Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series

Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy. Originally developed in China to feed millions, Chinese greenhouses are earth-sheltered, solar-heated, east-west oriented, intelligently glazed, and well-insulated. They have proven highly effective in growing warm-weather vegetables and fruits like green peppers and tomatoes in cold climates through autumn, winter, and early spring using passive solar energy as the...

Timber Framing for the Rest of Us describes the timber framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and owner-builders. These methods use modern metal fasteners, special screws, and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less time. While there are many good books on traditional timber framing, this is the first to describe in depth these...

The best person to design the property of your dreams is you. Building Your Permaculture Property gives you the tools to succeed. Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design. It distills the authors' decades of experience as engineers, farmers, educators, and consultants into a five-step process complete...

The updated bestselling guide to laid-back beekeeping for all, naturally! Are you a beginner beekeeper curious about bees or a practising beekeeper looking for natural alternatives that work? Then this book is for you! In the second edition of the bestselling beekeeping guide Keeping Bees with a Smile, Fedor Lazutin, one of Europe's most successful natural beekeepers, shares the bee-friendly...

Your helping hand for adding simple, homemade, whole grain sourdough to your weekly schedule. Real life is busy enough without having social media-worthy sourdough on your to-do list. But if your goal is to make simple, nourishing, and delicious whole grain sourdough for your whole family, then DIY Sourdough is your one-stop beginner's guide. Coverage includes: Simple sourdough recipes for...

The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food self-sufficiency. In hard times, the family can be greatly helped by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash outlay or watering. Currently popular intensive vegetable gardening methods are largely inappropriate to this new circumstance. Crowded raised beds require high...

Start a peaceful revolution by planting an edible ecosystem and sharing the experience with your neighbours. Humans have always thrived in rich, diverse, edible ecosystems. Yet, most cities and suburbs are blanketed by lawns, ornamentals, and a lack of biodiversity, let alone anything edible. It is within these sterile landscapes that seeds of an edible ecosystem lie. The Edible Ecosystem...