Everyone, not just the young or elderly, is at risk in the heat. Know the dangers of heat, the warning signs of trouble, and how to keep cool this summer.
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Rhonda Crank, The Farmer’s Lamp I’m not a meteorologist magnet; nor am I a weather wizard. But as a sustenance farmer, the weather plays a large part …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Christopher Nyerges, California It’s always best to plan ahead. Carry essential gear, since you never know when you’ll need it: knife, fire-starter, water, cordage—that sort of thing. …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Dan Fink When buying appliances for a new home or a remodel, most people cruise the big box store looking for the right combination of features, …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Gail Damerow One of the disadvantages of having an electric well pump is that when the power fails, the pump stops delivering water. If the water …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Dan Fink A steady supply of drinkable water is the single most important factor in deciding where to settle down and live. It has shaped humankind’s …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Jeff Hoard, HM Ranch One of the easiest and most productive projects I’ve built here at HM Ranch is a simple solar oven. The only expense …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Mike Dishnow, Wisconsin A simple outdoor excursion that will quickly bring you in touch with the basic needs universal to humanity uses three tenants: food, water …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Dan Fink, Colorado Back when I was a young teenager, I saw something that changed my life forever — a solar electric panel. My parents had just bought remote, …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Judith Andrews Starting a medicinal herb garden in early spring of 2013 was the beginning of bridge awareness—the bridge between fresh herbs and their equivalent essential oils, between traditional …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Shirley Kelly, Colorado Full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what now is Northern and Eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites Around 1969, JD Belanger, the founder of this magazine, combined Rabbit World, which was 32 pages long, with Dairy Goat Guide, which was 12 pages, and Countryside, which …
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