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  • A hand holding an open container of solid, white beef tallow face cream balm.
    DIY Beef Tallow Face Cream
  • A small glass jar filled with lavender tallow balm sits on a surface with scattered lavender buds and a purple cloth nearby.
    Tallow Balm Recipe:  All Natural Lavender Skincare
  • A block of tallow rests on parchment paper beside a black-handled knife, reminiscent of traditional uses for tallow in cooking and crafts.
    Uses for Tallow on the Homestead
  • Log cabin off the grid.
    Meaning of Living Off the Grid: A Beginner’s Real-Life Story
  • a picture of a single cast iron skillet on a blue and white wash cloth
    Guide to Cast Iron Cookware: Simple Tips for Beginners
  • A glass jar filled with dark purple hibiscus DIY sugar scrub sits on a black surface next to a wooden spoon and a white cloth with red stitching.
    Easy Hibiscus DIY Sugar Scrub Recipe
  • A metal bucket collects sap from a tree in a snowy forest setting, used for making maple syrup.
    How to Tap Maple Trees for Syrup in Your Backyard
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    How to Plan a Garden For 2026
  • a campfire surrounded by stones next to a calm lake on a cloudy day.
    7 Bushcraft Skills to Learn This Winter
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    Potager Gardening for Beginners
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    Rustic and Pioneer Christmas Crafts for Kids
  • two hands each holding a small walkie-talkie outdoors.
    Off-Grid Communication: 7 Options to Consider
  • Five jars of white candles on a table.
    How to Make the Best DIY Emergency Candles
  • yellow, green and red small tomatoes on the vine surrounded by green leaves
    Gardening in a Cold Climate: 6 Tips for Northern Gardeners
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    Off Grid Home Fire Protection Indoors: What to Know
  • a group of light brown chickens and a rooster in a pen eating out of a black cast iron pot.
    How to Butcher a Chicken at Home
  • Smoked Game Meat in a Bowl.
    Smoking & Dehydrating Game Meat
  • a single mason jar with dehydrated orange slices on a wooden table
    Canning, Preserving and Dehydrating Food
  • three mason jars of rosehips and rosehip oil
    Foraging Rosehips for Oil, Tea, Syrup, and Jelly
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    5 Vegetable Garden Harvesting Mistakes
  • a picture of a garden with green plants, a wooden fence and rows between.
    10 Free Garden Planners for Beginner Gardeners
  • A jar of pink peppermint foot scrub with a spoon and candy canes.
    Peppermint Foot Scrub Recipe
  • small seedlings of basil, being grown in a pot in an indoor herb garden.
    7 Best Herbs for Indoor Gardens
  • a person holding a bunch of carrots, cauliflower and other vegetables
    How Much To Plant Per Person: Growing Your Own Food
  • A girl learning wilderness survival skills stands on rocks near a stream.
    Wilderness Survival Kits for Kids: What to Include?
  • Western rustic rooster.
    7 Ways To Start Homesteading Today
  • How to Use Foraging To Teach Your Kids
    How to Use Foraging To Teach Your Kids
  • A picture of a can of fish surrounded by fresh vegetables
    How to Can Fresh Fish For Beginners
  • Harvesting edible garden weeds
    Edible Garden Weeds & How to Cook Them
  • Permaculture design principles
    Permaculture Design Principles: Best Sites for Beginners
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    35 Farmhouse Decorating Ideas on a Budget
  • Colorful pumpkins and leaves on a wooden table.
    Best Rustic Fall Decor Ideas for 2025
  • Fireweed growing in rocky area
    Foraging for Medicinal Plants and Food: 7 Northern Greens
  • Wood burning cookstove from 1911 - Renfrew Acorn model.
    Restored Wood Cook Stoves: The Pros and Cons
  • homegrown vegetables, handcut firewood, foraged cranberries on a wooden background
    How to Make Money Off The Grid: 50 Ideas to Try Now
  • A little girl standing next to a snow-covered solar panel, showcasing the potential to survive off the grid with renewable energy.
    How to Survive Off the Grid: What You Should Know
  • a picture of a single tree next to a homestead and the sun shining through the branches
    Off Grid Living Mistakes I Made & How to Avoid Them
  • a cinder block garden stacked four blocks high, with plants in each block.
    How to Build a Cinder Block Garden
  • A wicker basket contains a large, dirt-covered potato surrounded by smaller potatoes, all with bits of soil attached.
    How to Grow Potatoes Indoors: What to Do and Where to Start
  • my 2020 autumn off grid reading list: 5 books on my shelf text overlay on paperback titles
    Autumn Off Grid Reading List for 2025

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Sarita Harbour.

I'm Sarita. My family and I lived off the grid for 11 years in Canada's far north. If I did it, you can too.

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