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Learn about small-scale wool processing and how to process raw wool and fleece by caring for and storing it correctly.

The Possibility Alliance was created by Ethan Hughes and his family to teach anybody and everybody about how to live a more simple and meaningful life. The 80-acre homestead in La Plata, Mo., is ...

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.

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.

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

Save the rain for a sunny day build a rainwater collection system that'll store 275 gallons in recycled water containers in a system five times bigger than the typical rain barrel.

Six main groups of soils - clay, sandy, silty, peaty, chalky and loamy - each have properties important to know in order to get the most for your garden.

A hybrid is simply two different plant varieties crossed for specific reasons. You can save the seeds produced by these, contrary to what you may have heard. It’s just more complicated than ...

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 ...

Aerated compost tea contains thousands of beneficial microorganisms that will rehabilitate your soil.

Demystify baking this traditional bread with this sourdough recipe guide for obtaining and maintaining a starter, and two hearty bread recipes to put it to use.