7 Old-School Homesteading Hacks That Actually Waste Money
Every winter, I used to carry a bucket of ash out of the woodstove and dump it on the garden. My...
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Category: Off Grid Knowledge
12 Things You Should Never (Ever!) Store in Your Shed
The day you put up a shed feels great. All of a sudden, you have a place for the stuff...
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How to Actually Make $50k/Year on a Quarter Acre
I wouldn’t call myself a businesswoman at all, but from time to time, while I’m looking at my...
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Why Buying Honey in Bulk is the Ultimate Homesteading Move
Yesterday, I was standing in the pantry trying to remember what I had gone in there for when I...
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7 Amish Greenhouse Hacks That Will Save You Money
Something I’ve noticed over the years is that when homesteaders get stuck on a problem,...
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60 Ways to Save Money When Everything Gets More Expesive
Few people aren’t feeling the pinch of rising costs. More and more, the money that helped us make...
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Why Your New Washing Machine Will Break in Less Than a Month
Something Changed, and You Noticed! You’ve probably thought this for years: stuff just...
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Does a Faraday Cage Need to Be Grounded? Here’s What I Learned
The first time I built a Faraday cage out of an old galvanized trash can, I spent a solid...
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How to Choose The Right Gas Generator for Your Homestead
Keeping the power on a homestead can be a real challenge. Especially when you have many...
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An Old Homesteader Told Me to STOP Doing These Things…
A few years after Mark and I started our homestead, we signed up for WWOOF, a program that...
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Ranking the Best (and Worst) Firewood in the U.S.A
Buying firewood can be frustrating when you’re not sure what you’re getting. A load might look...
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Reviving an Old Sourdough Starter
You open the fridge looking for something, and there it is. That poor jar of sourdough starter you...
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How Many Jars Should a Family Really Can in a Year to Save $2,000?
Let’s Run a Little Experiment! Saving $2,000 a year just by filling jars in your own kitchen...
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Oil Canning – What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to Prevent It
The first time I noticed waviness rippling across my barn roof in the afternoon sun, I was...
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Birch Tree Syrup – The Complete Guide
We’ve mentioned birch briefly in our roundup of backyard trees worth tapping, but it...
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The Real Cost of Starting a Homestead (And How to Cut It)
When Mark and I bought our piece of land, I thought the price on the listing was the number I...
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Why You Should Drop A Cactus Pad in Your Water Bucket
Think about how much muddy water shows up around your place in just one month. The rain barrel...
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When Essential Home Equipment Fails – A Resilience-First Triage Plan
Self-sufficiency does not mean repairing every machine without help. It means understanding which...
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The Worst Mistakes You Can Make When Buying Land
Let’s say you find a piece of land that checks every box. The grass is green, the creek is...
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7 Natural Amish Soil Boosters You Can Make for Free
The Amish farms in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have been worked for generations, and they...
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Faraday Cage for Generator – The Complete Build and Storage Guide
A backup generator is exactly the kind of gear an EMP or major solar storm could take out in an...
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Too Much Zucchini? 10 Smart Ways to Use and Preserve It
This is one of the biggest and funniest problems homeowners have year after year. They plant...
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7 Old-Fashioned Ways to Find Water on Your Land
If you own land, sooner or later you’re going to need to know where the water is. Maybe you...
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Should You Paint Your Chicken Coop Blue? Here’s the Truth
Maybe you’ve seen it on a homesteading page or heard it from a neighbor. Paint your coop...
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How to Care for an Open Wound – A Complete Step-by-Step Guide
Knowing how to care for an open wound correctly is one of the most practical self-sufficiency...
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Amish vs Mormon – Two Self-Sufficient Lifestyles
When it comes to self-sufficiency in America, two communities stand above the rest: the Amish and...
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Homemade Window Cleaner: Simple Recipes That Actually Work
Store-bought window cleaners cost more than they should, come in plastic bottles that go straight...
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These 7 Homesteading Skills Pay for Themselves in Under a Year
You probably already know the drill. You save seeds, you preserve the harvest, you keep a compost...
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Lemon Balm Tea Recipe: How to Make It Fresh, Dried, or Cold Brewed
Lemon balm is one of those plants that earns its space in any homestead garden twice over. It...
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Cleaning the Chimney: A Complete DIY Guide for Homeowners
If you heat your home with wood, you clean your chimney. That is not a suggestion. It is a basic...
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Medicinal Trees You Walk Past Every Day
Every child has imagined living at Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, I’m sure you have too. You...
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Why You Should Never Throw Away Lemon Peels
Stop right there. Before you toss that lemon peel into the trash, you need to know something:...
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