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Have you ever looked at your favourite meal and really looked at it asking yourself, can I make that from scratch?  You might be reading that and scoff thinking, "I already do make it from scratch."  What I am asking is the true scratch of scratch.  Let's take pizza as an example.  Let's break down all the ways you can make a pizza for dinner: Make a call for pizza to be delivered. Pick up a frozen pizza and throw it in the oven. Purchase pre-made pizza shells and put together the toppings. Make your own dough and sauce, adding...

The idea of becoming fully self-reliant is extremely overwhelming.   There are many areas to think about, from what it means to cultivate a garden preserving high yields of food, to raising chickens or small livestock. Then there is the topic of hunting, a massive undertaking in and of itself.  Learning how to craft even small shelters is a lot harder than you might think but learning how to build your own cabin takes hours of learning and physical experience.  Expanding out of immediate needs there is the issue of power, medical needs, communication and transportation.   Where do you even...

The idea of a garden is revered by most everyone.  It is in our nature to cultivate the land, grow our own food and produce meaningful crops to sustain our bodies.  Most people think a garden is unreachable for them, as they live in a condo, their yards are not big enough, or they do not have the time and find it too overwhelming to start. The two most important things to consider when planting a garden is space and sunlight.  Having a yard is not necessarily as important as you might think it is.  You can get away with...