Today I'm joined by soil consultant Brian Maisenbacer (@earthgrower7741) to go over my field soil test.

In the mountains overlooking Barcelona, a team at Valldaura Labs has built a solar greenhouse that harnesses the sun both to grow plants and to create energy to power the hydroponic system for year-round growing.

If only for its heating feature, this greenhouse performs better than the rest. Here's the third part of my 4-part greenhouse series that gives you an exclusive look into my greenhouses!

A new study has revealed that intermittent fasting could potentially reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer by reshaping genes throughout the body and the brain, helping the interconnected organ systems work more smoothly. Intermit

If you are looking for a family milk cow, what is easier to milk? A mini cow like a Mini Jersey, Dexter, Devon, etc, or a standard full sized cow like a Holstien, Guernsey, Jersey, etc?

We talk about gardening a lot on this site. Maybe you live in a temperate climate with ample rainfall and workable soil.

Imagine if every time you threw out your lawn and garden waste, you were actively fighting global warming? That's the capacity a new soil amendment technology hopes to unleash across the world.

Plants growing in an electrolyzed medium containing acetate that replaces natural photosynthesis

What is "off-grid" living really like? There's a reason that I enclose that term in quotation marks, and we'll address it toward the end of the article. Additionally, I have to balance a fine line between transparency on the subject and my ow

Sugar is yet another thing that can be difficult to come by these days.

Don't just Consume, Produce. Our parents did it, and so can we. "If people let government decide which food they eat and medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny" Thom

Want to know how to buy food anonymously? These are some of the steps that will help you to do so as much as is possible in the surveillance state.

This spring we bought a new cow! (You will learn more about her later...) She is giving us GALLONS AND GALLONS of delicious farm fresh milk, and so in an effort to use all this milk, K started making cheese!

Is Jerusalem artichoke the perfect prepper plant to add to your property? It's definitely worth some thought…

People often joke that chickens are the "gateway drug" for homesteaders. It's important to remember that they're a very real responsibility. Here's what you need to know to keep them safe, healthy, and happy.

WW2 hero Cresson Kearny figured out how to make infant formula so American babies would be fed in the event of a famine. Timely advice?

What kind of water can I put in my Berkey Filter? Can I use my Berkey in an emergency? Can I use my Berkey in a boil advisory? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more on today's episode of Berkey Unfiltered!

This easy DIY self watering planter will save you time and help keep your plants alive. This planter is easy to build and can be done super cheap using existing materials!

You NEED these if you can't get a ???? cow | Pantry Chat with Anne of All Trades

Have you ever wondered if you can turn your lawn into a garden WITHOUT all the work of removing the grass first?

A new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, based on interviews with more than 100 farmers and ranchers from 47 states, details how regenerative agriculture can make the food system more resilient and also protect biodiversity.

5 minute DIY water filter. 3 gallon-12 litre capacity. $10 us total cost . Activated Nano Colliodal Silver Bacteria protection.

With the Rising Chicken Food Cost, learn now what we grow in our chicken vegetable garden to provide their favorite vegetables.

Dwight Streamfellow was a college junior when he bought a piece of cheap river-front land to start a homestead. He was a city boy (partly in Washington DC where his father was a Republican senator) so he planned to learn-by-doing on how raw land in t

Growing food; prepping

Even as Biden and Trudeau announce food shortages, farmers are being paid to STOP farming. Chickens are now "illegal animals" in more municipalities, requiring a permit, "due to bird flu." The EU is culling livestock as they run out of animal feed, a

The main compost system used within the RED Gardens Project is also added to by many households in the community, with a single general rule about what type of material can be added. And the methods used to manage this large volume of material have

Tabletop hydroponics units are gaining in popularity as people seek out ways to increase their food production. Here's what can you expect with one.

Without access to public power, how do Amish keep their food cold? Do they have refrigerators? It turns out Amish have a number of ways of cooling food - some quite simple, others relying on creativity & technology.

This greenhouse in Kamloops is the culmination of 10 years of research, design, and experimentation.

No online review is better than a review from a fellow RVer! Our Facebook group asked and answered: What are the best water filters for RVs?

Issue #74 of The Wild Bunch Dispatch, Alt-Market's exclusive newsletter covering concepts and tactics for defeating globalism, is set to be released on April 3rd.

You have to grow food to stay alive post-collapse, but do you know how to grow a secret garden that will keep you alive in more ways than one? Here are 3 ways to grow food without catching anyone's attention.

Knowing the basics of apartment and condo gardening can help you to bloom where you are planted and be more self-reliant no matter where you live. We'll show you how.

Today I share the four steps you need to take right now to speed up fruit tree growth! If you want make fruit trees fruit fast, this is how.

Chicken chunnels are a great option for a gardener with chickens. Here's our setup, including the chicken coop, chicken run, and chicken tunnels around two sides of our large garden area. Chickens are great for weed control and pest control for our g

With the rising price of chicken feed and supply chain problems, preppers want to know: what did people use before commercial chicken feed? We've got some tips for keeping a healthy and productive flock.

New John Deere Tractors Plow Day and Night With No One in the Cab: Autonomous Farming Debuts in 2022

I'll be showing you how to make a three bucket filter and purifier for making almost any water safe to drink, using no to low cost materials and basic tools.

At a morgue near Seattle, Washington State, human bodies inside metal containers are slowly being turned into compost in a process known as "terramation". The process, legalised in Washington in 2019, is becoming an increasingly popular "green" alter

The market for campsite cookers is brimming with stoves of all styles, but US outfit Firebox has come to the party with one designed to suit every occasion.

Using a unique hydrogel, scientists in Saudi Arabia have successfully drawn water out of the dry air for growing spinach--while producing electricity from the solar panels that power it all.

It's never too late...

JUST START CHICKENS PLAN

Instead of shipping food all around the world, imagine your own food coming from your farm in a shipping container, just outside your backdoor.

Experts lift the lid on the best tricks - including wearing a pair of rubber gloves for a sturdy grip

Korean Natural Farming is an incredibly unique and interesting approach to farming.