Self Reliance

Diseases We Have that the Pioneers Didn’t

By |2023-02-12T08:37:56-07:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: Alchemy of Herbs, Life Hacks - Medicinal, Self Reliance|

Modern advancements have been a literal God-send to all who live today. Inventions, knowledge acquirement, and technical capabilities are miraculous in all aspects of looking at them. We have certainly been blessed with these developments that was not possible a mere 100 years or so ago. That, notwithstanding these advances, we as a population suffer [...]

Self Reliant Mindset a Way of Life Part I

By |2023-02-11T07:49:53-07:00February 13th, 2023|Categories: Planning, Self Reliance|Tags: |

The terms of - prepping, survivalism, emergency preparedness, disaster readiness – have been equated by the powers that be with nutcases and conspiracy theorist wearing tin foil on their heads. Call it what you will but having the proper mindset to be able to develop skills and capacities to take care of yourself in good [...]

Alternatives to Big Pharma Pain Meds

By |2023-01-12T20:46:05-07:00January 30th, 2023|Categories: Alchemy of Herbs, Life Hacks - Medicinal, Self Reliance|Tags: |

As someone who has dealt with chronic pain for as long as 20+ years, being able to alleviate the pain being experienced is worth a pocket full of gold. Most people have become accustomed to the over the counter pain relief solutions that can be found in the stores. And for those forms of pills [...]

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10 Things To Do To Prepare for Hard Times Ahead

By |2023-01-12T20:45:28-07:00January 19th, 2023|Categories: Life Hacks - Survival, Self Reliance|

Lessons from the past tend to save us all a bit of pain and and spare us a world of hurt. Most of those in our communities and even in our very own families are not even thinking about last week let alone what happened in the near or far past. This myopic erroneous view [...]

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The New Year on the Horizon

By |2023-01-12T20:44:21-07:00January 4th, 2023|Categories: In The News, Planning, Self Reliance|

So, what is usually a doom and gloom type of article, as most predictions and extrapolations into the future are, I want to concentrate on the good things that can result in lieu of the "devastation" and it's wake. With that in mind, I want to let the reader here know that I have the [...]

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Why Do Any of This?

By |2022-09-20T16:04:52-07:00September 16th, 2022|Categories: Aquaponics, General Interest, Self Reliance|

I am often asked... "Why do any of this?" Often enough someone asks me that question and I usually give the standard answer of my desire to bring back to the forefront of our community's minds the habits and practices our predecessors used to make life better for the living. For each one of us [...]

Learning from the Ancients

By |2022-09-11T15:15:17-07:00September 11th, 2022|Categories: Life Hacks - Survival, Self Reliance|Tags: , |

When you are looking to keep you and yours Self Reliant you have to look to those who had to be or else. Those that it didn't matter what you thought, how you were brought up, or current station in life it was a matter of life or death. In the times where if you [...]

7 Ways to Live WITHOUT a Refrigerator

By |2022-09-02T11:32:44-07:00September 1st, 2022|Categories: Life Hacks - Food, Preserve, Self Reliance, Storage|

In the past when the power went out, you weren't worried too much unless it lasted for more than a day or two. All that food you have in your fridge and freezer would be in serious jeopardy of spoiling before long. Add in the factor that recent energy consultants are forecasting a shortage of [...]

Herbal Extracts Series Part II – Tinctures

By |2024-07-13T20:10:56-07:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: Alchemy of Herbs, Life Hacks - Medicinal, Self Reliance|

What on earth are herbal extracts? There are certain health promoting compounds that can be found in the plants around us, whether they be wild or cultivated. Herbal extraction is the process of drawing out the therapeutic components of a chosen herb or plant. In many cases, the beneficial compounds we want are tucked away [...]

Harvesting Seeds – What to Watch Out For

By |2022-08-12T13:31:40-07:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Life Hacks - Storage, Seed, Seedlings, Self Reliance|

If there is anything that the last few years have taught us, it is that life is always changing. This unpredictability has revved up to a point, seemingly like never before, that society feels it is on the brink of all out chaos for a better part of 2 years. Those paying attention are feeling [...]

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