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The low-tech strategies used by Jean-Martin Fortier (JM) and his wife Maude-Hélèn, kept their start-up costs to a minimum and overhead expenses low . Amazingly their farm became profitable after only a few years of production. With only 1½ acres of cultivated permanent beds, this micro farm gross more than $140 000 per year with operating margins of about 60 per cent,…
20 Basic Homesteading Skills There are many skills a modern homesteader needs to learn. Below is a list I modified Mother Earth article called ‘101 Basic Homesteading Skills’. This list is only a starting point and everyones top 20 homesteading skills will be different and it is to get you thinking about the skills you might want to develop….
Follow These 5 Tips and Get Off to the Right Start. There are so many reasons for new homesteaders to become discouraged. Follow these 5 tips from the While homesteading is about being more self-sufficient, it is easy for new homesteaders to become discouraged. There are just so may obstacles to overcome and things to learn. Here are 5 tips for…
A Few Homesteading Tips to Help You Save Money, Energy, Time, and Sanity. When you first start homesteading you find it exciting. However, like many others before you, you can get ahead of yourself. Here are a few tips to help you save money, energy, time, and sanity. After watching this video let us know…
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WOW! Watch this Video to See How One Guy Did To His Suburban Front Yard… In this video we meet John. He shares with us his suburban homestead where he is growing the majority of his food. He removed his lawn and created raised bed gardens to grow fruit and vegetables. John says he is all about maximising the…
Aquaponics: Over 1,000% more productive than conventional gardening & farming. Imagine growing your own organic, vine ripened vegetables and the freshest of the fresh Tilapia, Catfish or Salmon. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants in water only), in a carefully designed, hyper-productive closed-loop system. You do not need to use…
Super Easy Emergency Well Pump That Requires no Electricity! You have a well, but what do you do if the electricity goes out? How do you get water? Now you never have to be without precious water in any emergency. This is so cool! Easy to make plus inexpensive. Watch this video to lean how……
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Just because your home is in an urban area doesn’t mean you can’t start Homesteading. You can adapt traditional homesteading values to help you provide healthy, natural food for your family and live more sustainably. Many of us have limited in the space and time, but there are simple techniques, which can make a huge…
Jack Built His Small Cabin Using Materials From the Land… Jack English, is a 93-year-old who lives in a isolated cabin deep in the Ventana Wilderness. He built a small cabin using materials from the land and milling trees by hand. When his wife passed away, Jack effectively left “society” and moved to the cabin…