by Simon | Nov 28, 2014 | Homesteading
Check out the article we wrote for Lifestyle Block magazine on pig keeping. The next issue contains another article about pig slaughter. http://nzlifestyleblock.co.nz/lf.nsf/article/3-great-reasons-you-should-have-pigs
by Simon | Oct 27, 2014 | Homesteading
We just picked up eight hens from the chicken rescue. We were excited as these were ‘rescued’ from a free range chicken farm, so we figured they would be in pretty good condition. The thought of letting them live out their lives with the rest of our well looked after...
by Mieke | Oct 24, 2014 | Disaster & Emergency
The Ebola scare has not yet gone away, if anything it is getting more pertinent for Western society with the first case now officially declared in New York. We don’t know if it will hit our shores, and if it does how wide spread it will be. Ebola is not airborne and,...
by Mieke | Sep 5, 2014 | Wild Food
Spring is in the air and the Willow trees are getting their first leaves. I have a love/hate relationship with willow. Willow likes moist soils and temperate climates and has a large and aggressive root system. It is due to this extensive and strong root system that...
by Simon | Aug 30, 2014 | Survival Skills
Following on from my last fire blog, you should now have the basics right: the right amount of fuel ready and a good area cleared. Getting these basics right will get you a long way to having a successful fire. But there are a few more tricks that will help ensure you...
by Mieke | Aug 23, 2014 | Wild Food
Wild foods not only provide free, nutritional food that bonds us closer to nature, many of them also have amazing medicinal purposes. Much of our modern medicine comes from knowledge gained from medicinal plants. Using medicinal plants instead of man-made...
by Simon | Aug 22, 2014 | Survival Skills
The secret to surviving in comfort is to be prepared. While it is important to know how to make a fire from scratch and in all conditions, being prepared is the smartest thing you can do. In my case being prepared is always having some fire starters in my survival...
by Simon | Aug 19, 2014 | Survival Skills
Fire is an essential part of being able to comfortably survive in most terrains. In some situations it can be the difference between life and death. While this sounds dramatic, the value of fire should not be underestimated. Over the next few weeks we will offer many...
by Simon | Aug 16, 2014 | Wild Food
Finding food and eating it can be a great pleasure in life, as well beneficial for your health and wealth. There are over 300 edible wild plants in New Zealand, with close to 200 of those being native. Then there are many plants which can be foraged in the wild,...
by Simon | Aug 16, 2014 | Disaster & Emergency
Ebola is on a lot of people’s mind at the moment. It is a pretty scary thought with a possible 50-90% mortality rate. We don’t know if it will spread and we don’t know if it will reach New Zealand shores. Probably not. But we pretty much do know that there will be a...
