A Delightful Fruit: Elderberry Recipes Put the tart, nutritious elderberry to good use in these elderberry recipes, wine, jelly, and even dumplings.

Historically, wool was the material of choice for clothing for people who made their living outdoors. Loggers and farmers would’ve been remiss without wool socks, pants, and shirts. With the arrival ...

Organic gardening guide for the Mid Atlantic region, including Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Delaware and eastern New York ...

What should you know about food, farming and the meat you eat? Farmer and writer Joel Salatin sounds off on government regulations, pasture-based farming and more.

Harvest tree bark to make homemade medicine from your backyard.

The making of sorghum syrup can be accomplished by the help of a few people. It can become more than a farm chore if friends, neighbors and relatives alike join in the labor intensive, day-long ...

Passive solar water distillation is an inexpensive, low-tech alternative for pure drinking water without bottles, including types of distillers, cost comparisons, going automatic or electric ...

Stop bending to the will of the seasons with this year round hoop house. It’ll keep an ideal temperature so your crops will be growing strong in the harshest of winters.

Here is help with planning for a successful installation of new plastic or replacement of old plastic over your hoophouse (high tunnel). This post provides a list of tools and step-by-step ...

Mulched potato plants For several years we have had problems with our June-planted, October-harvested potatoes having too many green patches. I’ve been researching what to do, and sorting myth ...

Landrace gardening is a traditional method of growing food in which the seeds to be planted next year result from the survival of the fittest in a particular garden in previous years. Landrace ...

To grow even more food in your garden, try growing cover crops. These crops, which include species such as cowpeas, vetch, ryegrass, clover and field peas, offer many benefits: improved soil ...