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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Self-Reliant Living

First off a special Thanks to one of our community members for adding the tag: self-reliance.So I thought, what a great topic and chance for me to share one of the best magazines, that I have been a subscriber to in the past, that has practical ideas for self-reliant living,it is Backwoods Home Magazine.
www.backwoodshome.com

Backwoods Home Magazine is a country oriented “how to” magazine that specializes in showing people how to build their own home, produce independent energy, grow their own food, and how to make a living without being tied to a city. They also cover related subjects such as health, raising animals, food preservation, country skills, home schooling, arts and crafts, recipes, and book reviews.

The current issue is only partially available online,but there are also many back issues to read from.

Backwoods magazine has been around since 1989, self reliant living has been around for centuries

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote an Essay in 1841 http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm

Self-Reliance,to me,is about helping yourself,to better your life,make your life easier,and about living the way you want to live.Using the sources around you,to help optimize your environment.Provide comfort for the space in this world that you call 'mine.

2 comments:

Diana Young, RD, LD, CDE said...

Thanks, great resource.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing this site, it looks like a great resource and I look forward to reading through the articles and picking up ideas :)