The How and Why of Self Reliance

This installment to the self reliance series The Least You Need to Know is a guest post by Anuttama, a very active member of the Self Reliant Community of Graham.  I know she’s a very busy person and I really appreciate her taking the time to write up a post on bees and bee keeping, [...]

Directions for properly approaching, picking up and carrying a chicken which can be very helpful to new chicken stewards.

Goat keeping is rewarding. Keeping goats is fun. Very basic information for new and prospective small scale goat stewards. Goats are one of the most common animals kept in an effort to increase one’s self reliance.  There are many books about goats to be had, but most of them miss the mark on the whole.  [...]

Very basic information for new and prospective chicken stewards, including assessing goals and options, housing, breed choice and feeding.

A logical focus among folks interested in self reliance, and perhaps the most common starting point is food self reliance—producing and putting by their own food. As grocery store prices have risen more and more people have sought more economical means to put food on the table, with a perhaps unstated goal of becoming less [...]