Here’s a simple elderberry syrup recipe that will keep for a couple of months in your refrigerator. You can dole it out in spoonfuls just like cough medicine, or you can stir it into your ...

Erin Snyder and her family have raised chickens and ducks for nearly two decades. She’s passionate about all things poultry, including poultry nutrition, predator protection, and egg-laying ...

Emi Griess is the Communications Coordinator at the Helping Hands Humane Society of Topeka, Kansas. They take in over 6,000 animals a year and offer several services to the surrounding county ...

A few years ago, we added a couple goats to our homestead farm, including an Alpine milk goat named Avi. I bought Avi already in milk, so the first year I was able to focus on milking without a ...

Avoid the lack of rabbit litters in the fall by learning how to keep rabbits cool in the summer outside while we get plenty of hot weather in the summer. A common problem rabbit raisers face is ...

The acorn woodpecker's handiwork. In autumn, the birds drill holes into trees and tightly stash acorns for winter; the acorns are so snug that even squirrels can't pry them out. Learn about oak ...

Follow these step-by-step instructions to build an earth-sheltered greenhouse that uses passive solar gain. I had a dream once. I am standing in a vast green summer field looking down into the earth.

A well-built storm shelter — made with affordable, readily available lumber and materials — will be safe, solid, and secure. On average, more than 1,000 tornadoes touch down annually in the ...

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 ...

Soil is much more than simple dirt. On close inspection, garden soil is a complex mixture of mineral particles, organic materials, moisture, living organisms and chemical nutrients. Different soil ...

Grazers and grasslands feed each other. Cattle eat the grass, and in the process return organic matter to the soil and increase its fertility. I was a vegan for almost 20 years. I know the reasons ...

Glyphosate, Roundup's active ingredient, has been linked to birth defects in birds and amphibians, as well as to cancer, endocrine disruption, damage to DNA, and reproductive and developmental ...