Table of Contents Stay cool all summer long with green home design.
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42 Simply Dill-icious Pickles
79 Easy Plant Propagation
These three basic methods put perfect pickling within the grasp of every preserver. Just choose a recipe and get started!
Anyone can be a plant propagator with these easy, traditional, and low-tech plant propagation techniques.
82 Grow Your Own Seeds
46 3 One-Hour Cheese Recipes
Experience the ultimate in self-reliance, and even create new varieties that will perform better in your garden.
You don’t have to be a professional to enjoy fresh, homemade cheese.
87 Tips and Techniques for
51 Want Milk? Get Goats 5 Green Gleaning
Use basic tools and construction knowledge to discover new uses for old pallets. These seven simple designs are no-frills and downright beautiful.
38 Reap the Garden & Market
Bounty: How to Dry Food
Dry your harvest to stock up on homegrown snacks and convenience foods for year-round eating.
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Cleaner, greener home heating options are abundant, but they’re not all equal. Compare the pros and cons before you decide which should heat your home.
103 Coppicing Trees for Sustainable Firewood
(With the Least Work!)
COVER: RICK WETHERBEE
for the Home and Garden
Your Best and Cheapest Choices
68 Grow More Food in Less Space
34 Get Crackin’
Make the most of black walnut season with these tips for husking, shelling, and utilizing the famously tough nut.
98 Guide to Greener Heating:
Determine which types of wheat you should grow, plus learn how to cultivate and process this staple for use in the kitchen.
Need quick snacks and meals? Drop processed storebought fare and opt instead for these healthful edibles that work well in a pinch.
17 Upcycled Pallet Projects
Reduce maintenance and save money by replacing your conventional grass yard with low-resource alternatives.
62 From Field to Flour: Harvest Your Own Wheat
30 Grab ’n’ Go Homemade Convenience Foods
Think “inside the box” to build cabinets, shelves, window boxes, and more.
92 Replace Your Lawn
Make flavorful sandwich bread out of quality ingredients to save money and warm a gathering or just your kitchen for the day.
Glean nutrients and flavor from bones and scraps by simmering and seasoning them.
13 Learn to Build Boxes
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White, and Rye With a Starter
26 Homemade Broth & Stock
Learn how to make your own lye from ashes, and then use it to cook up a mild, soft soap perfect for personal use.
Tap these efficient garden-watering systems to save on your water bill while still growing food despite drought and heat.
56 Daily Breads: Potato, Oatmeal,
Build your own beekeeping equipment to save money while making honey.
10 Simple Soap the Old-Fashioned Way
Water-wise Gardening
Dairy goats can supply your family with fresh milk inexpensively. The fun is a bonus.
20 Sweet Savings
Learn how to thrift like a pro with tips from Chad Sophia Suiter, who has been hunting and gathering in thrift stores and flea markets since she was a child.
You can grow firewood in a fraction of the time it takes to raise a tree from seed.
Blending the best principles of biointensive and squarefoot gardening will yield a customized, highly productive growing system.
106 8 Easy Projects for Instant Energy Savings
Implement these inexpensive strategies to reduce your carbon footprint and slash your energy bills. Spending $400 once could save you $900 per year!
74 Grow $700 of Food in 100 Square Feet!
If more of us grew a little food—instead of so much grass—our savings on grocery bills would be astounding.
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