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.

Learn to find the best energy efficient window treatments — read about the pros and cons of insulated curtains, thermal panels, cellular shades, and more. Windows have a huge impact on how our homes ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...