Sustainable Lifestyle

Learn how to reduce your resource consumption and live mindfully for a better future with our sustainable lifestyle resources. Explore our library with information on gardening, homesteading, do-it-yourself projects, repurposing and more to help you live a more sustainable, meaningful lifestyle.

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10 Expert Tips To Help You Create Your Dream Garden

To help you make your dream garden a reality, here 10 tips and tricks master gardeners have shared to help your garden grow.

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Turn Trash Into Treasure: The Easy Way To Make A Compost Pile Or Bin

Composting doesn’t have to be difficult and although it may seem like a daunting task to get started, this helpful guide should help walk you through any rough patches.

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Follow These Tips If You Want Your Clothes To Last For Years

If you don’t like to waste money buying new outfits every few months, there are a few things you can do to make your favorite clothes last for many years.

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5 Sustainable Ways to Repurpose Newspapers

Newspapers seem to accumulate the most in homes and knowing its many uses can serve you in a more sustainable manner.

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Edible Flowers: 42 Varieties to Add to Your Garden

When you are planning your garden, consider adding flowers that serve a purpose of not only assisting in pollination, but can be also be used in dishes. This will help you make most of the limited garden space, not to mention adding fragrant and visually striking appeal to your dishes.

Sliced, dried, red serrano (Sport) chilli peppers on a chopping board with scattered chilli seeds. Knife marks are visible on the chopping board. Capsaicin, derived from chills, has medicinal properties, notably pain relief.

The Basics on Seed Collecting

Collecting the best seeds that are absent of abnormalities and finding characteristics in the plant that are appealing will create a more dependable crop source.

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50 Clever Ways to Reuse Your Trash and Not Play into the Throw-Away Society

Stop being a member of the throw-away society and be part of the sustainable solution. Here are 50 of the most thrown away items and clever ways to reuse them.

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Peg Looms: A Simple Way to Create Home Furnishings

All the rugs at Knowle were made on a peg loom, as were cushion covers and the thick toppers that we used on the beds in cold weather.

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Why Seedlings Get Leggy And How To Fix It

There is nothing more satisfying than getting to watch your newly planted seeds begin to emerge from the dirt. After one week goes by, you will begin to notice your seedlings are getting leggy and barely able to hold themselves up, If that happens, this guide will help you understand what went wrong and how to fix it.

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10 Ways To Make Your Trash Work For You

Those that are attempting to adopt the homesteading mindset are trying to re-learn the lost knowledge from our agrerian ancestors, as well as trying to find practical ways to save a buck or two. The homesteading mindset is all about re-purposing items we already have in our possession. Finding ways to re-purpose trash can not only make your lifestyle more “green,”, but it can save you money and time as well.

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10 Practical Reasons You Need Tarps in Your Emergency Preparedness Gear

Tarps serve multiple purposes in an emergency situation and are great for long-term uses. Here are 10 practical uses for tarps in an emergency situation.

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Seed to Plate: How To Grow Bread-Worthy Spring Wheat From Seed

Wheat is one of those staples that’s been getting a bad rap lately. With the current diet trends leaning toward eating carbohydrates, wheat and bread aren’t on the radar of many gardeners. But there are some benefits to growing it, especially if you select the “hard red spring wheat.”

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