Mother Earth News has articles on raising pigs. Browse our articles here and learn more about homesteading and livestock maintenance and farming.

Chili made from home-canned beef or pork is a great convenience food. Canned chili made from beef or pork is a great convenience food. Spoon it into tacos for a quick meal, or layer it with corn ...

Mother Earth News has articles on raising cattle and beef. Browse our articles here and learn more about homesteading and livestock maintenance and farming.

This close-up through the polycarbonate shows the absorber screen, the foam sealer molding, screws with EPDM washers, battens and a bottom vent. After walking into my workshop one December morning and ...

Living in a simple, secure grain bin home is far from corny. Unconventional houses can take many forms — think cob, straw bale and underground homes — and now we can add grain bin homes to the list of ...

An ideal staple crop for those seeking to meet most of their food needs with homegrown produce would be nutrient-dense, offer high yields, and have excellent flavor and storage qualities. A crop that ...

The roots, greens, and seeds of the lambsquarter plant are all edible and extremely nutritious. These ingredients can be used in a variety of wild edible treats and medicinals as well as shampoos and ...

Wood gas trucks! From left: ’95 Dodge Ram 2500 V10; ’84 Ford F250 V8; ’93 Dodge Dakota V8; ’92 Dakota V8 (conversion in progress). Back in 2004, Wayne Keith drew a line in the sand at $1.50. That’s ...

The system takes water from near the bottom of a solar heat storage tank and pumps it through a collector — where it’s heated by the sun — and then back to the tank. This continues as long as there’s ...

Two items that we seem to buy every week from the grocery store are cream cheese and sour cream. Why I haven’t already started making these myself sooner is beyond me. Most likely because I didn’t ...

I recently came across a “Seeds Explained” infographic stating, “Seeds from first-generation plants can’t be saved and planted”. That’s not exactly true. You can save and grow hybrids (a cross between ...

For several years we have had problems with our June-planted, October-harvested potatoes having too many green patches. I’ve been researching what to do, and sorting myth from reality. How poisonous ...