By Kimberley Stakal – organicauthority.com Ready to pull out the food dehydrator from under your kitchen sink and put that piece of culinary machinery to good work, finally? Dehydrating...
Category - D.I.Y. and Self Sufficiency
Seven Reasons to Consider Off-the-Grid Independent Living
By Activist Post Going off grid should not be a spontaneous decision; it can be exceedingly difficult, costly, and fraught with unexpected problems if one has not done the proper research, nor...
Making Your Own Eco-Friendly Bathing Products
By Mike Zook Guest writer for Wake Up World There are a million reasons to be wary of commercial bath products. Like many of the cleaning products lining the shelves of your nearby grocery store and...
Free Tea: 6 Plants to Grow Your Own Herbal Brew
By Sayward Rebhal, Maybe you know of a berry bush in a nearby park. Maybe there’s a patch of clover around the corner. Once you’re onto it, it’s hard not to see tea almost...
Four Methods for Off the Grid Food Production
By – Activist Post For most of us producing all of our own food is just a fantasy. It evokes visions of multiple acres of fertile land, long work days, and expensive machinery. However...
10 Reasons to Become Self-Sufficient & 10 Ways to Get There
By Michael Edwards and Jeffrey Green Via Activist Post We are now three to five generations removed from the rural backbone that strengthened America. The world at large has undergone a...
A Deliciously Resourceful Town Aims For Total Food Self-Sufficiency Within 7 Years
By Vincent Graff dailymail.co.uk Admittedly, it sounds like the most foolhardy of criminal capers, and one of the cheekiest, too. Outside the police station in the small Victorian mill town of...
Single Lady Transforms Her Urban Garden into a Productive, Organic, Tropical Paradise
By Nicola Chatham – permaculture.org.au You don’t have to know her street number to find Rosina Buckman’s place. All you need is the street name. Winner of the Edible...
Six Fun Gardening Projects
1. Moss Graffiti Decorate your garden in beautiful moss! You can use moss graffiti to adorn a wall, like in the image above, or on stepping stones or wooden or ceramic planters...
The Medicine Cabinet in Your Kitchen – Ten Top Common Healing Herbs and Spices
1. CAYENNE – Cayenne pepper has wonderful cardiovascular benefits, including lowering blood pressure. Famed herbalist Doctor John Christopher noted that a couple of teaspoons of cayenne pepper...
PART 2 – How 1 MILLION Pounds Of Organic Food Can Be Produced On 3 Acres
By Andy Whiteley Co-Founder of Wake Up World I recently posted an article, How 1 MILLION Pounds Of Organic Food Can Be Produced On 3 Acres, which featured the work of farmer Will...
How To Start a 1-Acre, Self-Sufficient Sanctuary
By John Seymour – Mother Earth News Everyone will have a different approach to keeping a self-sufficient homestead, and it’s unlikely that any two 1-acre farms will follow the same plan...