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So far we’ve had a great fruit harvest

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Besides harvesting many wild pin cherries and chokecherries, the wild plums are coming on like mad. Not to mention our own tame fruit. We've...

Hey everyone, there was a mistake in the photo in the...

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We made a mistake in the current issue, Issue No. 149, September/October 2014. In the article titled “Nut trees on your homestead,” we inadvertently...

Q and A: flu tonic and storing dehydrated foods

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Flu tonic I have a recipe that I call my "flu/cold tonic." I am wondering if it can be canned for longer storage.   Juice of...

Q and A: tomato sprouting and homesteader savings

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Tomato sprouting I was wondering if you ever saw a tomato that had a plant of some kind growing out of the fruit itself. I've...

Q and A: cover cropping and making soap

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Cover cropping Most of my vegetables are growing in 4x10 foot raised beds. I have been reading about the benefits of cover cropping after harvest...