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How to Grow Food in a Drought
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The drought this year is pretty severe. Worse, it’s not only dry, it’s HOT. If you want to get a sense for how bad …

How a garden can add 5-7% to the value of your home and save you $530 a year
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Find out why adding a garden can both increase the value of your home by 5-7% and save you $530 a year in expenses? …

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How do you keep your family healthy and well fed, in good times and bad?  Read today’s letter for a way to start. __________ …

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It’s a gloomy, rainy day outside and I’m stuck in front of a computer. That makes it the perfect day for thinking about the …

A Fit Home Increases Your Chance of Future Success
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I went to a big party to celebrate my father’s 80th birthday over the Memorial day weekend. It was lots of fun and a …

Is Building a Resilient Dream Home Getting Easier?
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I don’t know about you, but I have the same problem Thomas Jefferson had with Monticello. I’m constantly designing the perfect home in my head. My …

Can You Use Paleo Fitness to Become More Resilient?
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How do you stay fit? It’s clear that staying fit is an investment in personal resilience.  It builds up strength, energy, and health that …

How You and Your Community Can Avoid Catastrophic Failure
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How do you and your community avoid catastrophic failure? To give you a good answer, I need to share with you a lesson I …

Windbreaks or Gone with the Wind?
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I learned early on that wind matters. Here’s why: I received my professional pilot training in West Texas. If you haven’t been there before, the …

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How do you help a community transition from passive consumers of energy into active producers? One way to accomplish this is to start a …