Small Kitchen Garden

My plan in life is simple, to live simply. Simple as that. Now the problem with living simply is that it is excruciatingly complex to retrieve the lost information of a self sufficient people. We are as Americans or Westerners or just the people of today too reliant on grocery stores and big food business to feed us. I have a problem with being that secure. I want to measure myself and work .....Read More

What is it like to live in an isolated community? Is it necessary to be a ship/boat-minded person to enjoy life on the island? Do land-lubbers adjust as well as sailors? Do you have children? Do they attend school on the island? Does family visit? Is your home self-sufficient? Electricity? Medical care? Internet? Community activities? What is your relationship with your neighbors like? How do .....Read More

They didn’t get to ‘run to town’ and buy stuff. They had to provide for their LARGE families the entire year without a Kroger or a Walmart. And NO electricity or running water! Can you describe these farms, if you remember seeing one? My grandparents had everything covered, milk, tobacco, fruit, vegetables, game meat, lumber, firewood, eggs, beef, pork, chicken, cold water .....Read More

I want to live a simpler life. I want to make my own butter, and grow my own vegetables and herbs. I have a garden. I want to basically be self-sufficient or almost self-sufficient, living without common resources like electricity and cars whenever possible. How can I do this, though, if I live in the suburbs? And how can I do this at all? .....Read More