Find tips for a leaky gut cure by following a gut-healing diet with foods that help digestion to improve your health and ...

Learn about milpa agriculture techniques, how to start a farmstand from home, build a hotbed from straw, sprout mung beans ...

Learn the proper culvert design, size, materials and procedures for safe travel over streams and ditches. Culvert installation will run smoothly if you follow this advice. Small streams often ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The system takes water from near the bottom of a solar heat storage tank and pumps it through a collector — where it’s heated by the sun — and then back to the tank. This continues as long as there’s ...

Perhaps the most versatile item in the artisan herbalist’s arsenal is herb-infused oil. The diversity of potential applications, as well as the multitude of products into which infused oil can be ...

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 ...

Using natural materials allows painted surfaces to release moisture naturally and is a great way to bring the outdoors in. Natural oil paints typically are made with linseed oil and a natural solvent, ...

This job is best done in mild sunny weather, when the plastic will be dry and can stretch some but not too much. Arrange for a windless day to spread plastic – that is, less than 5mph winds, tops! If ...