Let’s face it, the struggling economy is making it more difficult to get those preparedness supplies in order. It’s time to get creative in where to search for and purchase these essential items. Learn more about where you can shop off the beaten path.
Homesteading
Simple Snacks: Homemade Granola
Enjoy this simple granola recipe that is rich in taste and low in cost.
Some Basics on Living a Self-Reliant Lifestyle, Part 2
In order to live a self-sustained existence, you must prepare, and practice what it is that needs to be done…so that you can actually do it and not just have it stored away in a book or in your files.
Straw Bale Gardening: Everything You Wanted to Know for the Best Bounty Ever
This new organic gardening method is a game changer. Here’s everything you needed to know about straw bale gardening to get the best bounty ever.
Survival Food – 10 You Should Be Growing Yourself
You can save a LOT of money, and get nutritionally superior food for getting your family, or community through tough times, by growing it yourself. You just need to make sure you pick the right crops that can actually get you through tough times. Here’s an infographic we thought would help you in picking the best survival food for growing during long term disaster scenarios.
Sustainable Farming: Raising Kits to Harvest
Part three of our sustainable farming series where we focus our attention on raising kits to harvest.
Sustainable Farming: Starting a Quail Flock
Whether you choose to get started with chicks or eggs, quail are an easy way to provide sustainable meat even in small spaces. They’re prolific layers, can be eaten without the meat becoming tough at any time during their lives, and are a great way to get into poultry for the small scale homesteader.
Sustainable Farming: The Complete Guide to Raising Rabbits
Experienced rabbit breeder, Ruby Burks details how to begin sustainable farming measures by caring for rabbits. Her primer outlines what breed to choose, housing and feeding rabbits to use as meat sources.
Sustainable Gardening: What To Do Before You Plant Your Seedlings
Living sustainably and starting a garden is economical and will help your children learn the essential skill of growing food as naturally as possible. But there is some prep work to be done to ensure a healthy, thriving garden.
Study Says Home Cooking Equals Better Health: 5 Ways to Cut Kitchen Time Without Sacrificing Nutrition
Those of us who are proponents of whole foods and scratch cooking have known it all along, but a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine confirms it. Time spent in the kitchen equals a better diet.