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Stockpiling food and fuel may not be enough to stay healthy during disasters, natural or man-made. Illnesses have a way of visiting even the healthiest of people when we are most inconvenienced. When you are in a situation with no ...

Gardening is fun and it’s all the more so if you involve your kids. People often recollect the time they spent gardening with a parent or grandparent with much fondness. Francis Bacon called it “the purest of human pleasures.” Anyone ...

Horticulture – that is, the art and science of growing plants — has long been employed as a means of enhancing a person’s physical, mental and spiritual well-being. The therapeutic effect of gardening has always been obvious to those engaged ...

Native Americans, like many other indigenous tribes that lived off the land, practiced a sustainable way of living. They hunted, fished and cut down trees to provide for food, fuel and shelter, but we can see that they had a ...

Chamomile tea is a popular herbal remedy known to have a calming effect on the nerves, on upset stomachs, disturbed children and disgruntled adults. It is the daisy-like white flowers of Chammaemelum nobile or Roman Chamomile that go into the ...

Often, your survival skills are tested when you are least prepared. If you are stranded in the wilderness with no proper camping equipment or supplies, the best you can do is turn to the surrounding nature for help. Remember that ...

Perhaps you have been searching for the perfect alternative housing option. You desire something that produces a very small footprint and gets you as close to the natural world around you as possible. Has tent living crossed your mind? After ...

Essential oils have a long history of being used for physical and mental well-being. In fact, people with a substantial stock of essential oils — and a working knowledge to make the best out of them — were always revered ...

Before we get into a discussion about why you should eat more greens, it is important to define just what greens really are. Things like chard, lettuce, mustard, parsley, spinach, beet greens, arugula, endive, baby greens, beet greens and collards ...

Survival is not a joke — or a TV show. More often than not, what we need in a survival situation is a level head, clear thinking, and a few well-practiced survival skills to keep us alive until help arrives. ...