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Why We are Preppers 4 of 5

Family If nothing else, we are preppers for family. There is no better feeling than knowing if something goes wrong you can support and provide for your loved ones. There is no better feeling than saying “everything is going to be okay” and actually meaning it. Would you be able to say that in a
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Why We are Preppers 3 of 5

The Case for Growing, Preserving, and Storing Food The first, and easiest, thing that you will find will help with your preps is food and water. In almost every disaster in your life that could occur, having a surplus of food and water will greatly help. Having those two major needs already taken care of
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Why We are Preppers 2 of 5

How To Begin The first mistake most people make once they have decided to become more prepared is that they invest their time and efforts into the most unlikely events that will occur. This is usually from receiving bad advice. The first thing you should do when seeking out advice, buying items or services, or
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Our homestead in Montana

Why We are Preppers 1 of 5

We now realize we are what people call preppers and we are very happy to be so. First I would like to make a simple statement. Prepping is not political. Everybody can prep. It doesn’t matter if you are democratic, republican, libertarian, conservative, or a hippie. Everybody can do it and everybody can benefit from
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serviceberry – best wood for tipi fire per skeeter

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski tells us that serviceberry is the best wood for a fire in a tipi. Serviceberry is also known as juneberry and saskatoon. Serviceberry has a freaky deep taproot and is an excellent permaculture plant!
Related Stuff:best spoon…

This post comes from the RichSoil.com Permaculture Blog.

Why Permaculture Folks Love Comfrey

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

Comfrey may be the most talked about permaculture plant. It is commonly planted under fruit trees because it does not compete with tree roots, but it does compete with plants that do compete with tree roots.
Alexia Allen of Hawthorn…

This post comes from the RichSoil.com Permaculture Blog.

outdoor classroom at bullock brothers permaculture homestead

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

This outdoor classroom is a kind of tee-pee-ish thing. Canvas, a few poles from the hillside and some rope makes an outdoor classroom for about a hundred people. … update – the roof of this outdoor classroom might be an…

This post comes from the RichSoil.com Permaculture Blog.

nitrogen fertilizer from lightning per skeeter

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski explains how lighting converts nitrogen in the air to nutrients for the soil
Related Stuff:best spoon wood per skeeterstinging nettles – skeeter on eating stinging nettlesserviceberry – best wood for tipi fire per skeetermaple trees, bows and…

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stinging nettles – skeeter on eating stinging nettles

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski gives a wildcrafiting tour during the washington state permaculture convergence. In this part he focuses on stinging nettles. And there is a short seqway about bone healing herbs. Skeeter is a well known permaculture instructor and professional…

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Official “Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse” – pit construction

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

I took a wee bit of video with my crappy camera while visiting Mike Oehler in north idaho. This is the official solar greenhouse per his popular book “The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book”. The solar greenhouse is drafty, but…

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500 showers heated from one small compost pile how to tutorial

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

Brian Kerkvliet from Inspiration Farm tells us about his little compost pile that provided 500 hot showers. Compost heat can, indeed, be captured to heat water. After the hot showers, you have a lovely pile of compost! The moisture from…

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$50 underground house eco building

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

Mike Oehler guides us on a video tour of the house he wrote about in “The $50 and up underground house book”. At the time the video is taken, this underground house is 35 years old. The property has about…

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profit: organic farming vs. permaculture farming

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

Helen Atthowe considers economic benefits (profit!) in organic farming systems vs. permaculture farming systems (aka: conservation farming; agricultural ecology conservation farming).
Benefits include: less labor, less land, zero spraying for insects, less fertilizer, less weeding,
While organic farming focused more…

This post comes from the RichSoil.com Permaculture Blog.

hot water via wood, solar and micro hydro

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Josiah Wallingford

A visit to an eco village called “the homestead” showed a water heater where the water is heated by solar and/or wood (rocket stove mass heater) and/or micro hydro.
Related Stuff:019 – Rocket mass heatersgreenhouse construction + rocket mass heater045…

This post comes from the RichSoil.com Permaculture Blog.

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