The scientific name for sorghum is Sorghum bicolor. This includes grain sorghum, grown primarily for the seed located at the ...

Biosolids could fertilize crops if we can safely manage PFAS and get over the “ick factor,” learn about biosolids fertilizer ...

Meet your livestock’s needs on a budget with these sheep housing design ideas to build a DIY sheep barn.

From a homesteader who raises rabbits for both meat and leather, here are the basics of how to tan a rabbit hide. You probably know that tanning (which is also called tawing or pickling) is the ...

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 ...

Before the advent of the pop bottle and urban sprawl, just about every farm had a cider press. These machines were lovingly built by highly skilled craftsmen called coopers, who also constructed the ...

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 ...

Pool water needs to circulate continuously for the plants' roots to cleanse the pool. You also may need to aerate the water so the water organisms' oxygen needs are met. Whether you like to practice ...

Last fall, MOTHER EARTH NEWS launched our Organic Pest Control Survey to learn more about the best organic pest control methods — and the not-so-great methods — when it comes to limiting insect damage ...

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 ...

Making a beautiful homemade broom is easy, fun, and practical. Start building your skills by making this DIY hearth broom from broomcorn, then move up to larger brooms. You can make your own brooms!

Dennis Scanlin stands behind his solar food dehydrator--a highly tested design that will dry 10 pounds of food in only two sunny days. Nearly two decades of expert testing and experimentation have ...