by Billie Nicholson | Jul 13, 2017 | Daily Solar Cooking Recipe
Reader’s Digest “Back to Basics” Raising livestock is an every day affair. It may only take a few minutes a day, but you can never skip a day. Cleanliness is the single biggest contributor to livestock health. Feeding and shelter requirements vary...
by Billie Nicholson | Jul 13, 2017 | making ghee, Sun Oven
Off Grid with Doug & Stacy In 2010, Doug and Stacy decided to leave the comforts of city life and travel back in time to a more sustainable and minimalist approach to life. Thinking more and more about sustainability, availability, cost to operate, and a few...
by Billie Nicholson | Jul 13, 2017 | urban collapse
Selco During the recent Prepper World Summit 4, speaker Selco discussed what he needed to do to survive the 1990’s year long Yugoslavian conflict in a city that was surrounded by an enemy army. The former Soviet controlled country was composed of several ethnic...
by Billie Nicholson | Jul 13, 2017 | Homemade sodas
“Back to Basics” Reader’s Digest Nearly any garden fruit or vegetable can yield juice to make tasty drinks. Grains, flowers, roots and bark can also add flavoring. Want a little fizz? Add bicarbonate of soda with tartaric acid, carbonated water or use water kefir...
by Billie Nicholson | Jul 13, 2017 | ginger, Materia Medica
Botanical Name: Gingiber officinale Common Name: Ginger root Family: Zingiberacae Ayurvedic/TCM Name: shringara/vishwabhesaj Parts Used: rhizome Native Region: Asia Geographic Distribution: India, West Indies, Jamaica, Africa, Florida & US, Spain Botanical...
by Billie Nicholson | Jul 13, 2017 | distillation, Water Storage and Purification
Glen Meder Glen Meder, pure water specialist extraordinaire, gave a presentation during the 2017 Home Grown Food Summit on drinking water purity. Here are notes I took from his presentation. Pure drinking water protects your family from water contamination. We live...
by Billie Nicholson | Jul 13, 2017 | Daily Solar Cooking Recipe, Fruit, natural cosmetics
When we visit second-hand stores, one of our favorite places to search is the old books section. Recently we found a 1981 Reader’s Digest book, “Back to Basics.” There were directions on building cabins, digging a well, installing a wood-burning stove, building...
by Billie Nicholson | Jun 17, 2017 | Preparedness
Prepare – Protect – Survive Join 24 of the World’s Leading Prepping and Survival Experts as they reveal their best strategies to prepare for any threat! Consider this: your worst fears have come true, disaster is here and there’s nothing you can do to...
by Billie Nicholson | Jun 15, 2017 | Home Remedies, Materia Medica, Sage
Botanical name: Salvia officinalis Common name: Sage Family: Labiatae Parts used: Leaves, whole herb in culinary and medicinal recipes Native Region: its natural habitat being the northern shores of the Mediterranean. Sage is found in its natural wild condition from...
by Billie Nicholson | Jun 10, 2017 | Aphids
There are over four thousand species of aphids known to exist. Around 250 species are considered harmful to garden crops. They are among the most prominent and successful garden pest worldwide. These insects pierce the tender new growth of plant stems in order to suck...
