DIY Root Cellar: Cold Storage Basics You can learn the basics of root cellaring, including humidity, ventilation, temperature and storage and have fresh produce all year!

Our nationwide reader survey reveals the best organic pest control methods for managing garden pests. Use organic pest control methods that work.

Canning produces flavorful, high-quality food that saves money, builds self-reliance and creates lifelong memories. Learn how to can today!

Durable for generations, living fences protect soil, contain livestock, provide wildlife habitat, and sometimes even provide wood. Learn techniques and which shrubs or tree species are best for ...

Learn how to use a soil blocker and get the perfect soil block recipe to ditch plastic in your seed starting supplies.

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

Learn how to juice chokecherries by following this old fashioned choke cherry jelly recipe using this tart, native North American fruit.

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.

Would you believe wood chunks can power a truck? Take a ride with Wayne Keith, who uses wood gas to fuel everything from daily driving to heavy-duty farm work to breaking speed records.

Save the rain for a sunny day build a rainwater collection system that'll store 275 gallons in recycled water containers in a system five times bigger than the typical rain barrel.

You can build your own space and solar water heater for just a fraction of what you would pay for a commercial solar water heating system.

Organic gardening guide for the Mid Atlantic region, including Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Delaware and eastern New York ...