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7 Plants To Forage In Summer

Repotting Plants

Harvesting Wild Plants For Food And Medicinal Purposes

Sew Reusable Gift Bags

In the garden

Tips For The New Gardener

By Tom Kovach Residents of the Great Plains, it is said, had an imagination as fertile as their soil. In trying to get settlers to...

Melon Pits, Sheet Composting, And Compost Tea

Amaranth: The Herb That Keeps On Giving

Rethinking The Weeds

Fresh Figs

In the workshop

Composting with worms

The $12 workbench

Try Harvesting Smaller Diameter Firewood With A Bow Saw And Sawbuck

Yakisugi 焼杉

In the self-reliant home

Basic Long-Term Food Storage

Practical Prepping

I decided for my own family that I wanted to take a more practical approach to preparing. I don’t call it prepping, I prefer to look at it as living a sustainable, yet useful life.

A Few Tips For Cutting Firewood

Chuck Klein There are only two economical, exciting, expeditious, and fun methods of cutting firewood: one is with a chainsaw, the other is … we’ll...