Looking for a productive way to grow food that requires less work? Utilized in Germany and Eastern Europe for hundreds of years, hugelkultur (literally meaning “mound culture”) is a method of growing food that can be built using locally available ...
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Shock Study: More Than Half Of America’s Streams Are Polluted With THIS
More than half of the streams in America are contaminated with insecticides that have been linked to bee colony collapse, according to a new study. Researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found neonicotinoids, which some scientists blame for ...
Read More »7 Surprising Survival Uses For Coffee Filters
Being a true survivalist means finding simple, everyday items that we commonly take for granted but that can be used for a number of different applications. One of those, believe it or not, is coffee filters. They’re lightweight, easily portable, ...
Read More »10 Incredible Survival Uses For An Everyday Belt
Being an effective survivalist is all about taking simple, everyday items that can serve multiple purposes and then putting them into action in real-life situations. Belts have been used by man for thousands of years in a variety of different ...
Read More »12 Items You Should Stockpile Other Than Food and Water
We live in very volatile times, times that are marked by increasingly horrific weather events, water scarcity, financial instability and in many cases, civil unrest. What does this mean for us? It means we need to live in a state ...
Read More »CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: Thousands Without Running Water
East Porterville, California, has become the first community in the nation to lose something most Americans take for granted – running water. Wells at around 1,000 of the 1,200 homes in the Central Valley community have gone dry because of ...
Read More »6 Steps To Going Off-Grid Without The Culture Shock
Living off the grid with a significant degree of self-sufficiency appeals to many of us. I have numerous friends who have successfully left behind a life of mortgage payments, relentless bills and the trappings of materialism. I’ve even renovated a ...
Read More »2 Proven Ways to Have a Weed-Free Vegetable Garden
July 27th, 2015 John from growingyourgreens.com shares with you his top 2 ways he maintains a weed free vegetable garden. In this episode, John shares his opinions of weeds growing in the garden and how some can be edible/useful and ...
Read More »How To ‘Start Prepping’ When You Feel Overwhelmed
Preparing our families for what lies ahead is one of the most important things we can do. Having food, water, medical supplies and a means (preferably more than one) to defend you and yours can be the difference between getting ...
Read More »Double Whammy: The West’s Record Drought Can Cause Blackouts, New Study Says
Residents of at least 11 states could face electricity shortages and blackouts because of the ongoing drought in the West, according to a new study. Supplies of electricity from power plants could be cut by as much as 8.8 percent ...
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