by FoodLabScience Obesity rates keep increasing. Currently, they have tripled since 1975. This post is an attempt to describe the magnitude of the problem and where we currently stand. Christopher Flowers

These are some notes ive collected regarding an ongoing experiment to find a way to raise cheaper, healthier quail with fewer commercial inputs, specifically in my own Tropical climate Please comment and

Looking to gain full citizenship in another country? Well you can, and now you can pay for it via Bitcoins! Wouldn't it be ideal to have several different passports so that you could escape to another

If your garden can be green all-year long, why not? All of the crops we grow take up nutrients from the soil and offer it to us in form of their leaves, fruits, vegetables, roots, nuts or something else...

Where does your water come from? My guess is, even if you are a homesteader, it is likely that a local utility company provides water for you, and they probably charge you for it too! Have you ever considered

Sprigs of Olearia axillaris Olearia axillaris has a few common names - Coast Daisy Bush, Coastal Rosemary, Wild Rosemary. From its common names, you might guess that it has strong similarities to Rosemary.

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) A herb well known in tradition and in the kitchen, Rosemary has been a staple in the West for millennia. It was well loved by the Ancient Greeks, and is just as well known

Immediately following treatment with psilocybin, patients reported a decrease in depressive symptoms, such as improvements in mood and stress relief. Magic mushrooms may effectively “reset” the activity

A worm farm can be used to Keep the garden tidy without burning Clean up manures from animals Create fertilizer for our plants Create food for fish and birds Karung worm farm Why in a Karung? It is very

This is hands-down the single most important thing when starting any entrepreneurial venture. Below I'm gonna give a break down on what causes stress, techniques to dealing with it, and how to avoid 'burning

Imagine yourself on a desert island. Sun, sand, sea and salt, and not much else Now as a homesteader, how would you make it work? To meet your needs? I just happen to be in that sort of a situation, not

This is a brainstorm/ Lit-search on behalf of the non profit NGO, Emas Hitam Indonesia after communications with them several days ago These are my friends and i love their work They are currently in West

With no shelter and only wild berries and mushroom a lady from Louisville spent a whole month in the forest. Lisa Theris was noticed by a motorist driving on Highway 82 as she emerged from acres of dense

Its still amazing to me, that in East Lombok there really are no plant nurseries Save for the forestry departments relatively small opetation there isnt any private enterprise And yet the people really

Living fences, are fences made with living plants. In place of an inorganic or dead wood component a living plant is used as the support These are an important part of conserving biodiversity, soils and

Back in September of 2016 i was fortunate to attend the Bali appropriate technology Institute (BATI) 6 day training course One of the great things we learnt about was making cheap but effective water

Many people are prevented from keeping chickens in urban and suburban areas due to regulation. We were in a similar position ourselves when we lived in a rental. They didn't allow animals, so they would

Much of Southern Africa has deep soils and as a hunter gatherer you need something to dig with, to get to all those tasty tubers, roots and animals hiding in burrows. Sticks by themselves worked for a

Welcome Steemians! This is the seventh part of our documentation of the vermifiltration toilet in East Lombok We are creating an off grid flush toilet that is also a composting toilet using locally available

Welcome Steemians! This is part 6 of our documentation of the vermifiltration toilet in East Lombok We are creating an off grid flush toilet that is also a composting toilet using locally available materials