Self-sufficient gardeners avoid the use of pre-packaged fertilizers and soil from the store. While fertilizers are easy to use, off the grid living means a store isn’t always nearby, and you might not have the means to purchase the items. ...
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Simple Ways To Keep Food Cold When The Power’s Out
Whether it’s the wind of a severe thunderstorm in the summer, the weight of an ice storm in the winter or even a traffic accident that takes down a power line, you can experience a power outage any time of ...
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The key to addressing common soil problems with balanced nutrients may be both easier and yet more complicated than you might think. It’s not just about spraying the right fertilizer and watching it be miraculously sucked into your plants in ...
Read More »5 All-Natural Garden Fungus Treatments.
I’ve been gardening for more than 40 years. I’m particularly fond of vegetable gardening, although my wife is an avid gardener with flowers and decorative plants. Both of us, though, have confronted the challenge of various forms of fungus growing ...
Read More »Surviving Extreme Heat Without Air Conditioning
I don’t know how it is where you live, but where I live, it’s over 100 degrees Fahrenheit half the days of the year. We only end up using our home’s furnace a couple of weeks in January and February ...
Read More »Off-Grid Medicine Kit – How To Make Your Own Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil is both nature’s antibiotic and disinfectant. The list of medical uses for this essential oil is nearly endless. A homesteading, off-the-grid, or prepping family should keep at least 24 bottles of essential oil on hand for every ...
Read More »Covenant Education And The Numbering Of Our Days
Covenant Education And Infancy Scripture gives us a few specific ages that help map out the growth of human maturity and the pattern of covenant education. So let’s start at the very beginning. Scripture everywhere assumes that every child is alive ...
Read More »Long-Term Food Storage For Those Who Care About Taste
Often when talking about foods with a long shelf life, the items we describe don’t comprise a very appealing diet. Living on rice and beans in a survival situation is very practical, but after about a week I imagine we’d ...
Read More »The Lost Secrets Of Memorial Day
“A nation defines itself by the sequenced events of its history…”
Read More »Great Summertime “Off-The-Grid” Grass Clipping Uses
People that have lawns both small and big can understand how much of a chore cutting the grass can be. But even worse – what do you do in all the grass clippings once you’ve finished mowing? The Environmental Protection ...
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