Safety Guidelines for Canning Canning food supplies is one of the things that are done by frugal preppers, homesteaders, and rural homemakers across the world. Doing so safely is at the top of everyone who does so as well as important to those that will dine on these home canned delights. I would always recommend …
Corralling Invasive Plants Many gardeners want their flower gardens to meld nicely into their veggie gardens. Some like myself just love the ambling wild English garden look. One issue with those lovely plants that wander through out the garden is that they can be invasive and take over the whole garden. You might like black …
Cheap Guns vs. Budget Guns Many folks are buying guns for the first time. We live in a more violent time than in years past. Home invasions are up, along with other crimes against people. People are preparing more than ever as well. In some countries like the United States this includes the purchase of …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Natural Bug Repellents – Infographic Who doesn’t hate those irritating summer bugs? But do you really want to put poison on your skin or even add it to your environment to keep them away? Not when a natural solution is available. See the infographic below …
Some posts may contain affiliate links Off-Grid Tiny House for $1100 Who knew Ikea had off grid items? First the flat pack vertical garden and now this awesome off grid solar powered tiny house or shelter. My own plan for temporary shelter after a localized event has been tents on my own property while we …
Best Vegetables to Grow in Pots It’s spring in most parts of the western world. This means planting season is on the door step. Many people live in apartments, or on small plots where a garden just isn’t feasible. The featured blog from Balcony Garden Web gives us good examples of vegetables we can literally …
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Grow A Camouflaged Food Forest The public food forest is popping up in urban areas all over the western world. Why not plant your own in your corner of the world? Not only are they incredibly easy to upkeep but can be easily camouflaged to prevent uninvited human grazers. There is an art to planting …
DIY Outhouse ‘Easy Empty’ Composting Toilet (Parts 1 & 2) (2 links) One of the things I recall most clearly about my grandparents farm is the outhouse! It is one of my least favorite memories too! I don’t recall them closing the old one and opening a new one, but I can’t imagine it …
Cooking With Mud Sounds horrible doesn’t it? Cooking with mud sounds really unsanitary. But if you do it right, it’s actually not. Cooking with mud was probably the advent of pottery to begin with (just my ponderings) It gets hard and then when done you break it away from the food. There is a bit …
