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As the winter temperature drops far below freezing, many people start to get out their thicker blankets and perhaps add a throw or two on the couch to stay warm. Learning how to make a quilt or even just simple ...

Chances are if you have considered keeping a backyard flock that you also have thought about hatching your own chicks. Being able to maintain a controlled breeding program can mean a great deal to a homestead birding operation. Commercial incubators ...

Our greatest priority in preparedness should be long-term food storage, simply because any catastrophic event will affect the supply chain and food will quickly become scarce. But while food storage has significant value and provides us all with a level ...

Storing assorted types of batteries for the long term is a part of survival and preparedness that’s just as necessary as stockpiling food, water and gasoline. But storing batteries won’t do you any good if you don’t store them properly. ...

How would you like to produce your own biogas? Biogas is produced by anaerobic bacteria (the kind that can only survive in the absence of oxygen) that break down organic material into methane and carbon dioxide, or “biogas.” Your stove, ...

Old Man Winter appears to be here earlier than we’d like. The mounds of snow outside and the unseasonably chilly temperatures in many parts of the country serve as a reminder of exactly how treacherous being caught outdoors can be ...

If gardeners find spring and summer to be about growing food, they find fall and winter to be more about storing food. The fall season brings bountiful harvest from your own garden as well as inexpensive prices from local farmers’ ...