Mother Earth News has compiled the best articles to help you enjoy winter on your homestead. With the projects and recipes found within these pages (more than 35 in all!), you’ll be able to cook delicious turkey beyond Thanksgiving, build a simple solar heater, find affordable ways to keep your flock warm, produce the best crops in your winter garden, and more.

Discover the benefits and cost of using a woodstove to heat your home in the winter. Learn how to make your own hard cider by following a set of simple instructions. Read how to make your own nontoxic laundry soap (you’ll never again have to guess about the mysterious chemicals in your wash). Understand car survival tips for a blizzard: what you should do if you are stuck on the road during a killer snowstorm.

More articles include:

• Build a Solar Stock Tank – This reliable livestock waterer will save electricity, and you won’t have to chop ice this winter!
• Buy a Christmas Tree You Can Replant – By replanting Christmas trees, you can establish a living tradition that will endure for generations.
• Make Your Own Herbal Medicine – To find ingredients for many basic herbal remedies, you often need to look no further than your own backyard.
• How to Build a Small Garden Greenhouse – Treat your plants to a safe transition and extend the growing season.