Off-the-grid back-to-the-land homesteading articles

• Introduction to off-the-grid homesteading, living in a backwoods wilderness home
• Back to the Land: In Search of the Good Life
• Living totally off-the-grid
• Year-round gardening, winter gardening in the Pacific Northwest
• No-till mulch gardening in the Pacific Northwest
• Edible flowers for your salad bowl
• The best traditional and exotic fruit and nut trees for the temperate-climate homesteader
• Living on raw organic vegan foods on a self-sufficient homestead
• Organic building materials
• Organic home furnishings: bedding, curtains, bath
• Energy-efficient LED & solar lighting
• Enriching the soil: Compost & humanure
• Life with wildlife
• Keeping chickens, ducks, and geese
• Saving seeds for a never-ending bountiful harvest
• The joys of backyard clay-bottom ponds
• Water, well, and solar pump for the garden
• 2010: Rawganique Flower Garden in pictures
• 2010: The joys of the Japanese Ofuro Hot Tub with a wood-fired Chofu Heater
• 2010: Questions for Touch and some answers & reflections
• 2011: The Milestone year for the homestead: pictures of garden, ponds, and animals.
• 2011: Caught in the Act, or How to Swallow a Slug in 10 Minutes: A Tale of the Garter Snake
  
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Organic Home Furnishings

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Organic home furnishings for your health and that of the environment

We have supported organic agriculture and bought organic products since 1993. On top of that, our experience of selling organic home products since 200 has helped us learn a great deal about why organic products are better for human and planetary health. Through our correspondences with customers and from our own experiences, we have learned about the dark side of our high-chemicalized world. There are many people who suffer greatly from environmental and chemical allergies. Once the obvious causes (such as chemical-laden mattresses and sofas) are replaced with natural, organic alternatives that do not outgas, the allergies are greatly relieved are they disappear altogether. The important thing in thinking about which materials to choose for your home is to determine if that something outgases chemicals, how much chemicals it outgases, and how long. A mattress that you've had for 15 years has probably the bulk of the harm that it could do to you, but a relatively new one (especially one whose newness you can still smell) can inflict a great deal of harm to your body and health. One of the leading causes of indoor air pollution is the shower curtain.

More coming soon!

RawForLife Raw & Sustainable Living Ezine

• Edible Flowers (page 1)
• Michael McCarthy: En Route to Portland (page 2)
• Rawganique Convergence (page 3)
• Random Ruminations (page 4)
• On Hybrids and Such (page 5)
• Steve Scharmer's 36-day Fast (page 6)
• The Simple Life IS the Good Life (page 7)
• Raw Veganism and the Protein Myth? (page 8)
• Rawganique Diet (page 9)
• September 11, 2001 (page 10)
• No-till Vegan Organic Gardening (page 11)
• Rawganique.com's Story
• Humanure (book review)
• Hemp Facts & Info
• Hemp & Raw Food Books (30% off)
• Free Gourmet Living Foods Recipes

All opinions expressed herein, excellent though they may be, are those of their authors and do not in anyway imply agreement from us or our staff. We publish them here solely in the spirit of sharing and in the hope that they may be of service to others who are also seeking a simpler, more sustainable, and healthier way of life. We do not give recommendations or advice and cannot be held responsible for them. Please seek advice from professionals if you need help. There are also many excellent books out there by qualified professionals to help you on your path to health. May your journey be a gentle, loving, happy, safe, and fulfilling one.

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