The author lives in a 2,000-square-foot solar-powered octagonal home made with post-and-beam logs and straw bale infill walls and insulation. Decades of problem-solving and experimenting have given ...

Canning is an indispensable form of preserving food. New to the world of suburban homesteading? This article on homesteading for beginners who want to start to live more sustainably might be the right ...

Tucked away in the mountains of Washington state, on a 5-acre lot, ducks and geese mill about. Goats are milked twice a day. A rooster crows. These animals belong to Elizabeth Kirk, her husband and ...

A couple who relocated from the suburbs of New England to live in a remote, off-grid homestead in Alaska have opened up about the extreme lengths they go to in order to survive the brutal winter ...