Raising chickens for egg production is an important part of a long term plan for health, barter, and survival purposes.

I am a huge fan of the the Garden Pool. What is the Garden Pool?

How do you grow enough food to support yourself, your family and maybe barter excess?

Most of us, if we are lucky, have had some REAL fruits and vegetables in our lifetime. Not the stuff that sits on the grocery store shelves for days or weeks that has not ripened, or has been genetically altered in some way and tastes like cardboard.

Donna Hancock shows you how to start a garden/mini-farm and keep it going.

Danielle and Dennis McClung - GardenPool.org - We created GardenPool.org to document our journey of converting an old backyard swimming pool in to a way to feed our family and live more self-sufficiently.

It doesn't get much more local than your own backyard. While some folks plant veggie gardens, others use the yard space for an in-ground pool. One Arizona family wanted the best of both worlds.