Turning deer and other animal skins into leather, as I described in the October/November 2016 issue, can lead to the creation of warm and durable clothing, including coonskin caps. The following ...

Looking to self build a hot tub? Create a relaxing oasis in your backyard for about $1,500 with this stock tank DIY hot tub. I have lived in the Pacific Northwest with its cool, damp winters for more ...

If you’re interested in having fresh spinach, lettuce, chard, or any other cold-hardy crop on hand late into winter or early in spring, you should build a low tunnel or two (also called a mini hoop ...

Learn how to grow and store heirloom sweet potato varieties.

Managed grazing provides fresh forage and gives pasture a needed rest on this dairy farm near Culpepper, Va. Many years ago, the livestock on our farm consisted of a handful of cows and a couple dozen ...

Ninety frost-free days here in the mountains of Idaho close to the Canadian border are not enough to raise most vegetable crops. For several years, I watched in frustration as my tomato and corn crops ...

I have to admit, the close relationships I’ve had with tillers through the years were not all happy affairs. Some included regular Saturday night fights (the half-ton draft animal that hated to start) ...

A well-built storm shelter — made with affordable, readily available lumber and materials — will be safe, solid, and secure. On average, more than 1,000 tornadoes touch down annually in the United ...

Eating bark probably sounds like something you would only want to do in a desperate survival situation. But surprisingly, bark can be both nutritious and tasty. It is also something that can be ...

Eric Stromberg: [00:00:00] A few reasons to keep roosters on the farm. Some people like the actual noise that they crow and they make a lot of people will keep a rooster as kind of that first line of ...

Maybe you hoped you could just drop your seed potato pieces in the ground, cover them over and wait for potatoes. More likely, you’d heard that you would need to hill your plants. Here I’ll explain ...

Chickens provide good food and good laughs. They’re quirky, beautiful and clever. They come in countless colors, shapes and varieties, and there’s hardly a culture on the planet that doesn’t raise ...