If you need to buy water, food, and energy from institutional providers—whether that's municipal utilities, grocery chains, or energy companies—no amount of crypto holdings will make you truly independent.

I am already waiting with great anticipation for spring and summer and the upcoming gardening season this year. I am really looking forward in planting some vegetables to eat. I plan to get salad, carrots

I always find interest in activity and discussion relating to foraging and homesteading because I've come to understand that both in one way or another connect with us in nature and encourage self-reliance,

We often have a misunderstanding about what people who are poor or struggling actually need. So how do we actually help them?

I braced myself for the immense negative impact that had been promised and threatened me if my electric got shut off....

Valentina pasó casi un año sufriendo de las hemorroides, hasta que un día, luego de muchos cuidados y tratamientos médicos, dejó de sentir dolor. La recuperación fue difícil y esta experiencia la llevó

Friends, foes and uninvited guests in our Riviera Maya Garden.

using Ash and Borax solution

Journey from Amsterdam to South-west France - our new home

THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY... I heard once that it is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." ...I've never looked that up, so it may not be true. But, regardless,

Hello dear Hive Gardeners and Hive Friends! It is the time of the season when harvesting begins in our part of Europe. Some of the plants I have were already harvested a couple of weeks ago and some more

Super good news folks - with a bit extra delegation from me and @alchemage to the @gardenhive curation account, there's a bit more upvote pizazz to boost your upvotes for this month's #gardenjournal challenge.

12 step commune

Last week we were asked to go frequently to @choli 's parent's house to take care of the garden and look after her grandma as they were going out on vacation. In one of those occasions we decided to make

Honing my chops early on in my career as a development worker, I realized that I could have helped more...

We'll kick it off with chickens today. I'm gonna try and start my posts with chickens more often. There's something magical and healing about chickens. Forest chickens The chickens are liking hanging out

selfsufficieny

Man, it's February already, and only three weeks left! Spring is so close I can almost see the trees budding. They better hold off though, there's a hard freeze coming this week. Yesterday Farmer Sam and

Our permaculture food forest is maturing!

There is no doubt that the current global conditions are causing us to head into a historical downturn in the economy which impact on our survival wherever we are. The resulting lack of the usual disposable