How to Grow a Living Fence Learn techniques and which shrubs or tree species are best for living fences to get them off to a good start.

Make the most of self-seeding plants for cottage gardens and self-sufficiency. These self-seeding vegetables, herbs and flowers can be coaxed into providing seeds season after season.

Read more from Mother Earth News on raising chickens. Browse our articles and blogs for gardening, homesteading, sustainability, farming, and more.

Enter to win Ambrosia Produce Bags and keep your fruits and veggies fresher for longer. These eco-friendly bags save you money and reduce food waste. Enter for a chance to win your very own.

With this novel technique, you can make earthbag buildings step by step to serve as a studio, garden shed, chicken coop, or root/storm cellar — no permit required!

Construct a Secure Storm Shelter Stay safe when tornadoes or high winds hit your area with this severe-weather shelter that can be added to a garage or basement.

A hybrid is simply two different plant varieties crossed for specific reasons. You can save the seeds produced by these, contrary to what you may have heard. It’s just more complicated than ...

What should you know about food, farming and the meat you eat? Farmer and writer Joel Salatin sounds off on government regulations, pasture-based farming and more.

Gardening sustainably can be a fun, creative pursuit, and our reader tips will give you ideas for going beyond organic in your garden. You’ll learn ways to reuse and recycle materials in your ...

Here are step-by-step instructions of how to build a low tunnel. The end product will measure roughly 9’4″L x 3’W x 20″H, which I should note is one hoop shorter in length than the version ...

Slugs, snails, crickets oh my! Join Miles Olson as he shares the ins and outs of gathering edible bugs for food.

Learn how to use mulch to cut down on weeding and heavy labor in your garden by using the Ruth Stout gardening method.