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Two decades ago, a lightbulb went off in Ed Zink’s head. Looking across the road at a vast stretch of parched, dull land ...

With rays of sunlight beaming down and a light gust of wind breezing through the trees, bushels of bright red cherries at Cherry Hill Orchard and Market are making their way from branches to buckets.

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Homesteadin' Hawai'i is dedicated to sharing knowledge gained from living over 20 years off-grid in Hawaii on a homestead I started myself with very little money. I cover off-grid living ...

Does your home have low water pressure? Here's how to tell if it's caused by leaky pipes, clogged water lines, or other common causes of low water pressure.

Create a wooden grow table to house 5-gallon buckets that can be repurposed as planters for herbs and veggies. You'll need several buckets and planks of wood.

Mosquito dunks stop mosquitoes from being able to breed in standing water. Recently I used dunks to create a “mosquito bucket of doom,” a trap that entices mosquitoes to breed in standing ...

The orange or blue pails from your local home center work fine sometimes. But there are times to avoid them—like when mixing concrete and thinset.