Summer weather is officially here, and for many gardeners that means one thing: a lack of rain. For others, it may mean a drought. Gardening during summer is never easy, but how do you grow your favorite vegetables when nature ...
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Repelling Summer Bugs, The All-Natural Way
We all enjoy summer, but not everything about warmer weather is great. For starters, wouldn’t it be nice if there were fewer flying insects – and if you didn’t have to grab a can of chemical-laced “OFF!” just to make ...
Read More »Survival Mistakes Nearly Everyone Makes
Each week during throughout the year, you can turn on the television and watch reporters interview families who were unprepared for a natural disaster – and who lost everything. Summer, in fact, is prime season for a host of natural ...
Read More »Off-Grid Life In A $4,500 Converted School Bus
The off-the-grid life can take many forms – a traditional home, an earthbag house and even an underground abode. But what about a converted school bus? That’s the route that off-gridder Patrick Schmidt took when he bought a used school ...
Read More »Bees: The Easy Off-Grid Money Maker
The subject of homesteading often focuses on various methods of gardening, different types of livestock, or even the multiple ways to generate electricity. But one area that is often overlooked is bees. As a growing number of homesteaders and off-gridders ...
Read More »The Day Civilization Nearly Ended
Four years ago this summer, the sun experienced a solar storm so severe that it nearly wiped out the entire power grid for not only the United States but the entire world. In fact, the only thing that saved Earth ...
Read More »DHS Not Prepared For A Power Grid Attack That Would Leave 90 Percent Of Americans Dead?
A recent government report claimed that the Department of Homeland Security has made major strides to protect the power grid from a crippling attack, but that report runs counter to sworn testimony in front of Congress and to what experts ...
Read More »Foraging For Survival: Wild Plants You Didn’t Know You Could Eat
Every week, homeowners across North America spray their lawns with chemicals, killing plants that their grandparents and great-grandparents would have picked and eaten. In fact, most homeowners likely don’t even realize that those “pesky weeds” are actually edible – and ...
Read More »Climate Change: What They’re Not Telling You
Ten years after Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth hit theaters, a new film is set to be released that tells the other side of the story. The movie is called Climate Hustle, and in the words of its promoters, it ...
Read More »7 Not-So-Obvious Gardening Mistakes Just About Everyone Makes
Gardening is one of those fun hobbies that is never perfected – and that always includes a few annual mistakes. So before you get too involved in your garden this year, why not ensure you’re not making the most obvious ...
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