Putting a solar backup system on my home was one of the best things I ever did to make myself more prepared for emergencies. Large-scale natural disasters seem to strike our country several times...

Survival foods have a terrible reputation for being tasteless and expensive. So if the idea of survival food brings up images of waxy, high calorie emegeny bars, costly containers of freeze-dried...

Fifteen of the fastest and easiest ways to preserve eggplants--for the next time your garden has an eggplant bonanza. Eggplant is one of those plants that seems to do pretty well in my garden without...

Building a geothermal greenhouse on your property means you have a reliable way to keep crops alive all year long. And guess what--you don’t have to live on top of a geyser to construct one! I...

When I purchased my home, one of the things I wanted most was a well. I wanted to have my own water supply without being dependent on city water. But what I didn’t realize when I bought the house...

Chipping frozen clumps of chicken poo off the floor of my chicken coop in the middle of winter is not my idea of a good time. I figured this out fast my very first year raising chickens – it is...