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 want to live more off-grid, or you just want to pay less...
11 Scam Items Homesteaders Fall For
If you've been homesteading for a while, you already know how tempting it is to buy things you don't actually need. And if you're just getting...
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 blue and the wasps stay away. The spiders won't build in...
7 Everyday Things That Attract Flies (Get Rid of Them ASAP)
Flies are by far one of the most annoying thing about summer. No matter where you are, inside the house or outside in the garden, flies are a...
Amish vs Mormon – Two Self-Sufficient Lifestyles
When it comes to self-sufficiency in America, two communities stand above the rest: the Amish and the Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons....
Homemade Window Cleaner: Simple Recipes That Actually Work
Store-bought window cleaners cost more than they should, come in plastic bottles that go straight to the landfill, and are made from ingredients...
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 pile. These skills are the bread and butter of the...
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 grows fast, comes back reliably every year, and makes...
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 maintenance task that sits in the same category as...
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 might not realize it, but you live in a world similar...
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: you’re literally throwing away one of nature’s most...
Why the Amish Are Immune to Inflation and How You Could Be Too
Last week at the grocery store, I saw a woman ahead of me putting items back on the shelf. A jar of peanut butter and a bag of apples. She was...
Rosemary Plant Care: The Complete Guide to Growing, Pruning, and Harvesting
Rosemary is one of those plants that rewards you for leaving it mostly alone. Give it the right conditions and it will grow into a sprawling,...
No Cheesecloth? Try These 9 Household Alternatives
Cheesecloth has been the go-to for straining and pressing for a long time, and for a good reason. It works. But it's not the only option out there,...
Turn Your Kitchen Scraps Into Medicine (It’s Easier Than You Think)
When you are living on a homestead, most kitchen scraps end up in the compost bin, or, even worse, straight in the trash can. But some of the...
What We Learned After Our First Year of Total Self-Sufficiency
The first winter morning I couldn't leave our homestead, I knew something was terribly wrong. Not with the weather, but with what we had built. Mark...
Why Homesteaders are Hanging Empty Jars on Trees
Homesteaders have been hanging jars in trees for centuries, Some of the traditions were based on superstition. It was the idea that evil spirits...
7 Surprising Uses Of Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is one of those household staples that often sits unnoticed on a shelf, waiting for the rare scraped knee or small cut. Many of us...
Aluminum Foil for Faraday Cage
In uncertain times, many people quietly look for simple ways to protect the tools and devices they rely on every day. One question that often comes...
Life Hacks Everyone Should Know
There is a certain wisdom hidden in small, everyday solutions. Long before convenience products and specialized tools came along, people learned to...
The Hidden Costs of Country Living
The appeal of living in the country is the assumption that life will be simpler and less complicated. That’s true to some degree, but what many...
How To Store Your Dried Plants (For Years)
It’s inevitable that harvest season is always going to provide us with way more fruits, vegetables and herbs than we can use in a week let alone...
Why Do Amish Drink Raw Milk?
The Amish are often portrayed as people frozen in time, but that picture misses something important. Their choices are rarely about nostalgia....
The Hidden Dangers of *Toxic* Woods
When most of us think of trees we think of firewood, fruit and shade. We also take some time to admire the Fall color as some trees lights up in...
How To Sharpen Your Homesteading Tools In Minutes
Stop tossing out your tools the moment they go dull! Sharpening them is simpler than you think! And here’s the scary part: dull tools don’t just...
Don’t Throw Away Spoiled Milk! Do This Instead!
If you throw spoiled milk down the drain, you lose money every time you do it. Seriously. You might think you are getting rid of “waste,” but you...
Ingenious Solar-Powered Projects Inspired By the Amish
The idea of the Amish using a technology like solar panels seems to contradict the lifestyle many of us assume about their culture and society. But...
Faraday Cage Fabric: A Practical Guide for Everyday Preparedness
Modern life depends so heavily on electronics that we often forget how fragile these systems can be. A single surge, an EMP, or even a severe solar...
Do Amish Drink Alcohol?
Among the Amish, every choice reflects a balance between tradition, practicality and spiritual grounding. Their relationship with alcohol is no...
How Your Clothes Could Save Your Life in the Next Crisis
In an uncertain world, shaped by natural disasters, power grid failures, and civil unrest, you might be left with nothing more than the clothes on...
What Is Borage?
Borage is a hardy annual herb known for its bright star shaped blue flowers and its long history as a soothing, uplifting plant in traditional folk...
How to Harvest 1000+ Gallons of Water from Your Roof
It sounds like a lot, and it is, but your roof can easily capture more than 1,000 gallons of water even during a light rain. A lot depends on the...
