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Ever wonder which herb matches your personality? Whether you’re soothing like chamomile or zesty like mint, this quick quiz ...
Learn how to start an aquaponic farming business by pulling profits with plants, fish, and a good business plan.
This fun quiz will reveal which vegetable matches your vibe. Time to dig in and discover your vegetable alter ego!
In Episode 241 of the Mother Earth News and Friends, John Metzer of Metzer Farms and Stephen Horst of Fifth Day Farm offer advice on the temperatures needed for incubating guinea, goose, and duck ...
Eric Stromberg: [00:00:00] A few reasons to keep roosters on the farm. Some people like the actual noise that they crow and they make a lot of people will keep a rooster as kind of that first line ...
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.
Harness the Power of Self-Sufficiency One New Skill at A Time It’s never been easier to pick up new skills to boost your independence and keep more money in your wallet while you’re at it. Let ...
The harvest from one yellow birch branch. As a child, I spent many afternoons scaling the white pines my father had planted in our backyard. Decades later, when I bought my first home, my dad set ...
Kenny Coogan: [00:00:00] Home fermentation is great in the fall, but also year round. What are some of your favorite vegetables to ferment? Sandor Ellix Katz: You can ferment anything you want at ...
I am a farmer with a black-and-blue thumb and a science writer who’s terrible at math. I embrace a science-based understanding of climate, but sometimes I still pray for rain. And over the ...
A well-built storm shelter — made with affordable, readily available lumber and materials — will be safe, solid, and secure. On average, more than 1,000 tornadoes touch down annually in the ...
Kenny: [00:00:00] So, Pascale, what stage do we stop turning chicken eggs? Pascale: Yes, that, that would be, yes, around, you know, 18, 18, 19 days, that’s definitely when you should be ...