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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 ...

This retreat center’s storage building features an attached cob oven and natural paints. Learn modern cob house building for a mortgage-free home using low-cost and local materials by following how to ...

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 ...

A single-tank batch “breadbox” heater. How does a solar water heater work? Explore the various types of solar water heaters. Reduce your reliance on fossil fuel emissions by building a passive solar ...

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 ...

Learn guinea fowl care, health, and management, as well as how to catch guinea fowl. Compared to chickens, guinea fowl are low-cost, low-maintenance, and do a standout job as chemical-free pest ...

Our comprehensive growing guides take you crop-by-crop through common vegetables and fruits for backyard vegetable gardening. Each guide explains how to plant, when to plant, best harvest practices, ...

As a farmer, I’m always looking for new ideas and simple, low-cost solutions to improve production and efficiency. I have never found any activity that cannot be improved (and then improved again) by ...

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 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 ...

You can build a wood fired pizza oven in your backyard using these simple instructions. Learn how to build a wood-fired pizza oven in your backyard with this easy-to-make oven to bake crusty bread, ...