Listen To The Article We should all be concerned about honeybees dying. Honeybees pollinate more than 100 crops, from apples to zucchini. The world has watched honeybees dying in the millions since 2006. Though there have been news reports concerning this crisis for the last 12 years, a majority of people still aren’t tuned in
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Listen To The Article Survival Gear Once someone starts upon the road of preparedness, it seems never to end. The idea of actually having enough to get through any crisis may be something we all aspire to, but it’s an elusive goal. There’s really no way of knowing what will be enough, without knowing what
Listen To The Article Image source: arborday.org Of all the supplies we stockpile for emergencies, storing water is the most difficult. The biggest problem is the sheer volume of water that we need to stockpile in order to ensure that we will have enough to see us through an emergency. We use more water than
Listen To The Article Chicks There’s nothing that hints of spring quite like newly hatched chicks. If you haven’t ordered yet, now is the time to do so, either through a nearby breeder, the local feed store or a mail order hatchery. You’ll also want to have your brooder set up so you’re all ready
Listen To The Article hydrogen peroxide Hydrogen peroxide should be a staple in everyone’s home. In fact, if you are storing food and medical supplies, you should have several bottles of it. This handy liquid has a host of off-grid uses. Here are 5 reasons why you should be storing hydrogen peroxide: 1. It has
Listen To The Article One of the greatest thing about homeschooling your children is that you get to take math out of the realm of the abstract and plant it firmly in the practical world. Math in school is often tough for children because they see few real examples of how people use it in
Listen To The Article Image source: Buzzerg.com The spring storm season is here, and for thousands of people in the United States, that means time to start preparing the homestead and becoming mentally aware of how to react should you find yourself in the midst of a natural disaster. Summer and fall seasons bring a
Listen To The Article Always do your research before adding to your aquaponics system. Also, make sure that you have the space, materials, time and energy to maintain it. (Image source: Aquapolics.com) There is an abundance of information on the Internet describing how to set up an aquaponics system, and a lot of that information
Listen To The Article ice Winter weather has arrived, and with it all the joys and excitement of the season. We have Christmas carols ringing, cookies baking, and snow falling. The snow is pretty and coats the farmyard in a beautiful white blanket … and then it turns to ice. We slip and slide to
Listen To The Article Inspect your chicken coop and run each day, making sure there aren’t any signs of varmints burrowing or tunneling underneath the fence. (Image source: Buildcheapchickencoops) Foxes, coyotes, weasels, raccoons, rats and hawks. Predators abound in and around a homestead, and they’re all after your chickens. Possums, skunks and snakes wouldn’t mind
Listen To The Article Always ask landowners before wildcrafting and foraging. Wildcrafting is the term that people refer to for collecting wild plants. Wild plants often have strong healing properties and exceptional flavor. I have never tasted a store bought strawberry that compared in flavor to the tiny alpine ones that grow freely in wild
Listen To The Article Pioneer bench. Photographer: Steve Nubie On numerous hunting, fishing and camping trips I’ve found myself in a fixed camp with family and friends for up to two weeks. It usually doesn’t take me long to get the ax and a saw out and start to craft various furnishings from the surrounding
Listen To The Article Survival Shelter Cold weather puts a strain on anyone’s survival skills. The greatest problem you face is maintaining your body heat, which the cold will do everything it can to steal. Although being in a shelter can help protect you from the cold, it doesn’t always help as much as you’d
Listen To The Article If you’d like to start homesteading soon, here are six really important reasons why it can be such a good idea. (Image source: Flickr) Are you thinking of starting a homestead? Does the thought of growing food, tending animals and living independently sound attractive to you? If so, then you are not
Listen To The Article Survival Skills Are you attached to your child at the hip every minute of every single day? Your children have a far greater chance of survival if they possess some basic self-reliance skills and have practiced the emergency disaster plan with the family. Even if your work does not force you
Listen To The Article We’ve compiled a list below of our top 10 off-grid uses for diatomaceous earth that we think you’ll find highly beneficial. (Image source: WaltsOrganic.com) Diatomaceous earth (DE) is an all-natural chalky, soft powder formed from the microscopic fossilized remains of ancient single-celled animals, called diatoms. If you haven’t heard of diatomaceous
Listen To The Article winter survival Winter months present a unique challenge in many parts of North America due to freezing temperatures. In fact, no other season is as deadly if the electricity goes out. So how do you prepare to survive the cold season? What should you stockpile? And if you’re tied to the
Listen To The Article What would survival in a post-EMP world look like? (Image source: Pixabay.com) The United States has received threats from North Korea ever since the Korean War came to a stop. While those threats have varied considerably, the most common has been for them to destroy us with nuclear weapons. In recent