Daniele Kasper from the Michigan-based backyard country homestead talks about her first steps into hobby farming and self-sufficiency.
If you want to start a permaculture garden without using chemicals or tilling, look to these three crops to start things off in your first-year garden.
Unlike a spring radish, fall radishes grow slower for a deeper flavor. Grow watermelon radish, black radish and daikon radish for a wintertime treat.
Once you've mastered the important skill of correctly identifying chanterelle mushrooms, you can use this DIY mushroom picker to make foraging easier.
No matter how you spell it, 'cousa' is a tasty, stuffed squash dish worth a try. Grow some Eight Ball squash (a small, round zucchini) for a tasty dinner treat.
When the weather cools and frost is right around the corner, it's time to harvest your garden for winter storage. Here are nine tips for a successful crop harvest.
Collard greens are a delight to grow and to eat. These nutritious, hardy greens are staples in African Americans’ gardens and gardens in the South.
John and Fin Kernohan tell us about living in an off-grid, 304-square-foot tiny house (with a greenhouse bathhouse!) on their Georgia-based property.
Whether you're a homesteader, small farmer, chicken-keeper or backyard gardener, these smartphone apps can make life a little easier.
An Intermediate Bulk Container, commonly known as an IBC, can be a functional alternative to standard rain barrels for water storage.
Too often, livestock animals are considered the enemies of a good garden, but different animals bring different benefits to a growing space.
Black walnuts are plentiful across much of the U.S. (to the chagrin of many gardeners), but these five products can make the tree desirable and profitable.
