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Itchiness is a miserable symptom. Summer is the time for skin irritants such as insect bites, poison ivy, and poison oak. However, children may get chicken pox at any time of the year. Fortunately there are some easy home remedies ...

You have heard the expression literally a thousand times in your life, “You are what you eat.” The assumption being that whatever you put in your mouth has an effect on your body – good, bad, or indifferent. If you ...

  No homestead is truly complete without a cob oven. It is one of the iconic signs of rebellion and a step in the direction of freedom. A cob oven is a baking chamber that reaches temperatures of up to ...

Survival cement has been used for thousands of years, and it’s still in use on a daily basis in some undeveloped parts of the world. But let’s begin with the basics: What is “survival cement”? The simple answer is a ...

Rammed earth homes made out of natural resources such as sand and clay have been around since before people had axes. In fact, the technique to build them has been used by nearly every culture on earth at one point ...

Dear Joel, I have southern California clay soil with embedded/encased/entombed river bed-like rocks that range from pond skipping to softball size. It has made just growing grass difficult! I have been digging down about a foot and filling with various organic ...

When it comes to survival gardening, it all begins with dirt. Once you’ve gotten yourself completely off the grid, you might be generating enough electricity to consider hydroponics. Until that time, you’re stuck with good old-fashioned dirt if you’re looking ...