Growing lettuce indoors in winter — even year-round — is possible using Peter Burke’s unique indoor salad garden technique. A very simple idea put me on the path toward growing a year-round ...

Garlic and other alliums have been shown to help lower high blood pressure and improve cholesterol. Prepare food with garlic to lower blood pressure and reduce cholesterol numbers while eating ...

Cumin, coriander, and fennel are all “carminative” herbs that aid digestion and soothe the gut. While they help with the ...

Assembled, coiffured, and dressed, these apple heads — crafted at home with 50 cents worth of supplies — rival any $20 dolls sold at gift shops. Learn how to make apple head dolls for a down ...

Growing mushrooms for profit can be fun and rewarding, follow these tips for a successful start to selling your extra produce ...

This MiraFount livestock waterer kept the author’s cows happily hydrated last winter, and it didn’t freeze once. Author and “Contrary Farmer” Gene Logsdon says farmers should design their ...

When are persimmons ripe? Learn when to pick persimmons, how to preserve persimmons, and how to dry persimmons into delicious fruit leather. From mid-September, through Christmas and into the new ...

'Cherokee' multicolored popcorn. The concept of companion planting, in which one plant helps the other, is the basic idea behind the Three Sisters, but focusing on this alone glosses over many of ...

Several ripe and colorful corn cobs lie next to each other against a gray background. The corn cobs have different colors. Explore the history of ‘Carl’s Glass Gems’ a variety of Native ...

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add the flour and salt, stirring until blended. The dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let the dough rest at least 8 hours ...

Are you looking for a particular vegetable, herb or flower variety and it’s not available in your favorite catalogs? Our MOTHER EARTH NEWS Seed and Plant Finder lets you quickly search the ...

Try some recipes from Bevin Cohen’s latest book, The Heritage Pantry! We talk about why food preservation is for everyone, and go over some of our favorite ways to support our communities and eat ...