This summer, in collaboration with repurposed MATERIALS, we launched our Trash to Treasure photo contest and asked you all to ...

Here are 12 ways you can learn how to increase immunity against cold and cough in your own life. Whether you eat foods that build the immune system naturally or get moving, good health can be yours.

Want to get started growing American Chestnut trees? Learn how to start harvesting chestnuts at home and choose the best species for you. The majestic American chestnut tree was once common throughout ...

The ChickSafe Advance automatic chicken coop door opener is a tough and reliable system for automatically opening your coop door in the morning and closing it in the evening as light levels fall, ...

Learn all about homemade elderberry syrup benefits and how to take elderberry syrup. Make this herbal remedy at home to help ease the symptoms of a cold or flu at a fraction of the cost of buying it ...

Learn how to make a homemade weather vane at home with whatever you have lying around. These simple homemade weathervane plans can utilize spare parts around the house. Making yard art is a great way ...

Learn how to engrave wood with burning to create a wood-burned cutting board that’ll make a striking and memorable keepsake.

The system takes water from near the bottom of a solar heat storage tank and pumps it through a collector — where it’s heated by the sun — and then back to the tank. This continues as long as there’s ...

Ninety frost-free days here in the mountains of Idaho close to the Canadian border are not enough to raise most vegetable crops. For several years, I watched in frustration as my tomato and corn crops ...

This close-up through the polycarbonate shows the absorber screen, the foam sealer molding, screws with EPDM washers, battens and a bottom vent. After walking into my workshop one December morning and ...

Follow these step-by-step instructions to build an earth-sheltered greenhouse that uses passive solar gain. I had a dream once. I am standing in a vast green summer field looking down into the earth.

With the sun's energy,this simple single-basin, passive-solar distiller can produce up to 4 gallons of purified water per day. Learn how to use passive solar water distillation to purify your drinking ...