DIY Projects – For The Home

For years, I prepared medicinal herbs on the kitchen counter between baking bread and washing dishes. It was inefficient and risked...

There are many variations on water filters you can buy, but in an emergency, you can improvise your own. This is especially important during a power...

Rats and mice are more than a nuisance. They are a genuine health hazard, a structural risk, and a food security threat that homesteaders and...

Thinking of tossing out your old furniture? Hold your horses! Here's how you can repurpose old furniture on your homestead. Those cast-offs might...

A root cellar is a storage space built underground to preserve perishable items like fruits, vegetables, and other root crops for an extended time....

It's blisteringly hot and the background noise in your home changes. You pause and realize the worst has happened: your AC has died. You race to the...

How many times have you found yourself without hot water without electricity? It could be a power outage, the hot water heater failing, or a water...

So, you've decided that chaos is the right path for you and you want to make a garden out of all those water bottles that you're using on a...

As homesteaders, we understand the importance of self-sufficiency and using what we have. One of the most significant resources at our disposal, is...

During a grid-down scenario, the loss of electricity presents an immediate problem of food spoilage. While generators, battery banks, and other...

This article features the most common tools needed for basic home maintenance things like hanging pictures, wiring main plugs, cutting and fixing...

Homemade stoves are an economical solution for preppers living off the grid. The good thing with these heating and cooking fixtures is that they are...

Water is the most critical resource for humans aside from shelter, and we can only survive around three days without it. The problem with water is...

Honestly, hooking up fans and egg turners is likely too much effort for homemade incubators, especially when you're trying to keep going on a very...

There are multiple reasons why we move away from industrial, mass-produced products to find alternatives that are made using simpler, natural...

Quick question: what do you do if you don't have electricity and need light? The answer: Not much... Or you always work during the afternoon or...

As a household that has always had pets as part of our family, we have been wary about using products around the house that may be laden with...

Rats… I hate rats! We dropped our bushcraft kits in my shop when we got home. I’d just taught my grandson to cook his first simple meal over our...

If you are looking for new and easy projects but you don't know where to start, here's an idea for you: PVC DIY projects. In this article, I am...

In these tumultuous times, we have seen too many examples of riots, looting, and unrest sweep across the globe. Whether it be unrest following...

There was a time when you could purchase good jerky, but not anymore. Today it is illegal to sell jerky unless it has been raised to a temperature...