Attune your senses to early wildfire signals and take steps to prepare livestock and your homestead so you’re ready.

Wondering what to do with a natural spring on your property? Want to know how to make a natural spring flow better? Learn from experts how to use fresh spring water for all your water needs. [EDITOR’S ...

This garden maximizes yields by growing cut-and-come-again crops, such as chard, and by growing vertically on a trellis. Discover these backyard vegetable gardening tips and tricks to save time and ...

Do you know what to do when a rooster attacks you? Take these three steps to learn how to stop a rooster from attacking you when he acts aggressively. People often ask me how to stop a rooster from ...

Explore this heirloom potato varieties list and decide which are the best heirloom potatoes to plant in your garden.. Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some ...

Our nationwide reader survey reveals the best organic pest control methods for managing garden pests. Use organic pest control methods that work on aphids, slugs, and so many more. Several years ago, ...

Use these plans to construct your own DIY root cellar. Cold storage is the best way to store potatoes and onions, and even certain fruit and leafy greens! Root cellars are as useful today as ever. In ...

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand knowledge of growing, tasting and cooking with heirloom vegetables. A staunch supporter of ...

Learn how to dehydrate food with a dehydrator for long-term food storage. You can make a DIY food dehydrator powered by the sun, a stove, or electricity. When I first took up self-­reliant coun­try ...

The world is running out of oil and gas, making the case for solar-powered electric tractors an easier one to sell to traditional consumers. Originally published as "Electric Tractors" April/May 2002 ...

This retreat center’s storage building features an attached cob oven and natural paints. Learn modern cob house building for a mortgage-free home using low-cost and local materials by following how to ...

Booker T. Whatley at his home in Montgomery. You might say that the problems facing America’s small farms are like the weather: Everybody talks about them, but nobody does anything about them. After ...