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You have a lot of different options when you are trying to decide what type of shelter to build for a nuclear event. The first and...

Those that grow their own herbs do so planning to use them to make their families healthier. There are several types of herbal preparations and here...

Apple trees are a bit like children. Discipline them too harshly, and they become petulant and rebellious. Set no limits, and they become unruly and unproductive....

Twenty years ago, homeschooling families were lucky to find a handful of curriculum options. Today, though, you can find hundreds of commercial homeschooling packages. If you’ve...

Educating children for economic survival can be very difficult, especially in a society where most adults don’t even know how to survive or thrive economically. Instead,...

There are few pleasures in life quite as sweet as picking a soft peach from your tree, biting into it still warmed from the sun, and...

Do you know, Mr. Elijah, that I consider you a little impertinent? —Ishmael in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (1851) The Shaking of Horeb Wind, earthquake, and...

Relocating is a big deal. Moving yourself, your spouse, and your children to a new area or even a whole new state is nothing to take...

I’m an old school man, and my old habits die hard. We do have a television, but I refuse to pay even one dime to watch...

There are two technological advancements that ushered humankind out of primitive civilization.  The first is fire, which we will cover later.  The second is the knife....