5 Amish Gardening Techniques You Should Know
Whether you’ve been growing your own food for a while or you’re just starting out, finding ways to maximize your yield and reduce your production...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
10 Things To Do On The Day The Economy Collapses
Many of the telltale signs of an economic collapse are already on the board. In fact, the signs and causes of an economic collapse are almost all at...
Homesteading To Do’s: June
June marks the end of the first part of the year, but the beginning of all things beautiful. June is the month of roses and leaves where delightful...
This Is How You Can Live Without Refrigeration
Can you imagine living without a fridge?! Could you even survive? I bet you could! Humans have lived like that for hundreds of years. The difference...
Use This Immediately When You Have An Open Wound
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a member of the daisy or Asteraceae family. This perennial plant has numerous common names including, Milfoil,...
Homesteading To Do’s: May
As a homesteader, there is plenty to do during May including companion planting, housing young chicks outside, mulching the garden, and much more....
What To Do If You Catch Your Neighbor Snooping Around
How does one deal with a nosey neighbor? The same way you deal with anything. The first principle is always to be fair. The second, and this is...
8 Garden Products That I Wasted My Money On
It’s a given that gardeners at any stage of the game from beginner to experienced need a variety of quality garden products to be successful and to,...
Security Mistakes You’re Probably Making On Your Property
Be clear on what security is. Many of us think that security is a series of physical and technological interventions that we place between ourselves...
Where To Hide In Case of A Nuclear Attack
We are living in uncertain times. However, things have changed with the advancement of technology, and the time we have to get to seek refuge could...
How To Turn Your Home Into A Bomb-Proof Shelter
It is true of today's military conflicts that you can be in the middle of a terrible amount of violence and destruction without ever laying eyes on...
