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.

Why Every Prepper Needs Non-GMO Seeds in Their Long-Term Supplies

Oftentimes in the interests of economics and financial necessity, people will abandon quality in the interests of price. Nothing could be more telling than the current battle being waged with GMO foods and crops.

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Why Every Prepper Should Have Five Gallon Buckets

Everyone knows that duct tape and paracord can be used for countless applications, but there’s another item that has nearly as many uses.

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Why Everyone Should Have A Rag Bag

It seems very old fashioned to have a rag bag, or in my case a rag box, but I couldn’t consider not saving bits of fabric.

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Will Solar Panels Kill the Utility Companies?

Someday, we may all have what most preppers have long sought. We may all be living off the grid.

Winter Beekeeping Maintenance for a Healthy Hive

By doing some winter maintenance on your apiary equipment, building new equipment, and securing bee yards for the coming season, you can be better prepared for spring flows.

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You Will Not Believe How We Used to Get Moisturizer

For those without a pot full of money there was only one choice back in the day and that was lanolin.

Hulless oats are whole oats grown without the exterior hull, which means they require less processing after harvest and can be rolled or ground into flour.  They also provide a quick and healthy breakfast.  In our ongoing quest to become more self-sustaining, why we've put together this "seed to table" growing guide so you can try to grow your own hulless oats. #ReadyGardens

A Gardening Guide For Growing Hulless Oats

Hulless oats are whole oats grown without the exterior hull, which means they require less processing after harvest and can be rolled or ground into flour.  They also provide a quick and healthy breakfast.  In our ongoing quest to become more self-sustaining, why we’ve put together this “seed to table” growing guide so you can try to grow your own hulless oats.

A bite of sweet cantaloupe is a summer treat!  The delicious melon is full of vitamin A and antioxidants such as beta-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin. That means it can help with protection against colon, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and pancreatic cancers. So why not try growing some of this delicious and popular melon in your garden?

A Few Tips To Grow A Juicy Crop Of Cantaloupe Melons From Seed

A bite of sweet cantaloupe is a summer treat!  The delicious melon is full of vitamin A and antioxidants such as beta-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin. That means it can help with protection against colon, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and pancreatic cancers. So why not try growing some of this delicious and popular melon in your garden?

How would you like to live in a neighborhood that has a working farm, ample green space, community gardens, edible landscaping, and rows of fruit trees? #ReadyNutrition

How Agrihoods Could Change the Way We Think of Urban Developments

How would you like to live in a neighborhood that has a working farm, ample green space, community gardens, edible landscaping, and rows of fruit trees?

Grow anywhere! Here are 10 of the best vegetables to plant in your urban garden.

10 Best Vegetables for Urban Gardeners

Before you know it, your urban oasis will be bursting with wholesome produce and you’ll wonder why you waited so long to start growing your own food.

There are so many activities that can be done around a fire pit that you and your family will never get bored.

8 Delightful Ways a Fire Pit Adds Joy to Family Night

There are so many activities that can be done around a fire pit that you and your family will never get bored.

Spending time with your family is an important part of mental health.  So this summer, why not make a family bucket list complete with fun and the physically active things you can all do as entertainment and bond a little in the process?

The Family Bucket List: 10 Fun Things To Do BEFORE Summer Ends

Spending time with your family is an important part of mental health.  So this summer, why not make a family bucket list complete with fun and the physically active things you can all do as entertainment and bond a little in the process?

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