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The Home Medicine Summit: How to DIY Your Own Health Care
Registration is open and FREE tickets are now available for Marjory Wildcraft’s Home Medicine Summit 2018! Marjory has gathered 42+ experts who promise to set you
The Three Sisters: An Ancient Symbiotic Plant Relationship
The Three Sisters I first heard the term permaculture about five years ago from my friend John, after I mentioned to him that I was
Typing for Trees with Ecosia: The Search Engine That Plants Trees
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue. Ecosia is a social business run by a small group of dedicated and
Famous Cinnamon French Toast
There’s nothing quite like good french toast, especially when you’ve got good things like pure maple syrup to top it with. This time I’ve decided
How To Build Your Own Home Without Nails
Can You Build Your Own Home Without Nails?? Every time we build or repair anything in our home or yard, we’re always amazed at the
Introducing the 2016 Homegrown Food Summit
The 2016 Home Grown Food Summit is right around the corner! In case you missed last year’s summit, let me give you a little background
Why so many are choosing Solar Passive Houses
Solar passive houses are the name of ease – a brief discussion Passive solar houses have made it possible to live with minimal temperature
A License To Chill: Permits for Nature
“We need freedom to roam across land owned by no one but protected by all, whose unchanging horizon is the same that bounded the world
DIY Chicken Feed Recipe: Better, Cheaper Eggs
One thing you’ll learn quickly when you start keeping laying hens, is that no egg comes for free! What your flock eats directly correlates into
Mutual Respect Comes From Authentic Communication: Unschooling
This article is Part 5 in a series called Does Unschooling Have Natural Limits? Please also find Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part
Asian Style Archery: 10 Fascinating Facts You Probably Don’t Know
Here comes a list of ten things you didn’t know about Ancient Asian style Archery. Ancient? Asian? What do I mean? 1) Asian style archery
Susanne’s Fruit Farm in Arkansas, Harvesting Blackberries
Catherine stops in Arkansas to harvest blackberries and plums on their way to Indiana. You can homestead from the road by stopping at local farms
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BioIntensive Gardening – How to Double Dig, Make Compost, & Companion Plant
Biointensive gardening is an organic method designed to creative highly productive gardens with long term sustainability at its core. What is so great about this
IT’S ALIVE! Living No-Turn Compost: BioChar
Maybe you wanted to start composting this Earth Day, but you’ve heard it’s tricky to get right. I understand–nobody wants a stinky mess out back
The Tropical Fruit Tree Americans Forgot: The Pawpaw Tree
What if I told you that North America has an easy-to-grow native tropical fruit tree that you’ve never even heard of? The Pawpaw is our
Tomatoes Hate Cucumbers: Secrets of Companion Planting + Popular Planting Combinations
Did you know that tomatoes hate cucumbers? Consider companion planting. While they might taste great together in a salad, tomato plants dislike growing in close
How To Start a Kitchen Scrap Garden
How to Regrow Kitchen Scraps Feel like you never really get your money’s worth of lettuce or celery at the store? Why not grow another
This is Why Your Compost Stinks
You started out with good intentions–wanting to create richer soil for your garden and reduce your waste. Maybe you even bought the pretty compost crock