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 ...

I recently came across a “Seeds Explained” infographic stating, “Seeds from first-generation plants can’t be saved and planted”. That’s not exactly true. You can save and grow hybrids (a cross between ...

Earth Repair by Leila Darwish (New Society, 2013) is packed with simple, accessible, and practical tools for healing and regenerating damaged ecosystems from contaminated urban lots to polluted ...

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.

Save the rain for a sunny day build a rainwater collection system that’ll store 275 gallons in recycled water containers in a system five times bigger than the typical rain barrel. Reposted with ...

Learn how to grow and store heirloom sweet potato varieties.

Biogas is a mixture of gases formed anywhere organic material decomposes in the absence of oxygen, such as underwater, deep in a landfill, bubbling out of municipal solid waste, or in the guts of ...

Fry sliced Jerusalem artichokes as you would potatoes, or bake slices in a low-temperature oven for a long period of time to make “potato” chips. Potatoes aren’t the only terrific tuber out there.

Simple: Build more — and bigger — hoophouses a whole lot sooner, like from the beginning. Whether you’re a market gardener wanting to extend your season or a family looking to grow more of your own ...

The roots, greens, and seeds of the lambsquarter plant are all edible and extremely nutritious. These ingredients can be used in a variety of wild edible treats and medicinals as well as shampoos and ...

An ideal staple crop for those seeking to meet most of their food needs with homegrown produce would be nutrient-dense, offer high yields, and have excellent flavor and storage qualities. A crop that ...