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There’s a misconception among many people that it takes a lot of money to homestead. While it is impossible to homestead for free, it is still possible to homestead when you’re essentially flat broke. This week’s guest on Off The ...

Trying to live self-sufficiently in a city or suburban environment is rewarding but comes with many challenges. One of the most common obstacles is simply a lack of space. The average residential lot may vary anywhere from 3,500 square feet. ...

Homesteading is usually associated with self-sufficiency. Many who live in the city dream of one day becoming self-sufficient, “leaving everything” and moving to the country to run a homestead. But aside from financial and social constraints that may hold them ...

Most people’s first year on the homestead can be summed up in one word: chaos. Making the move into homestead living is often simultaneously exciting and intimidating — even more so if you’ve been accustomed to living in the city ...

Most urban and suburban residents are familiar with the daily routine of waving to your neighbors or knocking their door to borrow a cup of sugar or milk. The same things can occur in a rural setting, but there are ...

At first glance, the thought of moving from the hustling pace of urban life into a quieter, rural location may seem to be a romantic idea. There may be much truth in the idea of escaping from the noise, the ...

A city government in Florida has used a zoning ordinance to force a couple to remove their organic vegetable garden – one that they’ve had for 17 years. Hermine Ricketts and her husband Tom Carroll had to tear out the ...

Living off the grid is a great choice that families across the world make day in and day out, but not everyone has the opportunity to move to a spacious plot of land and leave the city behind. For those ...

August 10, 2012 CNN’s Thelma Gutierrez reports on a family living the ultimate green lifestyle on an urban farm in Pasadena, California. Video Courtesy of CNN Previous Video

“It’s the end of the world as we know it” – at least that’s what the popular 1980s band REM reported in one of their biggest hits of the same name. TEOTWAWKI is a much talked about and much prepared ...