Chili made from home-canned beef or pork is a great convenience food. Canned chili made from beef or pork is a great convenience food. Spoon it into tacos for a quick meal, or layer it with corn ...

Add finishing touches to your gingerbread ornaments with this easy faux-icing look, piped on with pastry tips. We share a couple of techniques for how to decorate some of our favorite festive cookie ...

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 ...

While foraging, hunting, gardening and gathering for his livelihood, Miles Olson’s experiences have given him a unique perspective on "rewiliding," radical self-reliance, and the impact of ...

It’s satisfying to imagine how to make the land less quiet and then to make it happen. Inspiring examples of enlivening the land are all around us.

Allergies plague millions of people who often get only marginal relief from drugs that can have frustrating side effects. Natural remedies, however, often have fewer side effects and can combat ...

For those who've taken the leap into organic gardening or are about to, an expert offers his recommendation for garden fertilizer. Originally published as "A Better Way to Fertilize Your Garden" in ...

Learn how to grow and store heirloom sweet potato varieties.

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 ...

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 ...

Anywhere farmers are growing corn, soybeans or wheat, you’re likely to see empty, used steel grain bins. Those grain bins are durable, and steel is recyclable when the building has served its purpose.

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 ...