Wild cherry trees are often popular sources of food for wildlife. Perfectly tart and delightfully abundant, sour cherry tree varieties will be your new summer favorite. Over 50 years ago, my friend ...

Learn to find the best energy efficient window treatments — read about the pros and cons of insulated curtains, thermal panels, cellular shades, and more. Windows have a huge impact on how our homes ...

There are many reasons to start building a beautiful inexpensive stone house, but we’ll list seven here. To build a stone house from scratch is to create a sustainable home that can last for centuries ...

Is there an empty spot on your property that could use a unique workshop, studio, roadside store or guesthouse? If so, you might want to buy a train car–an old caboose, or a bunk car (a boxcar with ...

Follow this easy sour cherry jam recipe for a delicious treat from your own cherry trees. When we asked Levering for a jam recipe, he replied that nobody makes better jam than Martha Biggar. Martha — ...

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 ...

Smother bindweed to stop its spread. Go to battle with bindweed and learn how to get rid of bindweed organically using cardboard and mulch. Bindweed spreads through its root system and via seed; ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chicken of the woods growing on an ash stump. My wife, Elaine, and I are enthusiastic pursuers of wild edibles throughout the year. These natural foods are healthy, tasty, and, well, free. What’s more ...

The oceans may make up 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but we know very little about them, especially compared to our knowledge of the Earth’s land spaces — or even those of Mars and Venus.