Food & Lifestyle Archives - Modern Farmer
How to Turn Your Garden Into a Business, No Matter the Size

Stop me if this sounds familiar: You love your backyard garden, but because of the... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
January 24, 2023
How to Harvest Seaweed Sustainably

Think of harvesting seaweed like giving the plant a haircut, leaving the root so it... (more)

Amanda Swinimer
April 26, 2022
A Guide to Growing and Cooking All Kinds of Mushrooms

Go beyond the basic grocery varieties and give oyster, maitake, lion’s mane, enoki and other... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
March 19, 2022
6 Ways to Preserve Your Herbs

Elevate and extend your excess harvests of basil, thyme, rosemary, dill and other herbs to... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
October 16, 2021
How to Can Legumes

A preserving expert offers a guide to pressure canning beans, peas, lentils and more.

Angi Schneider
October 5, 2021
How to Preserve Your Own Flowers

Display your summer and fall blooms all year long.

Sophia F. Gottfried
September 25, 2021
How to Design a Moon Garden

Night owls and hopeless romantics—this one’s for you.

Lindsay Campbell
September 18, 2021
How to (Actually) Get Rid of Fruit Flies

Fruit flies are the worst. One day, you have a perfectly lovely banana sitting on... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
August 28, 2021
What to Do With an Abundance of Peppers

We’ve reached that point in late summer when my pepper plants are producing more than... (more)

Shelby Vittek
August 19, 2021
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