Our DIY Greenhouse Readiness Audit removes the guesswork. In just 3 minutes, this assessment evaluates your winter solar ...

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 ...

Find your next weekend project! What should you learn to craft next? There is a wonderful kind of quiet satisfaction that comes from making things with your own two hands. But when you love the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Belly view of a healthy channel catfish. Starting your own catfish stock is easier than you might think. Learn how to raise catfish at home in a pond to harvest for the dinner table. Raising channel ...

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 ...

Jewelweed’s medicinal uses are well-known by many traditional cultures. You, too, can take advantage of this healing plant with this poison ivy soap recipe. And luckily, jewelweed identification is ...

Learn how to make yucca shampoo right at home. Used extensively by native peoples, there are many yucca soap benefits including helping dandruff and hydrating your skin. The various species of yucca — ...

Learn how to build a biogas digester using intermediate bulk containers (IBC) for home use is easy and often can be built within an hour once you’ve assembled the tools and materials. Biogas digester ...

Build your own collapsible spinning wheel for spinning your own cotton thread. Print your own parts with the Thingverse plans below and learn how to make a charkha spinning wheel. After buying my ...