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Micro Livestock
10 Foods You Should Not Feed Your Chickens
Chickens enjoy a varied diet , and you can put almost anything in front of them and they will happily consume it. But there are a few food types to steer clear of.
Thriving When It Counts: How To Use Bug Infested Food
You may have done everything right in protecting your dry pantry goods, but there are times when bugs find a way into your food supply. While these infestations may prevent humans from consuming it, take comfort in knowing that all is not lost!
How To Get More Eggs From Chickens Over Winter
During winter, it is entirely possible to see your hen’s egg production slow down, but there are things you can do to ensure a steady supply of eggs.
Rabbits As A Survival Food Source
As a prepper who wants to know I can survive some possible disaster scenarios, it makes sense to me, because it’s something I can do “right here and now” as a practical survival skill that isn’t socially unacceptable and which will thus be in place already if some disaster scenario does take place.
Hobby Homesteading: 3 Backyard Livestock Breeds Every Home Should Have
Hobby homesteading is showing up in the sprawling suburban neighborhoods. Here are the most popular small breeds and how to get started.
Why Your Backyard Chickens Could Be Giving You Salmonella
Raising backyard chickens has been trending in recent years, thanks to the sustainability movement. But it could be making your family sick. Eight different states are reporting Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard chickens.
Sustainable Essentials: 8 Necessary Items for Raising Baby Chicks
It’s no wonder chickens are the “homesteading gateway animal.” Here is everything you need to know on caring for baby chicks and keeping them healthy.
What to Feed Your Micro-Livestock
Learn some tips and tricks from other homesteaders on what your micro-livestock needs to eat in order to stay healthy to ultimately benefit your family.
Why Your Backyard Chickens Could Be Giving You Salmonella
Raising backyard chickens has been trending in recent years, thanks to the sustainability movement. But it could be making your family sick. Eight different states are reporting Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard chickens.
Sustainable Essentials: 8 Necessary Items for Raising Baby Chicks
It’s no wonder chickens are the “homesteading gateway animal.” Here is everything you need to know on caring for baby chicks and keeping them healthy.
What to Feed Your Micro-Livestock
Learn some tips and tricks from other homesteaders on what your micro-livestock needs to eat in order to stay healthy to ultimately benefit your family.
Home Remedies for Livestock
Just like humans, animals tend to get ailments, and without proper care, those ailments can turn into serious infections. Learn about 5 home remedies to give livestock to help soothe their ailments.
Fruit and Veg Growing in VERY Un-Ideal Conditions
I would advise anyone who wants to grow but think there’s too many problems to think again. Think laterally…and vertically, think outside the box and you will be surprised just what you can grow in a confined space.
Good-bye City Life!
No amount of planning or prepping prepared me for what I was walking into. Before you plunge in to your dreams of homesteading, read this first.
Mail Order Chicks: Caring for Chicks After Transport
When chicks are ordered through the mail, they may need a little extra TLC. Here are some tips for reenergizing your chicks after a long transport.
Killing Our Dinner i.e. What Homesteading is Really All About
We finally did it. We dispatched, dressed, and cooked our first homegrown rabbit.
Wasteful Society: 80% of Easter Pets End Up Here
“Within the first few weeks of Easter, an estimated 30 percent of all Easter ‘pets’ die, and another 70 percent to 80 percent are abandoned or turned in to shelters.” Our warped society has turned living animals (that require adequate shelter and food), into playthings. And, as with all toys, children grow old of them and move on to other things.
New “Honey on Tap” Invention Will Change the Beekeeping Industry
Keeping bees can be very time consuming and requires a lot of additional equipment. But the beekeeping industry is going to drastically change thanks to this new innovative product.
POPULAR IN SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE
How To Score Free Groceries (Seriously)
Here’s some excellent advice that can help you trim down your grocery bill and provide some extra cash for survival gear or preps you will make in your home.
5 Simple Solutions For Composting
Utilize these five easy ways to collect compostable materials to add to the garden. The end result is a full spectrum soil conditioner that will keep your garden thriving.
5 Ways to Re-Purpose Your Produce Bags
Next time you have extra mesh produce bags, save them up for future uses. They definitely have more than just one use.
Survival Food Series: Three Sisters Technique
The Three Sisters gardening method is a sustainable gardening approach to making the most of space, using companion planting and using plants as a living support. Learn more about the Three Sisters and how to plant it.
Vegetable Consumption Increases When Children Learn To Garden
Most of us know by now that increasing our consumption of fruits and vegetables and limiting processed foods will lead us down a path of nutritional sustenance and health for years to come. Now studies are even suggesting that simply teaching a school-aged child about the importance of gardening and growing your own food can cause them to make the choice to eat more vegetables.
Black Gold: Add Nutrients to the Garden – The Easy Way!
Black gold is the product of vermicomposting—or, in simple terms, it’s the rich, black stuff that comes out the back end of a worm. This so-called “super soil” has many benefits and it only takes a little bit of work to build your own worm farm and start getting a constant supply.
Video: Convert a Washing Machine Motor to Create Free Energy
In our consumption-based society, as soon as something is broken, we don’t think twice about tossing it to the curb and buying a new one. We do this without realizing the other uses these appliances or their parts could serve us in the future.
5 Beneficial Bugs You Want in Your Garden and How to Attract Them
There are plenty of species that are beneficial to our gardens. They can pollinate your plants, fight pests, and in some cases they can help fertilize your soil.
50 Things You Should Stop Buying & Start Making
Making things yourself not only saves you money and helps the environment, but it lets you know where your products are coming from and exactly what’s in it.
Food Freedom: Backyard Strategies You Can Try Today
If you have a yard, then you can use these steps to achieve food freedom.
Sustainable Prepping: 5 Alternative Energy Types for When the SHTF
Let’s cover some methods to generate energy and provide power, and discuss the positive and negative aspects of each one.
