Ryan Cashman

Sometimes, the best gardening successes come from fortuitous accidents.

Despite the family's crushed minivan and newborn baby, somehow the garden produced its best harvest yet.

From apartment balconies to a rural homestead, each gardening season brings new challenges, unexpected setbacks, and fresh hope.

Home baker Emily Harryman found a way to sustain her family and teach others to do the same, ...

A miller in North Carolina wants to preserve and promote grains with richer flavor that trace back to ...

After weeks of anxious waiting and nonstop 'Sheep TV,' Peach finally delivers two healthy lambs the moment no ...

The author shares his and his wife's anticipation of welcoming their first lambs onto their homestead.

A modern homestead brings sheep back to land that hasn't seen a flock in perhaps a century, reconnecting ...

A homesteader's first attempt at raising pigs quickly turns into a scramble of boots, buckets, and a bewildered ...

Lucinda Bailey and Kurt Nauck, founders of heirloom seed bank company Texas Ready, explain how self-sufficiency starts in ...

As a homesteader cultivates a new apple orchard, he reconnects to both his heritage and the land.

Introducing a new column, in which homesteader Ryan Cashman shares a window into his young family's 19th-century farmhouse ...

Feeling disconnected after years of living in the big city, Emmie Sperandeo finally found peace and belonging as ...

To teach her children about the value of hard work, RuthAnn Zimmerman turned to her homesteading roots.

Dennis and Amy Westerlind headed westward to achieve their dream of living off-grid.

After 25 years as a homesteader, RuthAnn Zimmerman knows how to make good things last.

According to baker Sue Becker, milling your own flour leads to better taste, better nutrition, and better health.

On a 6-acre homestead in rural New Jersey, Angela Ferraro-Fanning is weaving an interconnected web of land, animals, ...

Inspired by divine guidance, Paul Gautschi's no-till 'Back to Eden' method asks little of the gardener but bears ...

Carolyn Thomas shares expert pressure canning tips and a beginner-friendly recipe.

How three generations have kept the fire of their Italian Argentine food traditions alive. 

Beth Dougherty, co-author of 'The Independent Farmstead,' shares beginner-friendly tips and a recipe—plus why your cheese won't taste ...

Shawn and Beth Dougherty found a path forward in the old way of farming, creating a self-sufficient farmstead ...

Ben and Meg Hollar, of the popular YouTube channel The Hollar Homestead, built a new life for their ...

Meg Hollar, founder of all-natural skincare company Bumblewood and co-host of The Hollar Homestead YouTube channel, shares a ...

Stacy Lyn Harris shares her guiding principles—plus smart tips and crowd-pleasing recipes—for truly nourishing the people you love.

Make it in individual mason jars or a party-ready trifle dish—just don't forget the whipped cream.