Learning basic skills like growing food, mending clothes and more allows us to become independent from external resources, reduce our environmental impact, save money, and have more control over our own lives.
There's more than one way to be more self-reliant! We explore how to be self-sufficient when living in an off-grid home.
While you take the time to prepare for winter, remember to also make time to be kind to you this fall - with these home-made health and beauty recipes.
Whether you own chickens or are toying about the concept of raising some for self-sufficiency purposes, at some point, building a henhouse or a coop might have crossed your mind. The idea of growing your own food and being self-sufficient seems attractive, but what...
By treating your skin with love and care, you can have absolutely glowing, radiant skin. The facial masks that we suggest here are for all skin types, as we’ll focus on mild, natural ingredients that will simply make your skin shine. Table of Content Springtime...
Whether you’re new at gardening and have never done it before, or you’re just starting a vegetable garden from scratch in a new location, these are the 7 steps that make it fun to set up your veggie garden!
Hugelkultur is a technique often used in permaculture gardening to build and manage soil. It relies on stacking wood and other organic materials at different levels to create a raised garden bed. The wood decays over time, leaving behind composted layers of nutrients.
'Tis the season for gift-giving... And you can be a generous gift-giver without hurting your wallet! Not just because "it's the thought that counts" (that's when you arrive late with a bottle of something from the nearest 7-11), but because thoughtful homemade...
Raising chickens is something that more people are choosing to do on their own. But it isn’t something you want to jump right into - you definitely want to do your research on the type of breed that meets your goals. There are many pros for raising heritage chicken...