12 Natural Remedies For Fatigue & When You’re Feeling Tired…

Our existences are anything but simple, and most of us will find ourselves overworked and exhausted from time to time-or all the time. Fatigue, true fatigue, is much

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How To Lose Weight Naturally With 22 Home Remedies…

In the Everyday Roots Book I begin the chapter on weight loss by stating that I believe there are only two ways to truly manage weight, through exercising

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How To Keep Spiders Out Of Your House With Essential Oils

Spiders have their place in the world, and we can certainly appreciate them for keeping away pests like flies or mosquitoes, but that doesn’t mean you want them

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5 Ways To Get Rid Of Ants Naturally Without Killing Them

Ants are critical to the environment in too many ways to count, but they quickly become pests when they invade your home seeking food, shelter, or both. Nobody

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18 Natural Sleep Aids To Help You Get A Better Nights Sleep

If there is one condition that has plagued me every day-or rather, every night-for years on end, it’s sleep. I was prescribed sleeping medication long-term (not a good

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22 Natural Home Remedies For Acne & Pesky Pimples

Your skin is your friend. You like your skin. Your skin likes you. It protects you from the elements and literally keeps you together. You in turn do

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Deliciously Simple Method Of Growing Beautiful Shiitake Mushrooms…

Many people incorrectly assume that growing your own mushrooms is difficult. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you can grow a carrot, or a potato, you

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Quick & Easy, Secret Brew To Grow Your Plants 3 Times Faster…

It’s time to throw out that “Miracle Grow”… If you’re serious about making your garden healthier and more organic, by reducing (or completely eliminating) the need for chemical

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Couple Turn A Worthless Front Lawn Into An Amazing Edible Garden

On the path to becoming more self sufficient, one thing we should always strive for is to make the most of every resource & space that’s available for us to utilize.

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18 Natural Remedies To Relieve Headache Pain & Tension

Headaches often get brushed aside as nothing more than a common complaint, a quit-your-whining-and-start-working type of thing…if only. While many people suffer them at one point or another,

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50 Ideas For Container Gardens

Bored with the pots you use for container gardening? This summer, refresh your landscape and boost your curb appeal with our fun ideas for container gardens. When I

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5 Strategies For A Weed-Free Garden

If you’re anything like me, you love to garden not only for the amazing nutrient-dense food that a garden provides your family and community, but also for the

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Simple Homemade Peppermint Toothpaste

Today, I’m sharing a new recipe. One you can easily whip up with that hodge podge of natural ingredients. A recipe to replace yet another chemical found in

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DIY Lemon & Rosemary Gardener’s Hand Scrub

When I get outdoors and garden, I want to garden. By that I mean really digging my hands into that amazing smelling dark soil. No gloves, just me,

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How To Keep Pests Out Of Your Garden Naturally With Worm Composting…

Our friends over at Worm Farming Secrets sent us in these great little success stories from some of their newsletter readers. These people are maintaining pest and disease

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How To Make Natural Dyes From Plants & Other Materials

“Dyeing fabric and fiber with materials found in the natural world is a family favorite and a wonderful project for all ages. There are endless possibilities for color

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Home Built Solar Power System

“I’ve been interested in renewables for a while now. Our society can’t continue to work on oil, and with rising gas prices and more frequent power outages, solar

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The Delicious Journey To Food Self Sufficiency

“It’s become a bit of a game.  We sit down and see how much of the meal came from our farmstead. The best are frittatas.  The eggs are

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Homemade Boredom Buster Brick For Chickens

“Raising chickens is one of my favorite parts of homesteading.  I never could have imagined the different personalities that each of my “ladies” would have and how much

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Grow Your Own Microbrew – How To Grow Hops

“As an ornamental gardener, I’m used to growing hops as a summer screen for  chicken coops, bare walls and other elements in the garden that can be unsightly. It’s

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