This past week I had my annual battery of blood tests. My birthday is in December, and so after the holiday festivities are over, usually somewhere within the first two weeks of February, it seems like a great time to ...
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Preserving Fish: Beyond the Freezer
Fishing is a wonderful pastime and sport. It’s also a great way to feed your family. No matter where you live, it’s likely that you have lakes, rivers, or even the ocean nearby. If you are working towards making your ...
Read More »Natural Remedies for Inflammation
Inflammation is irritating, painful, and itchy—and it happens to all of us. Many people reach for the medicine cabinet or go to the drug store when inflammation strikes, but there are plenty of natural ways to battle it. Several natural ...
Read More »How To Have All The Food You’ll Ever Need
Storing your food is an important consideration when living a completely or even just partially self-sufficient lifestyle. Being independent from grocery stores means that you are growing and creating your own food. Don’t let all that hard work go to ...
Read More »Small Seeds Pack Big Punch
Did you have a Chia Pet growing up? Maybe you aren’t as old as I am, but I ordered my very own Chia Pet off the back of a comic book in the late 1970s. I was eleven. I waited ...
Read More »Basketmaking 101
Imagine bringing home a bounty after a trip to the neighborhood farmer’s market, piling those fresh fruits and veggies in baskets you yourself have made using twigs, branches or other items found in the great outdoors. What a wonderful way ...
Read More »Off-the-Grid Remedies for Earaches, Allergies, and the Common Cold
You know that dreaded feeling: waking up in the morning and knowing that you are sick. Your nose is running, there’s a tickle in your throat, your eyes are watering, and you feel like you haven’t slept well. Add an ...
Read More »Should Americans Get Even Dirtier?
Think back to when you were a kid. Can you remember any of your friends being deathly allergic to peanuts or sensitive to gluten and lactose? There has definitely been a major rise in food allergies over the last decade ...
Read More »‘Tis the Season for the Flu
Unless and until you have experienced the flu, it is actually easy to minimize it. Think of how often you’ve heard someone say that they have or had the flu and thought he or she was exaggerating when using descriptions ...
Read More »Healthy Skin Without Harsh Chemicals
I once spent more than $60 on a tube of face wash. There, I admitted it – but I’ll also admit that now I spend less than a $5 to get the same results. I’m making my own stuff now, ...
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