Sustainable

Apply earthen plaster to your walls for a beautiful and breathable finish that is as pleasing to the eye as it is to the environment.

Learn about the best plant-based ingredients for baking, how to reduce kitchen waste and what you can and can’t compost when whipping up desserts.

Test your skills by building an outdoor oven. This easy-to-construct, DIY clay oven fires up quickly and stays hot for days.

Tree stumps can be removed manually, chemically, with Epsom salt, or by burning. Learn stump removal methods to choose the best option for your project.

Test your skills by building an outdoor oven. This easy-to-construct, DIY clay oven fires up quickly and stays hot for days.

Learn how to easily make a miniature hand broom that can be a unique decoration, or a functional piece, in just four simple steps.

This guide to mid-season harvesting, summer wild food foraging, homesteading, and food preservation will help you take advantage of July's "Swimming Moon."

Lamb's quarters, also known as wild spinach, is an abundant wild vegetable. It's a nutritional superstar with a delicious, mild flavor.

Foraging for wild watercress: Turn a summer hike into a grocery shopping expedition with bushels of free food for the gathering. Originally published as "Watercress" November/December 1982 MOTHER EARTH NEWS.