Amish farms invest time in creating rich compost piles from organic waste. Composting recycles nutrients and improves soil structure. It also reduces waste while creating natural fertilizer. Over time ...

AN ex-Amish woman has revealed some of the natural methods she learned while in the lifestyle. Even though she ran away from the strict religious community at 17, she shared many fertilization tricks ...

Today was such a beautiful sunny day with the temperature around 60 degrees. Everyone is home due to the coronavirus precautions. It seems so different to not set an alarm. Of course, we sleep later ...

Amish gardener Lapp offers an intimate journal of a year of gardening, cooking, family life, and friendships in the small, rural valley in Pennsylvania where she lives. She begins in January, with the ...

Her chatty and engaging garden almanac, "An Amish Garden," is a month-by-month stroll around a saner, more grounded world. Radishes and raccoons can be problematic, but the garden's pleasing symmetry ...

Bread baking, home gardening, and family dinners have become staples of #quarantinelife. To some, it feels like a return to “simpler” times. But to many communities, these activities have been a way ...

Farming has always been the foundation of human survival, but the methods used to cultivate the land have changed dramatically over time. Modern technology has brought enormous machines, chemical ...

Byler's daughter, Laura Anne Lapp, of Cumberland County, is a first-time author. Her chatty and engaging garden almanac, "An Amish Garden," is a month-by-month stroll around a saner, more grounded ...