Save time and resources with easy gardening for seniors to make your experience more enjoyable. On my 75th birthday, I ...

Home and market growers always have their garden favorites, but trying something different can be worthwhile. Here are 10 heirlooms you might not have considered … until now.

4 cups whole cow’s milk, not ultra-pasteurized 1 cup cultured buttermilk 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon flake salt, or to taste Herbs, to taste (optional) Farmers cheese is one of the ...

You may be wondering how to grow a pine tree from a pine cone. Well, you’re in luck because growing pine trees from seed is an easy way to produce lots of trees economically. Is it possible to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Follow these step-by-step instructions to build an earth-sheltered greenhouse that uses passive solar gain. I had a dream once. I am standing in a vast green summer field looking down into the earth.

I love a plant that is beautiful, provides several different tasty ingredients, and is easy to harvest in ways that allow the plant to replenish. Daylily is one of those plants. Daylily (Hemerocallis ...

If you’re interested in having fresh spinach, lettuce, chard, or any other cold-hardy crop on hand late into winter or early in spring, you should build a low tunnel or two (also called a mini hoop ...

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 ...