Old timers could fix most things in their world with a piece of baling wire. Nowadays, duct tape has replaced it as the handyman’s all-purpose fix-it. But for thousands of years, cordage held the place of a general, all-purpose, must-have ...
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DIY Pest Control
Fewer things are more aggravating to a gardener than walking out to check the crops and finding some pest has destroyed the produce. This frustration is especially true if the goal is to live a sustainable, self-reliant lifestyle and you ...
Read More »Illness in Your Livestock
Illness and disease in animals can be very serious. If you keep animals on your small farm or homestead, you are responsible for keeping them well, both for their sake and your family’s. Your animals are a part of your ...
Read More »How To Protect Your Garden From Predators
Your garden is very important to your off-the-grid lifestyle. To end your reliance on grocery stores and supermarkets, you probably started a garden. You can grow a myriad of different vegetables and even fruit, no matter what your local climate. ...
Read More »Protect Your Perimeter with Llamas
Living off the grid typically includes taking advantage of the benefits of animals. Maybe you have goats for milk and grass maintenance, sheep for wool and meat, or chickens for eggs. Whatever kind of animals you keep, they are probably ...
Read More »Preparing Your Pets for an Emergency
The threat of natural disaster has never been greater than it is right now. No matter where you live, no one is safe from the potentially devastating impact of nature’s wrath. Now more than ever, you need to be prepared ...
Read More »Animal Power Generation
When we look at sustainable, off-the-grid communities, the need for farming and animals becomes more and more apparent. But must these animals be a drain on our already finite resources, let alone our time? For thousands of years, we have ...
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