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Off-grid groups - how to build a group and case studies of successful and unsuccessful groups of individuals who are off-grid together

Just say NO to GMO
Little by little I have been actively working on removing GMO foods from my pantry, to make it more painless I focus on one food or one food group at a time. I ...

Scorpion season
In a recent article, I talked about all the critters that poke, stick, sting and bite, one of those critters we deal with out here are the scorpions, and itR...

Life in the sky castle
I sit looking out the window, my view is magnificent, I am looking down across a high desert mountain valley, words cannot describe the beauty of the landscape ...

Sensible shoes makes sense
Shoes, ladies I know you think about them a lot, and some of you guys too, but how many of you wear shoes that would let you down in an emergency situation? Lad...

Sleepy?
Here’s a scenario, you are working hard, say chopping wood for winter, or perhaps you are starting your garden this spring, you have been working hard for...

Trailersteading – book review
How many of you would like (love?) to to have your own place and live for just what you’d pay in taxes? Assuming you already have a piece of land (hint, l...

Poison Apples: “Organic” Fruit can be Tainted by Antibiotics until Fall 2014
I may have found out why the apples Corey tossed to his deer were rejected by the deer, scary but true, it would seem that our so called organic fruit may be sp...

One more tragedy
With the tragedy of the bombing in Boston, this is just one more reminder that we need to be prepared for as many different situations as possible. First I want...

The Lost Art of Scratch Cooking
Food is so important, unless you were raised on a working farm, most of us have no idea where our food comes from, during the last Great Depression many people ...

Mom takes care of everything! pt 2
MOM, aka milk of magnesia, it’s incredible stuff! I wrote about using it as a deodorant, it works very well for that… now we will talk about the oth...

New homes for pot-growers
Spread Peace Radio featured renowned philanthropist and leader in the industrial hemp industry, Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP), has announced his...

The persuasive prepper: convincing loved ones to prepare
It would seem that I’m not the only blogger/prepper who is also worried about getting family on board for prepping. I can’t impress upon you just ho...
