season, a frustrated reader told us he couldn’t find answers to the following questions: Does cooking vegetables remove nutrients? And are canned vegetables healthy for us? Here’s ...