The dawn of history reveals a humanity already civilized.  —G. K. Chesterton Ooparts Ooparts are out-of-place-artifacts.  It’s an unusual term coined by cryptozoologist, Ivan T. Sanderson. They are pieces of civilization, often of a very advanced civilization, that show up in odd, seemingly impossible, places.  Some would say X-Files stuff.  For instance: In 1836 workers
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If you’ve ever wanted to know about survival gardens and raising chickens on a small plot, you’ll want to join us today when we have as our guest, Gary Underwood. Gary Underwood is a researcher, survival gardener, and a second-generation small-farm chicken operator. You’ll learn some down-home approaches not only to poultry, but gardening as
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I am a child of a child of the Great Depression and what I know of it rests in bits and pieces of largely unheeded conversations between my mother and grandmother. With the economic future that very possibly looms ahead, there are times I often wish I had paid more attention. The Great Depression, followed
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And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world. The Talmud This survival story isn’t about the skills and abilities of the people involved that helped them overcome the disaster that hit them that day—far from it. The people in this story were left with nothing but their belief
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So you like mushrooms, do you? You have tasted a variety of them in your favorite dishes and now you want to emulate those creations at home? As someone who is working more and more toward going off the grid and not having to rely on the supermarket for every little thing, the idea of
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Most people would agree that being prepared is a good idea, and while knowledge is power, simply knowing that you should be prepared is not either a good idea or power. Inherent in the idea of being prepared is obtaining the knowledge for what you are preparing. Are you preparing to stay in your home
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Here is a hypothetical situation that some of you may have thought about in the past. You are self-sufficient, either relying very little or not at all upon pre-packaged food. In point of fact, you grow your own. Living off the grid as you do, this makes your life easier. If you have ever wanted
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There are many reasons to consider growing your own food. Our current system uses enormous quantities of petrochemicals (which are included in fertilizers and pesticides, meaning we end up eating them) as well as for farm machinery, shipping, refrigerated storage and packaging. Contamination can spread quickly and for certain foods, largely untraceably. And genetic modification,
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All sorts of people, for any number of reasons can be interested in getting “off the grid” of dependence on utility companies. Indeed, if it could be done by flipping a switch, it is hard to imagine choosing to stay connected to a system where costs perpetually rise. It takes considerably more than flipping a
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As long as humans have walked on all twos, we have hunted. Fortunately, we have many tools available to us that exceed a sharpened stick and an empty stomach to muster courage. While the tools may have evolved, the passion and the need for the hunt have not. There are many hunting preparation tips that
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