One of the most important things about living a sustainable lifestyle is to be careful how you spend your money. The whole point of becoming more self-sufficient is so you don’t NEED a lot of money, which can free up a lot of time to do the things you really enjoy. Of course,
I have been raising chickens on and off since I was thirteen years old. As my boyfriend and I are embarking on this “be more sustainable” venture, chickens are the perfect choice to start with. In fact, if you have even a little bit of yard and are interested in being more sustainable, chickens
We love our goats. They are the sweetest things we have ever known. When we were first looking into getting goats we read all kinds of things (warnings really) about owning goats. Some were a little farfetched and some were spot on. Here are five things we have learned from owning goats…so far… #1 Goats
I recently subscribed to an online periodical called “From Scratch Magazine.” If you are interested at all in homesteading or living a more simple life connected to the earth, I encourage you take a look at it. In a recent email from this site, a pdf poster was included about the “Modern Day Homesteader” along
I recently had my annual checkup and my doctor happily reported that all my numbers looked great. Not only did I have blood pressure some people would kill for, but my cholesterol levels, while only slightly elevated last year, had come done a total of four points and my LDL level had come down six