We love raising chickens on our farm and enjoy their multitude of benefits: their delicious, nothing-like-storebought eggs, their pest-eating services, their natural fertilizer production, and their joyful companionship! This guide from Mother Earth News tells you everything you need to...

Homegrown food preservation + microbiome support = GOLD!  Is there anything better than biting into a crispy pickled cucumber spear, placing a few dill pickle slices on a sandwich, savoring a tasty pickled chutney, or relishing the tang of sauerkraut...

Eating local takes on a whole new meaning in a survival scenario. The ability to feed oneself efficiently and discreetly under varying conditions could prove indispensable in a prolonged upheaval (where normal food distribution is halted or seriously disrupted). Gardening...

Wondering if an off-the-grid lifestyle is right for you? Afraid it'll be too challenging for you and your family to handle? Author and speaker Gary Collins literally wrote the book on how to transition to a life off the grid....

Mother Earth News 52 Homestead Skills follows homesteader Kimberlee Bastien as she learns one homesteading skill per week over an entire year. The book details Bastien’s adventures, from building a beehive and becoming a beekeeper to creating her own laundry and...

Bees are a vital part of our seed farm ecosystem, pollinating our crops, increasing biodiversity, keeping our ecosystem resilient and of course miraculously creating heavenly honey, beeswax, propolis and more. The beekeeping tradition runs deep and rich around the globe....

Bevin Cohen's grandmother always canned tomatoes, and he so enjoyed the annual tradition that he continues to can tomatoes to this day. In The Heritage Pantry, Bevin writes about a variety of preservation techniques: canning, dehydrating, fermenting, freezing, pickling, and...

For you, being prepared is a way of life. Your survival pantry is brimming with delicious dried and canned foodstuffs, your garden produces bumper crops of fresh vegetables year after year, and your hunting and fishing skills keep your freezer...

Having been there and done that, Nicky Schauder offers her insights in Permaculture Gardening for Everyone with the intention of making the concept user-friendly for any level of gardening skill. After two of their children were diagnosed with severe allergies,...

Curious about starting a homestead? Our Homesteader’s Starter Set is the perfect place to begin! This set includes: 52 Homestead Skills Mother Earth News: Raise Backyard Bees Mother Earth News: Raise Backyard Chickens 52 Homestead Skills follows homesteader Kimberlee Bastien as...

Around the world, everyone is talking about environmental issues and the concept of “going green.” Natural organic gardening and landscaping are among the most important parts of that movement. Some organic proponents only say to stop using the chemicals. In...