Off Grid Knowledge

This Water Source Will Disappear in a Crisis

Water is essential for survival. Without it, you won’t last long. That’s why, as a homesteader, making sure you have a reliable, clean water source...

DIY Faraday Cage

A DIY Faraday cage protects electronics, especially circuit boards, from electromagnetic forces. Think of it as a shield against high pulses of...

This Is How I Disappeared From the Grid

The grid is defined in many ways. There’s the power grid, the communication grid defined by the Internet and other communication services, and even...

Power Outage: How To Survive The First 7 Days

This 7-day blackout scenario draws from a real experience with a prolonged power outage. It occurred during a period when supply chain issues and...

Never Feed This To Your Livestock

The sound of my prize cow struggling to breathe at 3 AM still haunts me. One simple feeding error – wild cherry leaves in her hay – nearly cost me...

How to Keep Looters Off Your Property After a Disaster

Something that often follows a disaster is another form of disaster. Looting has become all too common in disaster areas, especially when...

How to Get Running Water When the Next Hurricane Hits

Though food and shelter are of exceptional importance during a natural disaster, we cannot live for long without water. It is a simple fact of life...

Household Items People Repurposed During the Great Depression

During the Great Depression, when times were incredibly hard, people got by by repurposing everyday household items. Homesteaders can take...

How to Become Invisible Wherever You Live

An open yard is an open invitation. Regardless of the situation, an open yard provides easy access to all doors, windows, and just about anything...

I Wish I’d Known This Before Building A Root Cellar

Before the days of refrigeration and year-round access to fresh vegetables, folks had to figure out how to store their harvest to last through the...

DIY Cowboy Cough Syrup with Whiskey

There are four types of cough: dry, wet, allergy, and asthmatic. You've probably gone through at least one of these. The Wild West cowboys had a...

Do This To Your Wood Stove Before Winter

Many of us homesteaders have wood-burning stoves. Some of us use it as a supplement to a furnace or other type of central heating system. Others are...

I Wish I Stockpiled These Before The Hurricane Hit

While I may not always be the top-notch prepper I, perhaps, should be; I do like to be prepared. In fact, whenever a storm is forecast to hit us,...

Items You Need to EMP-Proof Before It’s Too Late

When power goes out, most homesteaders reach for their backup generator. But what happens when every circuit board within a thousand miles gets...

Don’t Throw Away Used Cooking Oil! Do This Instead

Don’t toss out expired cooking oil! One of the essentials of a self-sufficient lifestyle is getting resourceful and finding different uses for...

The First 7 Days After Hurricane Helene Hit My Homestead

This article may be a little more intense than you're used to from me. Hurricane Helene was forecast to hit the Atlanta area. Instead, it barreled...

High-Risk Looter Places You Have To Stay Away From In A Crisis

Desperation can drive ordinary people to extremes. Over the years, I’ve seen how quickly society’s rules crumble when disaster strikes. Places that...