Composting the Easy Way
Having an ample supply of good rich compost is the gardeners dream. It has many uses, and all of those uses will result
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8 Recipes For Making Homemade Extracts
There’s nothing like homemade extracts to really bring out the flavor in your baked goods and beverages. Here are 8 delicious, homemade aromatic
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Growing Tomatoes in Containers
In a recent gardeners’ survey the tomato took first place in the homegrown vegetable popularity contest. And … no surprise … it wasn’t
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Prepper Gardens – Vertical Expansion
There are lots of ways to produce food, herbs, and medicines, whether we have small properties with just a patio or deck, or
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From being expensive to labor-intensive, here’s the truth behind some of the myths about organic gardening
People who want to try out organic gardening may hesitate because of the negative things they may have heard or read about it.
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From Tree To Table: Tips For Fresh Maple Syrup
The freshest, unprocessed, maple syrup comes directly from trees and you can tap into all of that yummy goodness yourself! Not only does
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Prepare for Disaster with a Portable Generator
Living or working in a disaster-prone area always requires that you be prepared for the worst. When a natural disaster strikes, you might
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Canning Bone Broth
Homemade bone broth is packed full of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients which are excellent for boosting immune function and keeping your body strong
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How To Can Potatoes
Canning potatoes is my favorite method of preserving them for the following year. They taste amazing (much better than store bought canned potatoes),
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How to cook inside, with no smoke, without gas or electricity
Preppers know that it’s important to have options for various survival scenarios. For example, if you lose power, you will need a way
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This Syrup Is 10x Stronger Than Penicillin- Kills All Infections
We all know that when we have some kind of a bacterial infection, antibiotics are always our first choice of medication. But these have
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SHTF: How to Make and Store Electricity Before a Catastrophic Grid Collapse
Millions lost power and suffered in Puerto Rico but you can have electricity after the power grid fails: How to store and re-generate
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15 BEAUTIFULLY PRACTICAL Cob Ovens & How to Build One Yourself
With rising awareness of the expense and huge environmental impact associated with modern construction, people are making a big move toward natural, environmentally-friendly
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A Beautifully Efficient DIY Dome Greenhouse
Geodesic dome greenhouses are beautiful, for sure, but they have many other advantages that make them a great option for backyard food growing.
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How To Make a 5 Gallon Bucket Water Filter
It could happen to you, you might have to drink water from a source you just don’t trust like the pond down the
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DIY Self-Watering Wine Bottle Herb Garden
It’s nice to have fresh herbs growing in the kitchen windowsill, but it’s not always easy to remember to water them. Here is
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Organic Farmer Grosses $100,000 Per Acre on 8 Acre Farm
Imagine earning $100,000 per acre on your organic farm. Well, you don’t have to imagine. It’s possible and Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser have
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Stacking Functions: Increasing Yields & Decreasing Labor with Multi-Function Elements
You don’t have to buy into any woo-woo-ology or being “green” to reap the benefits of some of the concepts to come out
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Make Your Own Healthy Homemade Ginger Ale
Last week we covered the finer points of the “3-G’s” for herbs…garlic, ginger, and ginseng. I want to expound a moment on those
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How to Create DIY Self-Defense Tools With Items in Your Home
When guns aren’t available or allowed, using the items at hand may be your best choice in a bad spot for taking back
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The Secret to Building a Salad Keyhole Garden
A keyhole garden is a remarkably adaptable element that works in a range of garden styles. Visiting other people’s gardens is a lovely
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Lessons from History – Hand Powered Tools
Crank It Out When we hear “crank it out”, we tend to be hearing “get it done”. We have a lot of advantages
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Hay and Straw Bale Gardening: Everything You Wanted to Know for the Best Bounty Ever
Two years ago, we moved into a house that had an abandoned garden; and to put it bluntly, the garden was in pretty
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How to Make Pemmican: A Step-By-Step Guide
We’re going to do an introduction on making pemmican, a survival and backpacking food that can be used all year round as well
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