Fishing
How to Fish a Pond in Cooler Weather, Step by Step
As the water cools, pond fish move and feed differently. Here's how pond fishing in cold weather works — where the fish go, when to go,…
Foraging
Herbal Gift Sets for the Holidays: A Beginner’s Guide
How to put together simple herbal gift sets for the holidays — a salve, an infused oil, and a tea blend from your own kitchen, with…
Backyard Chickens
The Best Heated Chicken Waterers for Winter (Honest Picks)
The best heated chicken waterer setups for winter, from a keeper who's iced over more than one. What actually keeps flock water thawed — plus the…
Gardening
How to Overwinter Container Plants on a Small Balcony
How to overwinter container plants when all you've got is a balcony — which pots to save, how to protect the roots without a yard, and…
Fishing
How to Catch Bluegill for Beginners, From the Bank
How to catch bluegill for beginners — where to find them, the simple rig that works, and how to teach a child — from an old…
Foraging
How to Forage Hawthorn Berries and Make Haw Syrup
How to forage hawthorn berries on the Olympic Peninsula — knowing black hawthorn by its thorns, when to gather the haws in fall, and how I…
Backyard Chickens
The Best Cold-Hardy Chicken Breeds for Beginners
The best cold-hardy chicken breeds for beginners, from a keeper who's wintered a mixed flock in Tennessee — which breeds shrug off the cold, and the…
Gardening
The Best Containers for Growing Vegetables in Small Spaces
The best containers for growing vegetables in a small space — fabric grow bags, self-watering planters, buckets, and terracotta, with the honest pros and cons of…
Fishing
How to Clean a Fish for Beginners (Bream and Catfish)
How to clean a fish for beginners — scaling and gutting a bluegill, skinning a channel catfish, and keeping your catch fresh, from an old hand…
Foraging
How to Forage and Use Usnea (Old Man’s Beard Lichen)
How to forage usnea, the pale hanging lichen PNW foragers call old man's beard — the one elastic-cord ID test that settles it, ethical harvest, and…