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The Ugly (But Delicious) Superfood That Fights Cancer And Lowers Cholesterol
Image source: corvallisadvocate.com Ever noticed those big ugly brown roots lining the tables at farmers’ markets and natural food stores? Chances are, they’re yacon (yah-CON) — those sweet,...
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Maximizing Every Inch Of Land On Your Homestead
Image source: flickr There’s a variety of ways you can maximize the efficiency of your homestead, and one of them is through zoning. Zoning is a design principle you’d most often hear of in...
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The Secret (And Miraculous) Honeybee ‘Medicine’ That Can Heal Almost Anything
Image source: lyranara.me Most people are familiar with only two bee products: honey and beeswax. But there are three others, unbeknownst to many, that are just as useful to humans — maybe even more:...
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5 Myths That Discourage Wannabe Homesteaders
Image source: NPR Homesteading is usually associated with self-sufficiency. Many who live in the city dream of one day becoming self-sufficient, “leaving everything” and moving to the country to run a...
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How To Be Off-Grid With All The ‘On-Grid Perks’
Image source: PhilosophyMatters You grow your own food. Harvest and purify your water. Harness your own alternative energy. You’ve got all your preps ready, from medical supplies to defense weaponry....
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The Fastest, Easiest And Cheapest Way To Fertilize Your Garden
Finally, there’s a quick and easy way to fertilize your soil … not to mention free. “Chop-and-drop” is a method of mulching in permaculture, which is a system of farming that aims to do things in an...
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Securing Your Neighborhood When The Grid’s Down
Image source: charterhomes.com Security after a disaster or grid-down scenario is always a top concern among those in the preparedness community. We’re well aware of the need to defend our family and...
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Deadly Self-Defense When You Don’t Have A Gun
Actor Denzel Washington learned it for several months to do his fight scenes in the movie The Book of Eli. Matt Damon and Tom Cruise learned it, too, for their roles in, respectively, The Bourne...
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Off-Grid ‘Kitchen Cures’ When Antibiotics Won’t Work
Image source: healthandhealthylivingDOTcom If you’re wary of using conventional antibiotics to treat common infections, there are numerous alternative remedies you could consider. I discovered the...
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Graviola: The Cancer-Fighting ‘Miracle Tree’ You’ve Never Heard Of
Image source: everydayinbox.com If you’ve ever bought soursop in your local market – or even grown it – you know it’s a tangy, sweet treat reminiscent of pineapple and mango. But what you might not...
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Neem: The World-Famous Heal-Everything Tree Americans Are Finally Using
Image source: wikimedia In India and many parts of southern Asia, the neem tree is fondly called “nature’s drug store.” It has been extensively used in traditional Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicine...
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The Survival Fruit That Can Feed A Family For An Entire Day
Image source: Pixabay.com If you love Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum, you’ll most likely love Jackfruit. Word has it that Wrigley took inspiration from the jackfruit to flavor his world-famous chewing gum....
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9 Things You Gotta’ Consider Before Buying Any Off-Grid Land
Image source: Pixabay.com Without a doubt, the main things people think of when considering buying rural land for an off-grid property are size, location and cost. But there are several other steps and...
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12 Overlooked Items No One Includes In Their Preps (But Should)
Image source: Pixabay.com No matter how much thought and effort we put into preparing for the unknown, there’s always something we’re likely to forget. We fail to stock up on this, we put off buying...
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19 Off-Grid Survival Uses For A Plain Old Tarp
When it comes to expediency, a tarpaulin is one item that can easily top a survivalist’s list of must-haves. Tarpaulins have so many practical uses, there’s probably no limit to the number of ways it...
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The Cheapest Way To Feed Your Chickens When You Can’t Free-Range
Image source: Pixabay.com If you’re like me and a lot of other homesteaders, you: Keep a small flock of backyard chickens to feed your family; Want to cut down on commercial feeds; Prefer to eat...
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The Overlooked Way You Can Make THOUSANDS Of Dollars With Goats
Image source: Pixabay.com Goats are awesome animals. They provide milk and meat for our tables, fertilizer for our soil, and hours of entertainment for us to enjoy. Another benefit they provide,...
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Secret Gardening: How To Hide Your Food In Plain Sight
Image source: Pixabay.com You’ve been gardening for years, and have mastered the art of growing food on your homestead. You do it organically, without using commercial pesticides and fertilizers. You...
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The 4 OTHER Maps Your Survival Cache Needs
Image source: Pixabay.com Many of us own at least three detailed maps at home: local, state and regional. Whether we keep them as travel references, or store them in survival kits as preps for a...
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8 Ways To Homeschool AND Homestead Without Going Absolutely Bonkers
Image source: Pixabay.com If you live in a homestead and try to homeschool your kids, then doing so may be one of the most challenging tasks you have to face every day. On top of gardening, food...
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