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Heal My Aching BONES

HERBS CAN OFTEN HELP CALM MUSCLES, TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS, AS WELL AS SOOTHE THE BODY'S PAINS.

What's Best for STRESS?

NATURE HAS PROVIDED PLENTY OF HELP TO COMBAT EVERYDAY TENSION AND ANXIETY.

Sweet Sleep

WHEN COUNTING SHEEP JUST WON'T DO, TURN TO THESE SEVEN HERBS TO GET A RESTFUL NIGHT'S SLEEP.

Foraging for Natives

TAKE A LOOK AROUND; MEDICINAL HERBS ARE EVERYWHERE.

Out of the Weeds

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

To Preserve & Serve

HERBS CAN BE USED ALL YEAR IF YOU PRESERVE AND PREPARE THEM PROPERLY.

Easy Herbs

START YOUR GARDEN SMALL WITH JUST A FEW COMMON MIRACLE WORKERS, AND GO FROM THERE.

The Beginning Herbalist

CREATE YOUR OWN APOTHECARY BY TURNING YOUR HOME AND GARDEN INTO AN HERBAL MEDICINE CHEST.

75 Years With the Grande Old Breed

It’s one of the oldest breeds in the world, but Highland cattle have become one of the new favorites with today’s hobby farmers.

GATE KEEPERS

Livestock fencing keeps your animals in and predators out.

Meet Maya Marie

In Brooklyn, New York, Maya Marie grows food in her backyard and in borrowed spaces and teaches others to do the same.

Marry Me Chicken

This skillet chicken recipe with sun-dried tomato and an oregano cream sauce is so good that it's liable to inspire nuptial invitations!

LIMBER TIMBER

You won't have to lumber over that brush pile with these tips.

STORAGE Guide

Store these fruits and vegetables well past fall into late winter; then your early spring garden can take over.

STORING YOUR Harvest

Root cellaring can extend your harvest and provide a rainbow of fresh colors and flavors to your kitchen throughout the winter.

MEANT ΤΟ FERMENT

This guide will have you perfectly fermenting every time.

Chicken HARVEST

Process your own birds with this helpful guide.

PROJECT FARM

Build a lean-to greenhouse onto an existing structure to add to your growing space.

Big-Picture Pest Management

Insecticides have historically been among the first tools we’ve reached for to save crops from insect damage, but integrated pest management experts stress that these should be considered only as a last line of defense. Fortunately, now more effective ways exist to wrangle insect pests and minimize the damage they can do.

Processing a Slaughter Hog

Butchering hogs can be a family event that teaches essential skills while also making the process less stressful for the animal.

Free Feed

Pumpkins are safe for livestock and are readily consumed. Here are some ways to turn leftover pumpkins into a nutritious feedstuff on your farm.

LAMBS, AMERICAN STYLE

The Katahdin is a native sheep breed that requires only little maintenance and is easy to care for.

Is Metal Ever Trash?

Our neighbor told my wife and me how she stopped her fourth-grader as she was pulling a bottle cap out of their kitchen trash can, saying, “Honey, put that back.

When it RAINS...

Today's weather can be bust or boom, and bioswales and rain gardens help control the overflow during boom times.

The Queen of Topiary

Linda Vater talks us through the transition from self-taught hobby gardening to becoming a national gardening guru.

GOAT HOOF TRIM

Sooner or later, you'll need to trim your goats' hooves.

A Perfect PORKER

The woolly, low-maintenance Mangalitsa pig provides succulent meat for a small farm.

THE GREAT CATTLE DEBATE

Grain-fed versus grass-fed - is one better than the other?

Charge Tools with Solar

Ongoing improvements to batteries O have helped increasing numbers of gardeners to cut the cord- and the need for gasoline - for their string trimmers, edgers, lawn mowers and other gadgets.

Equipment Fires

About three years ago, the day before the predicted first frost of the season, Bledsoe County farmer and retired agriculture teacher Bobby Loyd was baling late-fall hay with plans to wrap it for silage.