Going Off Grid? How to Prepare for Your First Year
Follow me If you’re looking to start your first off-grid homestead, try to keep your expectations in check. It could take years for
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Sustainability
Going Green: 10 SUSTAINABLE Ways To Use Bamboo
Follow me Because of bamboo’s quick growth and reproduction, it is deemed one of the most sustainable resources we can use. Bamboo can
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A Beginner’s Guide to Sausage Making (Recipes Included)
Follow me My grandfather was a large influence on my passion for homesteading. He was an avid gardener, hunter, made his own wine
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How To Guide: Canning Pickled Beets
Follow me One of our favorite things to eat in the winter is canned pickled beet! My kids love beets and this is
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The One Skill That Will Help During ANY Crisis: Self-Reliance
Follow me In the past several years, my family has been taking as many steps forward as possible when it comes to self-reliance.
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Smart Survival: This is How You Find Water When There Is None To Be Found
Follow me With water being one of your main survival priorities, you want to know multiple ways of procuring water in an emergency
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Success with Summer Squash
Follow me With summer squash there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is: The plants are rarely bothered by critters
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Growing Great Sweet Peppers
Follow me Yes you can grow great sweet peppers! The big blocky bell peppers you find in supermarkets need a long warm (but
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Hydroponics: The Good, The Bad, & The Necessary Equipment
Follow me You could realistically grow an entire garden hydroponically in your own home, and with a large enough financial investment, have fresh
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Growing Eggplants Successfully
Follow me Eggplants come in all shapes and sizes, from mammoth 3-pounders to long, slender Asian types, to baby patio varieties. Which type
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Home Canning Makes A Comeback
Follow me Home Canning dates back to the 18th century during the time where Napoleon Bonaparte realized the need to provision his army
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5 (More) Foods That Last Forever
Follow me When planning and storing food for emergencies or survival situations, we have long advocated incorporating foods that will last forever (or
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Garlic: A Natural Medicine for the Prepper’s Medicine Chest
Follow me Good Day to you, Ready Nutrition Readers. Today’s article is an introduction to cover some of the basics of Garlic (Allium
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Vitamin D deficiency symptoms: The top warning signs
Follow me Just how important is vitamin D? It’s been well-known since the 1930s, when doctors first understood the link between vitamin D
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How to Grow Tomatoes
Follow me You can’t beat the flavour of home-grown tomatoes straight from the vine – and they’re so easy to sow & grow!
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Survival Water Purification
Follow me Survival water purification is one of the most important wilderness skills that we teach at Alderleaf. Water makes up more than
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The $50 disaster prep you definitely need, but likely don’t have.
Follow me When it comes to storing items at home to ready your family for a potential large scale disaster (or worse), the
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Is It Time To Revive “Survival Gardens?”
Follow me With a global pandemic circling the globe and fears of food shortages, many are looking more closely at resurrecting the long-ago
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A One-Month Shelf-Stable Food Menu Your Family Will Love
Follow me Now that most of the country is practicing social isolation, people are turning more and more often to their pantries to
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Urban Gardening: Grow Anywhere!
Follow me Just because you live in an apartment, does not mean you have to live without the joys of fresh, homegrown garden
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GET MORE FROM YOUR VEGGIE GARDEN THIS YEAR
Follow me When spring finally arrives, it’s always exciting to get those first seeds safely tucked into the ground. But don’t put away
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10 Cool Season Plants You Can Grow Today!
Follow me Even though the days are still cool, there are some seeds you can start today. Here are some cool-season vegetables and
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3 Beginner Sustainability Changes To Set You Up For Success
Follow me Making changes to the way we’ve always done things is often difficult for most people. We get in ruts and comfort
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How To Grow Strawberries
Follow me The flavour of warm, sun-ripened strawberries picked fresh from your own garden is something to savour. These delicious and aromatic fruits
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