Nutsedge has gotten a bad rap, but for good reason. This pesky weed has been known to infest gardens, spreading thousands of nutlets underground and reproducing at an alarming rate (see our readers’ ...

Explore this heirloom potato varieties list and decide which are the best heirloom potatoes to plant in your garden.. Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some ...

Learn nut tree identification and nut identification for acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts and chinquapins, black walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts, pecans, and pine nuts. For centuries we humans have ...

Learn how to dehydrate food with a dehydrator for long-term food storage. You can make a DIY food dehydrator powered by the sun, a stove, or electricity. When I first took up self-­reliant coun­try ...

We were pleased to report in “Homemade Motor Fuel Through Wood Gasification” that our experiments concerning the use of wood scraps for vehicle motor fuel showed promise. But little did we realize, at ...

Wondering how to heat a greenhouse for free? We list the cheapest way to heat a greenhouse in winter and keep temperatures steady. Greenhouses can be interesting environments to grow in. This is ...

A living fence offers agricultural and biological services a manufactured fence cannot. Durable for generations, living fences protect soil, contain livestock, provide wildlife habitat, and sometimes ...

Square foot gardening by planting flowers herbs and vegetables in wooden box on balcony Tackle high intensity gardening to grow more food in small spaces with these tiny gardening ideas, and create a ...

This close-up through the polycarbonate shows the absorber screen, the foam sealer molding, screws with EPDM washers, battens and a bottom vent. After walking into my workshop one December morning and ...

A companion planting guide such as this one will show you which vegetables and flowers support or inhibit the growth of other plants and/or which pests they deter.

Interested in starting a self watering pots diy project? Learn all about how to make DIY self watering planters for tomatoes and other vegetables and herbs, perfect for small-space gardening. The ...

Learn how to make lye from ashes using a lye-leaching barrel to help filter rainwater through hardwood ashes to make lye for the soap-making process. If it hadn’t been for the help we got from the ...