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Living Off the Grid Essentials: Considerations for Getting Started
Learning how to get off the grid involves several key considerations. Off the grid essentials include land, power, heating, and water resources.
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Connecting Children and Nature
Encourage your kids to get outside with these activities for connecting children and nature. Discover the importance of nature in child development.
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Homeschool Gardening for Child Development
Explore various homeschool gardening activities for child development, including math games and gardening lesson plans.
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Build Your Own Outdoor Solar Shower for Pennies
I’m not sure when I decided to construct an outdoor solar shower for my family, but I do know that I was inspired by an article in either Countryside and Small Stock Journal or one of the other homesteading magazines.
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Why You Should KISS Emergency Preparedness
How many of you are confident the economy is solid, your employment is secure, the value of the dollar is sound and the power grid is permanent? It’s no wonder the subject of preparedness has gone mainstream.
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Cattails: A Useful Pond Plant
Add to Favorites The cattail plant is ubiquitous in many parts of the United States. In Ohio, it grows in drainage ditches and along roadsides, ponds, and lakes. There are …
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Grow the Cattail Plant in Your Farm Pond
Add to Favorites The cattail plant is ubiquitous in many parts of the United States. In Ohio, it grows in drainage ditches and along roadsides, ponds, and lakes. There are …
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