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The Practical Costs & Profit of Keeping Chickens
While it is hard to put a price on the food security and safety of owning your owning laying chickens, you can calculate the raw financial aspects of it. At…
Cucumber Gardening Made Easy
One of the easiest and most rewarding ways to grow cucumbers is in a raised bed system. Not just any old system but a cinder block garden. This garden system…
Not Just A Pretty Face; Harvesting and Processing Rose Hips
Roses can do more than grace our landscapes and floral designs. Like its cousins the apple, pear, peach and cherry, roses produce a fruit. Rose Hips are a valuable source…
Curing Meat The Old Fashioned Way for Seasonal Preservation
Curing was a widely used method of preserving meat before the days of refrigeration. Both Salt and Sugar (as well as combinations of both) have been used to cure meat…
The Amazing Steel-Belted Potato Factory
Much has been made of the fact that the potato plant can be encouraged to continuing growing longer and more productive root structure by gradually raising the soil level around…
Raising Chicken Flocks in the City or Country for Eggs, Meat & More!
Whether you have a homestead, farm or simply some spare yard space at your residential home, there is certainly no other species of animal more suited nor more than the…
Earth Friendly Pest Control for the Home & Garden
While we have a veritable cornucopia of toxins lining the isles of our stores, the “nuclear solution” is not always warranted or healthy. For nearly every single one of nature’s…
Storing Water For An Emergency
Any of us who’ve thought much about emergency preparedness realize that one of the most critical items to store is water. Without sufficient water to see you through an emergency…