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Top 6 Energy Sources for Living Off The Grid
When deciding to live Off The Grid, one of the main concerns (other than a water source) is generating energy to supply your electrical needs. The first thing we all think of when thinking of green energy is solar. There are other viable energy sources out there that may be better suited for you.…
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Tips to Organize Your Homestead Kitchen
Homestead kitchens are a huge fad right now. All white and gray with shiny galvanized metal accents… Don’t get me wrong — they are gorgeous. But a homestead kitchen? They can be messy. On our homestead, most of our time indoors is spent in the kitchen. We bake, fry, can, dry, process, and gather.…
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How to Make A Smudge Stick- Easy DIY
Smudge Sticks have been used to cleanse the air since the beginning of recorded history. From religious ceremonies to insect repellent, the practice of smudging has many uses. With just a couple minutes of your time, I can show you how to make an smudge stick to help kill airborne bacteria and cleanse the…
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The Best Baby Goat Names For 2021!
Everyone knows after the ever-so-famous gateway livestock, the chicken, that you need to add goats. It’s only natural to have a milk source after you have an egg source and what better milk source than to start with baby goats? As a new goat-owner, you’re going to need the best baby goat names. I’m…
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How & When to Start Seeds Indoors
How & When to Start Seeds Indoors We are slowly chipping away at the winter season, with the hope of spring just around the corner. For me, planning my spring garden is a reprieve from the cold, dormant winter, I’m like a kid at Christmas when the seed catalogs start rolling in. Get a head…
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Herbs to Boost Your Immune System In the Winter
Herbs to Boost Your Immune System in the Winter Sun-filled summer days have drawn to a close and we are now faced with preparation for the long winter months. We spend hours preparing our homes and farms for winter. We dig out sweaters and scarves, fill coops…
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DIY Winter Emergency Car Kit ~ FREE Printable PDF Checklist
We recently went through a severe winter snow storm that left many stranded for days. The worst part about it, aside of being without power and water for five days on Christmas, was all of the abandoned cars left on the roads. They were blocking roads, in creeks, and in ditches. The stranded cars…
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The Ultimate Preppers Checklist for Non-Preppers
Do you consider yourself to be a prepper? Or maybe you might be one of the people that thinks preppers prepare for doomsday and zombies? I assume before 2020 we may have all thought those preppers were a little crazy, now we’re searching how to prepare for the SHTF scenarios, right? If you…
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Fellow Homesteaders Land on National TV by Building Off The Grid
Formerly just small-town urban homesteaders, Timmy and Amber Bradshaw of Pawleys Island, South Carolina moved with their three children less than a year ago to the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Just three months on their new land, they received an opportunity to film the construction of their new homestead for Building Off The Grid.
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