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Nothing beats the enveloping warmth from off-the-grid wood heat through the winter, and autumn is a perfect time for collecting firewood for your wood stove or fireplace. Use the following tips and you’ll fill your woodshed with the right wood ...

Eking out the greatest potential from your homestead may seem like quite a challenge. Acreage is at a premium, so how can it best be utilized to produce what is needed to make a homestead more self-sufficient or even produce ...

You’ve been gardening for years, and have mastered the art of growing food on your homestead. You do it organically, without using commercial pesticides and fertilizers. You save your own seeds, can your own produce, and are practically self-sufficient. But ...

Spartacus was famous for crafting ropes from trees and weeds to save his men and lead then from slavery. Thankfully, we don’t have to make rope for such extreme times, but it’s a good skill to master just in case. ...

If you’re looking to put up a roof from natural materials and you have dead cedar trees on your property or know someone who does, then you have an incredible resource. While cedar shingles also can be purchased, making the ...

Morgina is probably one of the most nutrient-dense foods and herbal medicines on the planet that you’ve probably never heard of. With every part of the moringa tree useful for food or medicine, this “Tree of Life” is now being ...

If you’ve ever bought soursop in your local market – or even grown it – you know it’s a tangy, sweet treat reminiscent of pineapple and mango. But what you might not know is that many believe the fruit, which ...

There is a tree that is literally saving lives. It’s been called “miracle tree,” “nature’s pharmacy,” and “supermarket in a tree.” Moringa oleifera, recognized as “botanical of the year” by the National Institutes of Health in 2007, is prized all ...

The worst place you could possibly break a bone is out in the wilderness, but of course it does happen, and it happens quite often, in fact. The main reason for this is simple: The wilderness is a place that ...

I am not a lumberjack. I am not built to move quickly through trees with an axe or a chainsaw in my hands. I am, however, a guy who can’t say “no”. That gets me in trouble all the time. ...