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Wondering what to do with a natural spring on your property? Want to know how to make a natural spring flow better? Learn from experts how to use fresh spring water for all your water needs.

When I was at the Mother Earth News Fair a couple of weeks ago, the most commonly asked question my online boyfriend, Ryan, got was how to store seeds long-term. I don’t know if it was just the Mother Earth News crowd, or if that is a question on a lot of people’s minds, but Read More >>

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To preserve fruit in alcohol, try this Rumtopf Recipe. Filling your own rumtopf jar is easy and makes a treat out of your summer fruit that you can enjoy all year long.

Dehydrated cubed potatoes We grow a lot of potatoes in our garden and store them in the root cellar over the winter. By spring they're starting to sprout or shrivel, so I set some aside for planting and I bring the rest in to dehydrate. We use the dried potatoes until the next crop is ready. They're also great to take along when we go camping. In the picture above, the two jars are full of dried cubed potatoes. I peeled and partially cooked the potatoes before spreading them on drying racks…

Are you interested in homesteading, but don't know where to start, how to begin or what skills to learn? That's how we felt not so long ago. Until we came up with an idea. A

What do worms eat? Learn all about the best diet to feed your compost worms, including food scraps like apples and lettuce, and what not to feed them.