DIY Spice Mixes And Herb Tips

     A good post from Are We Crazy or What? about DIY Spice Mixes and herb Storage.  A lot of really usefull information and a couple of good Ball products featured in the article.  Enjoy!

Sick of Ticks? Take Brad Paisley’s Advice

     A post for those of you enjoying the outdoors on the 4th of July.  I found this on Survival Sherpa.  I wonder if any of these repellent recipes work?  If they have worked for you, please leave a comment.  Enjoy!

DIY Fence and Wall Repair

     A good article from Mother Earth News containing an excerpt from Landscaping (Skills Institute Press, 2011) with a link to buy the book.  The article gives good insight on many common rence and wall repairs.  A good read.  The book (not an affiliate) looks like it might be worth it too.  Enjoy!

Fairy Gardening in Containers

A whimsical project from Mother Earth Living for children and adults alike.  Enjoy!

Fairy Gardening in Containers

Let’s Bring Back Victory Gardens

I agree whole heatedly with the author. We should bring back Victory Gardens. Let people enjoy the benefits of growing some of their own food(better health and fitness are just the start). Please read and next spring, plant your own victory garden!

Nesting Box Herbs - Chicken Aromatherapy

     A good article about the benefit of adding herbs to your chickens nesting boxes and brooders.  Definitely trying this one.  Worth the read!

How to Plant Garlic

     Good article on planting garlic.  Unfortunately the weeks in my garden are not deterred by straw, they grow right through it!  I think I'll plant a small crop this weekend and see how it goes over winter.

17 Great Ways to Utilize 2-Liter Soda Bottles for Survival

     Seventeen different ways to utilize 2-liter soda bottles in your preparedness plan.  I'm not sure about filling them with water, capping them, and placing them in a camp fire to boil water, but hey...whatever floats you boat!  Also discusses the SODIS method of water purification (which I had never heard of, very interesting as well).

     Enjoy!

"The Herbal Survivalist Spot": Herbs for diabetes

A good beginning of instruction to using herbs to manage diabetes.  Check it out and bookmark it; the author intends to update it regularly.

Coke Bottle Watering "Globes"

     A short tutorial from radmegan in words and pictureson making a water globe out of a coke bottle.  I've also heard of people doing the same thing with 2 liter soda bottles.

5 Uses For Chickens In the Garden

     Mike's Backyard Nursery's article cirting five benefits of having chickens to help your garden.  The only thing left out is where he fails to mention about the chickens eating the fruits of your labor if you don't keep them out once the plants start to bear fruit!

How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool

     Mother Earth News has an informative article on constructing a natural pool in your back yard.  The article is from 2002 so the prices are probably just a bit understated; however, I think the

Self-Seeding Crops You’ll Never Need to Replant

     Mother Earth News discusses planting your gardens with self-seeding plants so you can spend less on seed each year.

Six Ways To Save A Dying Garden

     A good article from prep-blog.com containing six strategies for saving your garden when it is failing or failed the year before.

21 Container Vegetable Gardening Tips

     Some good tips from Mike's Backyard Nursery on gardening in containers.  Nothing groundbreaking or earth shattering, but hey, if it was something you didn't know before then the read wasn't a waste!

Make your own Dirt Cheap, Bulletproof Garden Water Wand

     A quick blurb and link to a video from Preparedness is Fundamental about making your own garden wand.  Check it out, maybe it can save you a few bucks over buying a Wal-mart special.

Homesteading in Suburbia – Five Easy Ways!

     A few good ideas from Keeper of the Home.org you can use to be partially self sufficient even in suburbia.  I still have one or two of the suggestions to implement, but we are getting there!

Retractable PVC Hoop House

     Another fantastic article from the Grit website!  That site is a plethora of information on so many topics.  I spend hours a week looking through their articles.  This latest gem is about making a

12 Things You Should Know About (and Do With) Your Eggs

     A good article from Crunchy Betty about pastured eggs and their benefits over commercially produced eggs.  I will have to say that we have, as a family, thoroughly enjoyed our feathered friends for their company, whimsical personalities, and those delicious eggs.  I knew some of the information in the article already, but a good portion of it was new information for me and I thought it was all very interesting.  I think I may need to try making some of that egg shell tea when I start my garden next spring.

37 Awesome Survival/Prepping Hacks

     An inspiration riddled article from How to Survive it.com with a bunch of suggestions for survival/prepping projects.  This made me think of so many other tings I can make or reuse!