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 ...

Enhance your garden with a backyard wildlife pond. Learn how to build a backyard pond and get tips for pond plants and wildlife pond-edging ideas. Having a water source, especially a pond, on your ...

The orchard of mayhaw trees at The Farm at Okefenokee. Learn how to grow mayhaw trees, a productive southern shrub that can be trained into small trees often found in wet areas such as wetlands, ...

Learn how to nixtamalize corn, nixtamalization history, and why this process creates more nutrition for us to absorb. In fall of 2023, when Marissa Ames, former editor-in-chief of MOTHER EARTH NEWS, ...

The author’s garden midway through the growing season, full of vegetables and pest-repelling flowers. How long does cardboard take to decompose? Find answers to using a cardboard weed barrier in your ...

Black raspberries vs blackberries — how do they compare? What’s the difference between blackberries and black raspberries? Or the similarity? What about all of the other blackberry lookalikes? Who’s ...

Can you reuse canning lids? We compare four brands of disposable and reusable lids for anyone who’s been tempted by the idea of reusing canning lids. In the last few years, the canning world has been ...

Check on the health of your herd daily, especially since yaks tend to hide signs of illness. What is yak meat? Is there a market for yak cheese and yak fiber? Read all you need to know about raising ...

Carry and store your water in solid, food-grade buckets. Clean them weekly to keep them sanitized. Take your water supply into your own hands using a manual water pump. Learn how to live well with ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Jessica chats with author poultry-keeper Gail Damerow about how to protect your flock from predators big and small. We cover how to determine what’s ...

Imagine how many pairs of shoes a child grows out of before their eighteenth birthday — it might be a good idea to make some of them! When you make children’s shoes, they will be made of materials ...

Building built by the Endeavour Centre. I began plastering straw bale buildings in Ontario almost 20 years ago. Bale building has its roots in the Sandhills of Nebraska in the early 1900s, and it had ...