The following is an excerpt from Natural Living: The 21st-Century Guide to a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle by Liz Wright (GAIA/Octopus, 2010). Whether you want to begin your journey to a more self-reliant ...

JUPITER — Catherine the Great is a good duck, according Danielle Ohanesian. The female Muscovy duck is blind and would be pecked at by other ducks, so she has taken shelter in Ohanesian's yard at the ...