Why You Should Raise Ducks Instead Of Chickens
In the past couple of years, folks have started keeping chickens in their backyards, homesteads, or city-based copes. Known as the ‘starter animal’...
7 Common Raised Bed Mistakes Every Person Should Avoid
Gone are the days where gardeners had to grow everything within the ground. Today, there are various exciting gardening methods, including raised...
10 Items To Stockpile For When The Power Goes Out
We currently live in world of sunshine. We wake up, eat, and get on with our day without a care in the world. We live complacently, strongly...
How You Can Keep Rodents Out Of Your Garden
Rodents love gardens, but gardens don’t love rodents. They destroy plants, bulbs, seeds, fruits, vegetables, and containers. Additionally, they...
How You Can Find Out If Your Homestead Water Is Polluted Or Clean
Environmental pollution is one of the undeniable consequences of the industrial age. And all pollution, whether soil or air pollution, ends up in...
Leaving the City? Here’s What to Look For In A New Community
There has been an unexpected side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic – single-family homes listed for sale moving outside of cities are seeing multiple...
10 Common Mistakes You Should Avoid If You Want To Raise Chickens
Not only are chickens extremely easy to raise, but they are also very productive. Chickens provide you with meat to eat, and eggs for breakfast, and...
10 Easy Ways to Turn Profit from Your Homestead
Typically, homeowners select a homestead lifestyle to enjoy a sense of purpose and a way to provide their family with sustainable resources....
5 Ways To Power Your Homestead
There are a plethora of practical pros of boosting power energy efficiency on your homestead. Not only does it help reduce your utility bills by...
Is It Legal To Harvest Rainwater In Your State?
You would think that since rainwater is not a man-made resource, we could use it as we please. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and some states...
How to Prepare Your Homestead In Case Of a Natural Disaster
From disastrous wildfires to devastating hurricanes, natural disasters occur across the globe all the time. Unfortunately, after every natural...
6 Small Animals You Can Raise On Your Property
At some point along your homesteading journey, you will either feel led to add animals to the mix because of price increases at the store, or there...
25 Powerless Appliances for Your Homestead Kitchen
The kitchen is the heart of the home, it is where all our meals are prepared for our daily sustenance. The homestead life is a wonderful one, but...
5 Water Storage Myths
Water is the source of life. Without it, we won’t survive very long. Every morning, we wake up and turn on the tap, whether it’s to boil water for a...
How To Secure Your Homestead Against Intruders
In an ideal world, the responsibility falls partly on the state, and partly on yourself. As states descend into chaos or become politically and...
The Best Places In America To Start Your Homestead
It doesn’t matter if you grew up in the country or a big city because the idea of homesteading can appeal to anyone. It’s a determined way to start...
How To Make A Self Feeding Fire
Here is a trick or two, to learn to impress your mates with your exceptional outdoor camping skills, or to create a heat source if you need to work...
What To Do If You See A Bat On Your Homestead
We’ve all heard many stories about bats: they attack people, drink human blood, and build nests in your hair! Despite these unpleasant myths, and...
50 Off the Grid Homesteading Tips and Tricks
Whether you’re living off the land or in the city, there are lots of ways that you can become more self-sufficient! These 50 off the grid...
The 10 Best Trees For Homesteaders
Homesteads aren't infinite in size for most of us. That means making the most of our land to build more self-sufficiency is imperative. That's why...
The Ultimate Guide To Composting
Ever wondered why plants and trees in the forest blossom all year round? Well... It’s mostly because there are lots of leaves that fall to the...
If You Have This Plant in Your Backyard, You Will Never Run Out of Soap
It’s easy to focus on the major needs when talking about survival. Food, water, fire and a few other things get a lot of airtime, when it comes to...
7 Mistakes To Avoid When Harvesting Rain Water
Water storage is essential to any household system, for general or emergency use. Your ability to access and clean water sources will assure you...
18 Plants That Should Never Be Planted Together
There are many reasons why certain plants should not be planted together. Sometimes it is a matter of height. For example, a tall tomato plant will...
Is It Legal To Go Off The Grid In Your State?
Living off grid is not illegal in any of the 50 states - at least not technically. There are many simple off the grid living activities you can do...
Best Fuels For Off-Grid Survival
If you know what you’re doing it’s not hard to take yourself off the grid in many ways. Growing your own food just takes some land – it doesn’t have...
How To Make Money Off-Grid: Living From Your Homestead
There are literally hundreds of ways to earn an income from your off-grid homestead, the trick is finding a way to earn income that still allows you...
Five Ways Our Life Is Better Living Off The Grid
Living off the grid has been somewhat romanticized throughout American history. While many enter into this lifestyle change in the efforts of...
26 Necessary Tools For Off-Grid Living
Off-grid living is something that many of us aspire to. Not only does it provide for excellent self-sufficiency and sustainability living in a...