Sweet Sleep

When it comes to good physical and mental health, one thing nearly always tops the list of doctor recommendations: Get good sleep. But what can you do when sleep just won't come?

Ostrich EDUCATION

If you're looking for a unique livestock option, these large, flightless birds might be the answer.

Out of the Weeds

THESE COMMON PLANTS AREN’T UNDESIRABLE AT ALL THEY MAKE GREAT MEDICINE.

RURAL REBOUND

Have cities reached their peak?

BEYOND THE Grain

For more than 30 years, the Witt family has strived to be the growing model of excellence, ethical sourcing and business practices in the wood industry.

HERB-INFUSED LIP BALM

CREATE A SOOTHING AND GENTLE PRODUCT PERFECT FOR HEALING DRY, CHAPPED LIPS.

Heart & Soul

CONSIDER SOME HEART- AND LUNG HEALTHY HERBS.

Cut & Dried

DRYING YOUR HERB HARVEST OFFERS AN EASY WAY TO PRESERVE ITS FLAVOR AND USEFULNESS FOR PROJECTS AND RECIPES YEAR-ROUND.

Spiced Apple Rings

Learn the best and tastiest ways to put up the traditional canning foods, from tomatoes and green beans to apples and peaches in this new book.

Groundbreaking Fertilizer

Raise compost worms and harvest their waste, which is a natural and powerful plant fertilizer.

Soil SOLUTIONS

By practicing more sustainable farming techniques, we can bring back the rich topsoil of the preindustrial era.

Pie Time!

Make a sweet potato crumb pie for the holidays or any day!

History in the Making

Basket weaving is an ancient and practical art form that is still practiced today.

Herbal HAND HEALERS

CREATE A HAND SCRUB AND LOTION FROM YOUR GARDEN.

LIVESTOCK love

THESE BREEDS ARE GREAT FOR HOBBY FARMS.

FALL GARLIC Planting

AUTUMN IS A GREAT TIME TO PLANT GARLIC.

Small House, Big Living

A small house on a large property in California cultivates the perfect farmhouse lifestyle for this family of six.

Mudroom Makeover

Cozy Cape Cod vibes and farmhouse simplicity elevate this renovated mudroom.

Candle CREATIONS

MAKE DIY CANDLES FOR A WARM & COZY SPACE.

Brown Beauties

WE TURN THE SPOTLIGHT ON 12 TOP BROWN-EGG-LAYING HENS.

25 CROPS for 2025

OUR PODCAST HOST REVEALS HER MUST-PLANT LIST.

100% Whole Wheat

Make great-tasting, healthy, homemade bread with this easy recipe.

SPICED EGG YOLK cookies

When you are baking and cooking with recipes that leave you with extra egg yolks, these cookies come to the rescue. By using up six yolks, they help ensure that nothing goes to waste, whether you are making meringues or simply enjoy eating egg whites for breakfast.

Spinach - Learn the secrets to growing this tasty green in spring and fall.

If you're one of those gardeners who can't wait to get started in spring and hates to throw in the trowel in fall, spinach is the perfect shoulder season crop. This mild, earthy-flavored green comes in many varieties, ranging from crinkly-leafed savoys to slightly textured semi-savoys and the flat, smooth-leafed types. Colors can be dark green, light green and even red-veined. Here's how to get the most of it every year.

Why Bulb Depth Matters - Dig deep enough to ensure your plants stand tall and live the longest

When you're planting bulbs, it's tempting to just dig a hole as deep as your trowel will reach easily, nestle the bulb in, cover it up and move on. But the fact is, each type of bulb will flower best and thrive at a different depth.A good rule of thumb is to plant a bulb two to three times its height. One reason planting depth is important is because it helps to keep the bulbs protected from fluctuations in temperature that happen closer to the surface.

The First Wild Garden - A new book celebrates the historic English garden that launched a modern movement.

Without naming the most grotesque examples of tree mutilation in England, it is clear that much beauty is lost in our gardens by the stupid and ignorant practice of cutting trees into unnatural shapes,” wrote the Victorian-era gardener William Robinson in Gravetye Manor: Or Twenty Years’ Work round an Old Manor House (1911). Robinson’s fighting words were laid out in the preface to his book, an account of the decades he spent creating his garden at the Elizabethan house of Gravetye Manor in Sussex, England, and recently reproduced in facsimile by Rizzoli alongside stunning contemporary photographs.

NEW PLANTS

Multiseason Marvels

AN ECOLOGICAL AGREEMENT

How three great minds think alike

LOW-WATER WONDERS

EXPLORE ONE PLANTSMAN'S DROUGHT-TOLERANT FAVORITES FOR EACH LEVEL OF THE GARDEN

THE GARDEN GOES DARK

Yes, gardens have their dark side. But-surprise! A garden's darkness can be good, not sinister.