One of the most common preparedness pieces of advice is to get out of debt. When you’re out of debt, you can begin planning for your future. Recent events in Kiev teach us about cash. There’s a lot more to financial preparedness than simply paying down your credit card. Getting those creditors off your back […]
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Growing Vegetables Indoors
Growing Vegetables Indoors: Winter Outside? No Problem! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for Spring. It’s been an unusually mild winter here and there hasn’t been much in the way of precipitation. Aside from the worries of a drought the plants are dormant and everything is either a shade of grey or a […]
Living Off The Grid – Watermill
Living Off the Grid in Big Springs Idaho By Winnie Last weekend I went up to Wyoming and Idaho in hopes to catch some spectacular fall scenery in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. But because of the recent government shutdown, all access to the parks were closed. As disappointed that we were, there was a […]
Trampoline Chicken Coop
We have a trampoline chicken coop at home and when we came across this blog article at Four String Farm it warmed our heart. If you keep chickens you know that there are an endless supply of ideas, plans and DIY projects online to build almost any style or type of coop out there. […]
Inexpensive DIY Greenhouse Project
How would this DIY Greenhouse look at your place? When we saw this DIY Greenhouse we knew two things, we had to share it with you and we want one. We really appreciate all the great things over at Ana Whites blog, she lives in Alaska, so homesteading and DIY projects are a big […]
Sustainable agriculture on a tenth of an acre
Sustainable agriculture, how much land do we need? Sustainable agriculture is something all of us here are interested in. The idea that it would take a considerable size of land to grow all the food your family would need for one year seems reasonable right? Depending on your families needs, sustainable agriculture usually takes […]