Whether you want to hide greens from picky eaters in a fudgy tray of brownies, whip up a crisp side dish on the grill in ...

Use wick watering to keep your plants hydrated. A self-watering system is simple to assemble, and they use less water than other methods. Wick watering is a lesser-known method of efficient irrigation ...

Learn how to weave a chair seat with reed to retrofit and old chair and give it new life. Get started flat reed chair caning today for a fun and practical hobby. Every chair has a story. My favorite ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

In my lineup of edible landscape plants, the serviceberry plays a starring role. Yet for too many gardeners this plant is unknown. Are you ready to try something new and delicious? A small tree or ...

Carry and store your water in solid, food-grade buckets. Clean them weekly to keep them sanitized. Take your water supply into your own hands using a manual water pump. Learn how to live well with ...

With the sun's energy,this simple single-basin, passive-solar distiller can produce up to 4 gallons of purified water per day. Learn how to use passive solar water distillation to purify your drinking ...

One of the biggest challenges in keeping chickens is figuring out how to build a chicken coop and pen that will allow your birds to forage while also keeping them safe from predators. Letting the ...

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 ...

Ticks can carry dangerous diseases, so it is best to keep them at bay. With Lyme’s Disease so much in the news, I want to spread the good news of how to repel ticks, thus preventing tick bites, that ...