Join Sandra Oddo as she shares a variety of tips and tricks for making wine at home using elderflowers and elderberries. Our favorite way to make elderflower wine at home — and we’ve tried five or six ...

Author Cindy Conner displays the solar food dryers in her garden. Create a self sufficient homestead plan so you can enjoy local, homegrown food year-round while saving money and learning new skills.

Mother Earth News has articles on raising pigs. Browse our articles here and learn more about homesteading and livestock maintenance and farming.

Chili made from home-canned beef or pork is a great convenience food. Canned chili made from beef or pork is a great convenience food. Spoon it into tacos for a quick meal, or layer it with corn ...

Mother Earth News has articles on raising cattle and beef. Browse our articles here and learn more about homesteading and livestock maintenance and farming.

Here are 12 ways you can learn how to increase immunity against cold and cough in your own life. Whether you eat foods that build the immune system naturally or get moving, good health can be yours.

Linda B. White, M.D.

Learn all about homemade elderberry syrup benefits and how to take elderberry syrup. Make this herbal remedy at home to help ease the symptoms of a cold or flu at a fraction of the cost of buying it ...

Wood gas trucks! From left: ’95 Dodge Ram 2500 V10; ’84 Ford F250 V8; ’93 Dodge Dakota V8; ’92 Dakota V8 (conversion in progress). Back in 2004, Wayne Keith drew a line in the sand at $1.50. That’s ...

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 ...

This job is best done in mild sunny weather, when the plastic will be dry and can stretch some but not too much. Arrange for a windless day to spread plastic – that is, less than 5mph winds, tops! If ...

In the Bahia region of Brazil, burr gherkins are called maxixe (mah-SHEE-shay) and they form the most important ingredient in a traditional dish called maxixada (mah-shee-SHAH-dah). Burr gherkins aren ...