I would like to talk about simple root cellars and the self-sufficiency found by constructing a root cellar. Generations ago, our ancestors had root cellars. Most farmers of the past had root cellars and some still do to this day. They are a way to store your fresh produce and even store your dormant growing produce to be planted next spring. It can be called the food storage of old times long forgotten. With the cost of food rising each year and the quality diminishing they are definitely becoming more invaluable. Continue reading “Simple Root Cellars: A short overview of the root cellar”
Life Straw: The most valuable water filter in the world?
I first heard about the Life Straw back in 2012 and, by the sound of it, I thought it to be one of man kinds greatest inventions.
It was described to me as a sleek but substantive straw that you could suck dirty water into making it completely drinkable.
History of Life Straw
1994 – Vestergaard begins working with The Carter Center, creating a simple mesh filter to remove guinea worms from drinking water. Continue reading “Life Straw: The most valuable water filter in the world?”
The Lost Ways Review: Books for self-sufficiency
This is my first review for this website and I have decided to outline and review a series of books that I personally own. The Lost Ways book series.
They describe and detail the way pioneers and our ancestors lived hundreds of years ago. They also offer procedures that relate to being self-sufficient, living from the land and surviving this brutal planet the way it used to be done. Continue reading “The Lost Ways Review: Books for self-sufficiency”
