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Say Cheese! Four Cheese Recipes to Keep You Smiling

Attention all cheese lovers! If you’re looking for recipes to satisfy all your cheesy needs, then look no further. Try…

10 Cooking Projects to Keep You Extremely Well-Fed

Are you looking to add new recipes to your repertoire? Look no further! We’ve compiled some of our favorite cooking…

From the Homemade Hooch Files: How to Make Dandelion Wine

Heads up: you definitely don’t want to be spraying weed killer on your dandelions. If your lawn is a total…

The Best Books for Makers

Books for Makers: Best Gifts for DIY Lovers In the age of computer-assisted design, mass production, and machine precision, the…

How to Use Reflected Light to Boost Indoor Food Production

Growing food indoors or in an urban setting can be quite a challenge. You need to find the right kinds…

Try Homemade Mead For a Very Viking Thanksgiving!

A thousand years ago, the people who lived the Viking lifestyle enjoyed a myriad of foods and beverages and threw…

The Ultimate Guide to Sheet Mulching

Sheet mulching is a layered mulch system that nurtures the soil. You start with a biodegradable weed barrier like cardboard.…

Malt Your Own Grain at Home: Brewing from Scratch

Do you think making a 100%-from-scratch beer is near-to-impossible? We’re here to tell you, it’s not! With just a few…

Save Your Soil the Power of Pee

It’s time to roll up your sleeves and get down into the dirt – but you may want to grab…

The Future of Sustainable Fashion: A “Farm-to-Closet” Vision

Rebecca Burgess has coined a new term for sustainable fashion that represents a not so new idea: fibershed. Centuries before…

DIY Fecal Transplant – Pretty Close to Miraculous

After suffering from an antibiotic-resistant infection in her bowels, Catherine Duff contracted Clostridium difficile (C. diff). This bacteria can result…

Better Butter: Blossom Butter and Herb Garden Butter

Sometimes it’s a special condiment that makes a meal. Herb butter is a fantastic trick to have up your culinary…

Sweet Fermentation: Strawberry Kvass

Fresh fruit is a great source of nutrients and flavor, especially when it’s berry season–specifically strawberry season. Take this sweet…

Make Your Own Kombucha: The Tea Beast Lives

Kombucha. The tea beast. The new and trendy health drink. The combination black tea and bacteria ball that is known…

5 Reasons You Should Pick-Your-Own This Summer

Summer is here, and the days of fresh vegetables and local harvests are near. But this doesn’t mean only those…

woman and child wearing an okra facemask

Making Your Own Okra Cosmetics

Okra, slime is gold! This pod-producing vegetable is a nutritional powerhouse and has been used throughout history for medicinal, culinary…

Permaculture Advice For Beginners

Trying something for the first time can be intimidating, especially when it’s something as big as learning how to live…

Why Farm Infrastructure is Important: A Farm is More Than Land

The basis for a good farm isn’t just about finding a piece of land with great soil. No, to truly…

Build Your Own Cold Frame, Part 2: Get a Jump on the Planting Season

The design of the cold box is the most important thing to keep in mind if you want it to…

Everything You Need for a Grab-n-Go Survival Kit: Prepping 101

We know a lot of people are wondering what’s coming next in the US, as well as the world, given…

Celebrate Homesteading Month with Chelsea Green

That’s right, September is International Homesteading Education Month, and throughout the month we’ll be publishing some of our favorite homesteading…