Category: Health & Safety
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How To Disinfect Your Water Well
Depending on your well’s location, depth and many other factors there might be times after it is installed that you need to treat your well for best quality water. The most common problems that aren’t normally handled by particulate or charcoal filtration are high bacteria levels E.Coli is one thing you might see in your…
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How To Protect Yourself From Pesticides By Growing Your Own Produce
New 2023-2024 Study by the Environmental Working Group has come in with startling results when it comes to food safety and the produce you purchase. In their study they examined Produce from both Organic and Conventional Farmers that show residues that are potentially dangerous are found on a minimum of 75% of Organic Produce and…
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How To Safely Dispose Of Tree Branches And Other Debris
Remember just because its cold out doesn’t mean that its safe to burn open piles of debris. Where I live I noticed our first burn warning for the Fall Season as Humidity is 30%-40% with winds in the 25mph gusts to over 35mph. Everything is very dry and an uncut field can burn extremely fast…
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How To Make Sure Water On Your Homestead Is Safe To Drink
A lot of people who are homesteading want to provide their own water. There are a variety of different sources of water as many as there might be uses but before you consume any water you should know if it is safe to drink. Freshwater Springs are a pretty common occurrence but just because the…
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How To Improve Your Home’s Air Quality During Canadian Wildfire Smoke Conditions
The problem from Canadian Wildfires doesn’t seem to be going away and unless you are one of the few people that can travel for vacation for an extended period of time you will need to take precautions in your home. For most of us the haze or smoke conditions will be an irritant and not…