Can you solve Fall Ferments? ? Click through clues, test your kitchen know-how, and beat the 3-minute timer to unlock tips, ...

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 ...

Quonset huts are lightweight structures of corrugated galvanized steel that doesn’t require interior wall supports. Read this five-year retrospective on what it’s like living in a Quonset hut home in ...

Follow these tips to construct a wood stove hot water coil heating kit and save on utility bills. Includes a diagram and wood stove water heater plans you can set up in your own house. One of the ...

Like beekeeping, hydroponic gardening was another one of MOTHER's summer seminars. Indeed, in its heyday, the magazine functioned almost like an open-air university. Early in 1978 an advertisement ...

Use this comprehensive checklist of important papers to keep in case of emergency on hand in a binder, ready to go at a drop of a hat. In the interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that I ...

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Always wondered how to make a homemade quill pen and ink? Learn how to make quill ink from beets and a quill pen from a single feather in this comprehensive tutorial. Quill pens have been used as ...

Read more from Mother Earth News on garden planning. Browse our range of articles and ideas on garden planners and get your project going today.

It's hard work taking care of a farm, but a great way to live rent-free doing what you love. Are you ready to head for the country, but lack the $$ to buy or rent land? That was Dale and Sandy Deraps’ ...

This domestic elk ranching primer by a successful twenty-year elk farmer provides detailed guidelines to starting a small-scale elk ranching operation. Although Lou Wyman runs 200 to 300 head of elk ...

Joel Salatin raises pastured poultry and grass-fed beef at Polyface Farms in Swoope, Va. Tell us a little bit about Polyface Farm. We’re located eight miles southwest of Staunton, Va., in the ...