Create your own DIY adobe house with these small adobe house plans. This step-by-step guide includes information on creating the home foundation, making adobe bricks and detailed diagrams and ...

Learn how to make a homemade weather vane at home with whatever you have lying around. These simple homemade weathervane plans can utilize spare parts around the house. Making yard art is a great way ...

Whether as a studio, garden shed, chicken coop, or something else entirely, an earthbag building is adaptable. With this novel technique, you can make earthbag buildings step by step to serve as a ...

For those who've taken the leap into organic gardening or are about to, an expert offers his recommendation for garden fertilizer. Originally published as "A Better Way to Fertilize Your Garden" in ...

Build your own collapsible spinning wheel for spinning your own cotton thread. Print your own parts with the Thingverse plans below and learn how to make a charkha spinning wheel. After buying my ...

While foraging, hunting, gardening and gathering for his livelihood, Miles Olson’s experiences have given him a unique perspective on "rewiliding," radical self-reliance, and the impact of ...

Effective herbs and vitamins to take when you feel a cold coming put your immune system in top-notch form by employing natural home remedies. Few people make it through the winter without a scratchy ...

One of the oldest pesticides known, pyrethrum is also the strongest insecticide allowed under National Organic Standards guidelines. Made from the dried flowers of a little white daisy now classified ...

This article was originally posted in Instructables and is reposted with permission from Cas van de Goor. A good bushcraft knife is a must-have for every outdoorsman. It’s a tool that will last a ...

Check on the health of your herd daily, especially since yaks tend to hide signs of illness. What is yak meat? Is there a market for yak cheese and yak fiber? Read all you need to know about raising ...

Stationary composting bins typically hold between 10 and 15 cubic feet of material. Gardeners know that the key to beautiful, bountiful beds is to nourish them with compost. This rich “super soil” can ...

Chicken of the woods growing on an ash stump. My wife, Elaine, and I are enthusiastic pursuers of wild edibles throughout the year. These natural foods are healthy, tasty, and, well, free. What’s more ...