Why You Should Never Throw Away Lemon Peels
Stop right there. Before you toss that lemon peel into the trash, you need to know something:...
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Category: Off Grid Knowledge
Why the Amish Are Immune to Inflation and How You Could Be Too
Last week at the grocery store, I saw a woman ahead of me putting items back on the shelf. A jar...
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Rosemary Plant Care: The Complete Guide to Growing, Pruning, and Harvesting
Rosemary is one of those plants that rewards you for leaving it mostly alone. Give it the right...
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No Cheesecloth? Try These 9 Household Alternatives
Cheesecloth has been the go-to for straining and pressing for a long time, and for a good reason....
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Turn Your Kitchen Scraps Into Medicine (It’s Easier Than You Think)
When you are living on a homestead, most kitchen scraps end up in the compost bin, or, even...
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What We Learned After Our First Year of Total Self-Sufficiency
The first winter morning I couldn’t leave our homestead, I knew something was terribly...
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Why Homesteaders are Hanging Empty Jars on Trees
Homesteaders have been hanging jars in trees for centuries, Some of the traditions were based on...
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7 Surprising Uses Of Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is one of those household staples that often sits unnoticed on a shelf, waiting...
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Aluminum Foil for Faraday Cage
In uncertain times, many people quietly look for simple ways to protect the tools and devices they...
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Life Hacks Everyone Should Know
There is a certain wisdom hidden in small, everyday solutions. Long before convenience products...
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The Hidden Costs of Country Living
The appeal of living in the country is the assumption that life will be simpler and less...
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How To Store Your Dried Plants (For Years)
It’s inevitable that harvest season is always going to provide us with way more fruits, vegetables...
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Why Do Amish Drink Raw Milk?
The Amish are often portrayed as people frozen in time, but that picture misses something...
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The Hidden Dangers of *Toxic* Woods
When most of us think of trees we think of firewood, fruit and shade. We also take some time to...
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How To Sharpen Your Homesteading Tools In Minutes
Stop tossing out your tools the moment they go dull! Sharpening them is simpler than you think! ...
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Don’t Throw Away Spoiled Milk! Do This Instead!
If you throw spoiled milk down the drain, you lose money every time you do it. Seriously. You...
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Ingenious Solar-Powered Projects Inspired By the Amish
The idea of the Amish using a technology like solar panels seems to contradict the lifestyle many...
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Faraday Cage Fabric: A Practical Guide for Everyday Preparedness
Modern life depends so heavily on electronics that we often forget how fragile these systems can...
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Do Amish Drink Alcohol?
Among the Amish, every choice reflects a balance between tradition, practicality and spiritual...
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How Your Clothes Could Save Your Life in the Next Crisis
In an uncertain world, shaped by natural disasters, power grid failures, and civil unrest, you...
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What Is Borage?
Borage is a hardy annual herb known for its bright star shaped blue flowers and its long history...
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How to Harvest 1000+ Gallons of Water from Your Roof
It sounds like a lot, and it is, but your roof can easily capture more than 1,000 gallons of water...
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Why Are You Still Throwing THIS Away?
You might not realize it, but what you throw away in your trash can is probably full of survival...
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How to Survive Extreme Weather with Only What Grows in Your Backyard
Weather extremes vary, from bad heat waves to winter freezes. A sudden frost can turn many plants...
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Do Amish People Use Electricity?
For most of us, electricity is as essential as air. It powers our mornings, fills our homes with...
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I Lived in The Woods for 15 Days and This is What Almost Killed Me
I’ve spent a lot of time outdoors. I spent 15 years in the Army, which involved plenty of...
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These 6 Items Skyrocketed in Price. Here’s What I Did
It’s no secret that prices for items we use everyday have been climbing exponentially. If you’re a...
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This is Why the Amish Bury Their Food
The Amish have quietly preserved a way of life that values simplicity, self-reliance, and the...
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I Just Completed The Amish Academy… And You Won’t Believe What I Found
Many people think they can survive off-grid until they’re forced to live without power for a week....
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Why Do Amish Women Remove Their Teeth? The Sad Truth Behind The Practice
When outsiders hear that Amish women sometimes have all their teeth removed at a young age, the...
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Best Hand Grain Mills You Can Buy
If you want the ability to turn stored wheat, corn, or other grains into fresh flour without...
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Foraging In Autumn: Edible And Medicinal Plants You Need To Forage Before They’re Gone
We often consider foraging a springtime activity as we anxiously await the first greens after...
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