If only plants could talk, what tidings they could share! Fortunately for farmers, an agricultural company has 'translated' the biochemical signal related to certain plant behavior, allowing them to 'listen' to plants cries for water when the

When it comes to fishing for your survival, the stakes are high. Here are 5 mistakes and the solutions to help you improve your primitive fishing game.

We end up with barrels and barrels of wood ash during the burning season, but there are so many things you can use the ASH for. In today's video learn what we use wood ash for on our homestead.

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Greenery covered skyscrapers have become fairly commonplace in recent years, but what if, as well as bringing some nature into cities, they could also be used to grow food? Such is the thinking behind the "Farmscraper" by Italy's Carlo Ratti Associat

I am still practicing all of the techniques the homestead heart and granny karma taught me. this is all about being prepared and survival for hard days to come. to all my canning kings and canning queens!!!! we gotta do this! so CAN UP or SHUT UP!

Have you ever wondered if you can make quality homemade cheese from store-bought milk? Not everyone has access to raw milk, and even fewer own a dairy cow, so let me show you how to make delicious homemade cheese, using the RIGHT kind of milk from th

Water shortage solved? Newly created membrane removes 99.9% of salt from seawater and make it drinkable within MINUTES

Today we learn step by step How to build a dutch bucket hydroponic system at home, how it works,TOP DRIP IS A HYDROPONIC growing technique can use Indoors, outdoors, or greenhouse, inexpensive and easy to build, we will leran how to grow tomates hy

You've just harvested your garden, and you're now surrounded by more homegrown produce than you can possibly eat before it all goes bad. Canning might be the most obvious solution, but let's face it: it's not the easiest task.

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There is a common misconception that, once you miss the spring garden rush, it is too late to grow anything. This couldn't be farther from the truth!

This Is an easy way to make activated charcoal with a chemical reaction from things that you have around the house.

Many of us are not in a position to grow everything we eat. But if you want to shorten your personal supply chain, here's how to supplement what you grow with food from your local farmer's market. Yet another way to build a self-reliant, locally acqu

In this video we are going to look at Atmospheric Water Generators. In the last decade, there has been a lot of development for creating efficient machines that can extract water from the air.

Knowing how to make pickles is something every home-gardener should know.

I spoke to Bradley Garrett author of Bunker: Building for the End Times on my #UnderTheSkin podcast this week.

Weeds are a gardener's worst nightmare. For starters, they compete with plants for nutrients and water. Weeds can also overrun a garden if left unchecked. As such, weeds can cause plants to wither or stunt their growth.

Water conservation is important regardless of whether you're a homesteader or not. But it's doubly critical if you're running a homestead because you have other things to spend water on, such as irrigating crops and keeping farm animals hydrat

So, things are not going well in your garden. What do you do now? A little bit of detective work will help you pinpoint the issues and apply one of these solutions.

As irrigation districts and municipal suppliers cut water allocations in the 'mega drought,' we must use strategies to maximize our use of each drop.

That ancient mariner was onto something when he said "water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" ?" the vast majority of water on Earth is undrinkable.

UC Santa Cruz is investigating this method as a possible generator of solar energy that would allow for the saving of 63.5 billion gallons of water from evaporation annually, a massive windfall for a state that sometimes rations water and which regul

On a hot day, an ice maker can be a lifesaver.

If Bill Gates has his way, the food in our future will little resemble what's on our plates today. It will be replaced by a menu of GMOs, fake lab-made "meat' and artificial cheese -- all made with patented technologies from which he'll make

Composting can seem like a mystery. Some people throw everything in a pile and let it break down over time, on the other spectrum, some folks get very technical with ratios, temperature and timing.

It's nice that most of us can now buy food again while showing our faces, again. But the past going-on-two-years ought to have taught us what could happen again.

Panasonic is involved in a project on the island of Ishigaki, southwest of Okinawa, to seek ways to grow vegetables in subtropical monsoon conditions. Part of the Japanese government's Asian Monsoon Plant Factory System (PFS) Consortium, the goal is

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a tropical plant in the same family as ginger. It is commonly used as a spice but also hailed for its medicinal properties.

Using chickens to restore the land is a great way to prepare the ground for a garden, or in our case, a future food forest.

The potential for tapping into humanity's CO2 emissions as a cheap and free source of carbon and oxygen is on full display with Air Company, a startup that produces premium vodka from deposited atmospheric carbon.

It can be challenging, trying to cook your campsite meals while crouched over a tiny propane stove. The Space Box offers a bigger but still compact alternative, packing an oven, two-burner stovetop, prep surfaces and sink into one package.

A food-tech startup in upstate New York has developed technology to preserve food without refrigeration for months beyond when it would normally spoil, without the use of artificial preservatives.

Whether you're a beginner vegetable gardener or know someone how is just starting out, it is important that the right path is chosen. In this video I outline how to start growing food if you are new to vegetable gardening by knowing what to focus on

Learn how to grow your own mushroom on logs. This is a complete guide on the process from log selection, sawdust and plug spawn inoculation, waxing, stacking, and the ideal location to grow them.

Instead of building community around a golf course or a pool, they argued for making the farm the focal point and to build tiny houses around it so residents would benefit from fresh produce and views of fields and flowers.

"The FAR robot can work 24 hours a day and picks only ripe fruit. It uses AI perception algorithms to locate the trees and vision algorithms to detect the fruit among the foliage and classify its size and ripeness. After choosing the right fruit, th

The Urban Farm is Your Go-To Resource for Online Food-Growing Education. Through our courses, classes, and podcasts, we can help you gain the understanding, the confidence, and the inspiration to grow your own food.

Having ready-to-eat convenience meals on the shelf means we have easy weeknight dinners on the table in just five minutes or less! Learn how to pressure can this white bean chicken chili recipe.

GM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities.

2020, rumors of a virus in China. Soon, lockdowns were spreading across the globe and trouble was coming to America. Our homestead was about to be tested. Watch how we thrived. Now, Do this Yourself here (free): http://bit.ly/HomesteadCrashCourse

He turned his father's RV garage into an off-grid home relying on photovoltaics, rainwater and composting toilet. Attached to the home, he built a half-buried (6-feet-under) greenhouse (walipini) to use the earth's heat to grow figs and fruits du

Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 52

Israeli-based Aleph Farms Ltd. has created the world's first slaughter-free steak using three-dimensional "bio-printing" and real cells from a cow.

In accordance with the decree, authorities will "revoke and refrain from granting permits" for GM corn, which includes imports. The decree also seeks to phase out glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller.

All about raising pigs in the woods using regenerative practices with Mayfield Pastures in Decatur TN run by Charles Mayfield. This farm is a diversified animal pasture operation raising cattle, chickens, pigs, and turkeys. Regenerating soil and grow

Whether you have a large backyard garden or a tiny balcony in the city, you can grow more food this year and have serious food production if you follow a few basic principles.

Whether you have a large backyard garden or a tiny balcony in the city, you can grow more food this year and have serious food production if you follow a few basic principles.