Chestnuts once reigned supreme over the eastern hardwood forests, not just because they were the biggest and most abundant ...

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You can build your own space and solar water heater for just a fraction of what you would pay for a commercial solar water heating system.

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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 ...

My wife, Mary Jane, and I built our first earthbag home in 2009, after being inspired by the Mother Earth News book Earthbag Building. Our circular house was 20 feet in diameter and incorporated a ...

6 Natural Allergy Remedies 'Tis the season for sniffling, sneezing and itching. Breathe easier with these medically proven natural allergy remedies.

With this novel technique, you can make earthbag buildings step by step to serve as a studio, garden shed, chicken coop, or root/storm cellar — no permit required!

Vinyl (PVC) has been called many names: toxic, dangerous and carcinogenic to name a few. But is latex really as bad as the hype suggests? Read both sides of the story, and then tell us what you ...

Here are step-by-step instructions of how to build a low tunnel. The end product will measure roughly 9’4″L x 3’W x 20″H, which I should note is one hoop shorter in length than the version ...

Harvest tree bark to make homemade medicine from your backyard.