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
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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.

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