Easy DIY Water Purification System For Under $20
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...
What Happens If You Place A Beehive In Your Backyard
Maybe you’ve decided to keep bees and like most new beekeepers, you are full of anticipation for your new adventure. Perhaps your native bee...
DIY Tomato Cage
Gardening is a rewarding activity, but once you dive deeper, you'll realize it comes with its challenges. For example, creating a DIY tomato cage...
10 Ways You Should Use Bacon Fat
Bacon fat is a delicious and valuable substance that can be used almost anyplace butter is used, including baking and sautéing. Bacon's composition...
Straw Bale House
I’ve lived in standard stick-built homes most of my life – as, no doubt, have most of you. I still do, when I’m stateside. But, back in the 90s I...
Canning VS. Freeze Dry
You might be one of those in a dilemma whether to can or freeze-dry your foods. Because when it comes to canning and freeze-drying foods, both have...
Stop Pulling Out This Plant, Do This Instead
It might surprise you to learn just how many valuable plants are growing in the wild just waiting to be found by a savvy forager. In fact, some of...
How To Build The Cheapest Scarecrow
Making a scarecrow can be very interesting and it will definitely come in handy. This is a very easy and low-cost project, you can use materials you...
Gardening Mistakes That Might Get You Killed
Gardening is a wonderful past-time enjoyed by millions around the world. We feed ourselves with it, work long hours on our hands and knees to...
What Happens When You Mix Fat With Ashes
What happens when you mix ashes with fat? We've got the scoop on that. Get your soap making kit together, friends. We're gonna scrub this one until...
How to Make A Cool Rocket Stove For Free
Rocket stoves are easy to carry around as a small camp stove whenever you’re out. They are efficient and burn for a long time, so you need less fuel...
10 Medicinal Plants You Can Find On Your Homestead
Plants have been our allies in the culinary and medicinal realms for ages. We have relied on their bitters and astringency to tempt our taste buds...
What Happens If You Spread Coffee Grounds In Your Garden
Perhaps you’ve heard of using coffee grounds in your garden. There are many opinions about coffee grounds used in the garden, and most of them are...
6 Cheap DIY Projects You Can Only Do This Summer
With summer in full swing, take time to really enjoy it. There are many things you can do that don’t cost a lot of money and will be fun for people...
Can You Plant a Grocery Store Cucumber?
There is nothing better than sinking your teeth into a crisp, fresh, tasting cucumber. They make awesome salads, pickles, drinks, and much more. You...
What Music You Should Play To Your Plants To Maximize Harvest
Plato once said that "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." Similarly, music...
If You See These Bugs In Your Garden, Get Rid Of Them Immediately!
Ever met irritating little bugs that seem to be in love with your zucchini, pumpkin, or... squash plants? Yeah, that's right. Your squash plants....
You Should Avoid Having This On Your Property, Unless…
Charles Bukowski famously said: "Don't try". He felt so strongly about it that the phrase is engraved on his tombstone. In one of his most famous...
Are You Ready for a Long-Term Water Emergency?
If you’ve been prepping for a while, you’ve probably heard of the survivalist’s “Rule of Three.” You can survive: Three minutes without air. Three...
How To Make Powdered Eggs
Editor’s Note: Powdered Eggs are cheap, lightweight, nutritious and can last up to 10 years without refrigeration. If it weren’t for their lack of...
How To Fix Clay Or Sandy Garden Soil
Owning a healthy and ever-growing garden needs a perfect soil type. And loamy soil is an excellent type of soil for all the garden needs. It...
This Is Why The Government Doesn’t Want You To Be Self-Sufficient
A significant number of politicians want the government to fund various programs and to provide help whether its Medicare, subsidizing or canceling...
Homesteading To Do’s: July
There are so many things to do throughout the year as a homesteader, that you need a to-do list to ensure you don’t miss anything out. What you need...
The Dos And Don’ts Of Buying Livestock
To be truly self-sufficient, you will need to introduce animals to your land. Just as there are things to look for or to avoid when buying a...
How To Restore A Cast Iron You Bought At Garage Sales
The pioneers taught us much about what we know when it comes to campfire cooking and cast iron cookware. They cooked almost every meal in these...
How To Grow Food In A Jar
Need a means of boosting your food production in a tiny, indoors space? Why not set up a Kratky jar? This is a low-cost, low-maintenance,...
Amish Recipes Every Homesteader Should Know
For a long time, Amish recipes were as secret and hidden as the communities that they came from. You asked one of the wonderful matrons for her...
DIY Egg Incubator
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...
Strange Ways to Grow Potatoes In a Tiny Space
Everyone loves potatoes, they are delicious and versatile and can be made into a variety of dishes including fries, mashed potatoes, boiled...
Avoid Doing This On Your Property. It Can Get You Arrested
Did you know that some of the projects can get you fined, or worse: arrested?! The more self-sufficient you become, the more projects you’ll...
How to Survive a Summer Power Outage
Sometimes people think that a summer power outage is easier to deal with than a winter one. After all, in the summer, you don’t have to worry about...
The Dos And Don’ts Of Buying Land
In France, house and property hunters call a home that wins them over coup de cœur, or a “crush”. A coup de cœur has everything you wanted and more:...
