Water kefir farming

I appreciate today’s short attention span theater, I have a lot to say about kefir. If you want the short version, scroll down, you’ll see

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cod liver trimmings

Food, not supplements

Food comes after water in the hierarchy of the things you need to sustain life off-grid. First Water, then Food, then Fire, then Shelter, although

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Water glass eggs?

One of the things that some of my neighbors have done when moving out to the country is get chickens, some do it for the

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chicken eating pumpkin seeds

Low maintenance Chickens

It’s great to rear chickens – eggs, scratchy kind of companionship, and eventually a roast bird. But should every off-grid home have a few? They

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UNESCO Credits SOIL Course

Last month I outlined the Permaculture course available at the School of Integrated Living (SOIL) in the ecovillage Earthaven (see here). Recently, this program has

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Root cellars

With spring in the air, summer right around the corner, many of our gardens are booming with lots of produce, much of it we eat

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Off-Grid crock pot

I love the idea of cooking low and slow, but being off-grid means I don’t have the electricity to spare to run an electric crock

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Living in a greenhouse

I’m sure I’m not the only person who ever wondered how it would be to build a greenhouse around your house, these folk in Stockholm

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And the pressure is on

Pressure cookers that is, yesterday while surfing the internet, I ran across an article on Mother Earth News about cooking with pressure cookers. It reminded

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Keyhole garden

It’s so nearly spring, I am itching to get out and do some gardening, I’ve been getting seed catalogs, the siren song of the gardener.

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Pizza pizza

This past week was a hard one, my work partner and I worked extra long days so that we could have a few extra days

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Freezing food

For the longest time, I’d buy my produce at the farmer’s market over the weekend. When the next Friday rolled around and I hadn’t used

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Fermented foods

Earlier today, after church, I was getting ready to lay down to take a nap, the radio was playing softly in the background, I typically

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It’s garden time!

I grew up watching gardening shows on PBS, one of my favorites was the Victory Garden, and during pledge week, they would always have Howard

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Air pruning?

Ever heard of air pruning? Neither have I… I just watched this video and I’m blown away, I think of all the people who do

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Ready-made meals in sealed Jars reduce need for refrigeration

Mason Jar Meals

Alyson McClelland’s mom cans everything from barbecue sauce to fig jam. Once the delicious condiments are consumed, McClelland gives new life to all those empty

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Marjory Wildcraft

  I just listened to a Coast to Coast am show featuring Marjory Wildcraft as a guest, I have heard her name before and probably

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Rocket stove updates

I am really excited about the improvements people have been making on rocket stove ovens and thermal mass rocket stove heaters. All you need do

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Rabbits for meat pt 1

Living more frugally can mean growing your own food, that can include more than just plants, it can mean meat. Many people who live in

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Food storage ideas…

Preppers are always trying to get everyone else to at least begin stocking up on some short and long term food storage, honestly the biggest

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Meatless sausage

I’m not a vegan, a vegetarian or anything remotely like that, I have nothing against anyone who chooses not to eat meat, they have more

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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

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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

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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

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A Shock to the system

From regular contributor Corey Naughton Like many of those who live off-grid I like to eat healthy. There comes a point when one must define

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