Category: Self Sufficiency

85 Ways to Eat More Fermented Foods

85 Ways to Eat More Fermented Foods As Katja, over at savorylotus.com, always says – good health starts in the gut! Almost 80% of your immune system stems from the gut and eating fermented foods is the easiest way to improve the state of your gut! Fermented foods also introduce helpful probiotics to our guts. …

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Beekeeping 101: Getting Started

Beekeeping 101: Getting Started Are you interested in beekeeping? Perhaps you’re just getting started and need all the information you can get? Then check out this fantastic beginners guide, from almanac.com, which has all the buzz on raising bees in your backyard. I personally find beekeeping intriguing, yet slightly intimidating. The lure of honey and …

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Pet Food for Emergency Preparedness – What to Store and How

Pet Food for Emergency Preparedness – What to Store and How When disaster strikes, the same rules that apply to people apply to pets: Preparation makes all the difference, and if it’s not safe for you, it’s not safe for them. Take a few minutes to make a plan and to assemble an emergency kit for yourself and …

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How To Grow Potatoes In Towers

How To Grow Potatoes In Towers If you want to grow potatoes in your garden but you are limited by space, then here is an ingenious trick to get you started! A potato tower is an excellent solution. Ranging from two to four feet high, these simple vertical gardens are constructed of a cylinder of metal fencing lined …

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Emergency Water Filtration Solutions

Emergency Water Filtration Solutions The ability to purify water in an emergency situation is not a “nice thing to have”, it is an essential part of your preparedness plan.  Whether you are planning to bug in or bug out, safe drinking water is the foundation for survival. Water needs to be potable for people to …

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