How To Prepare Your Spring Garden Starting This Winter
Oh, the weather outside's still frightful. But planning a garden is so delightful. And so long as every seed catalog website is having huge sales-...
7 Unexpected Things You Can Turn Into Compost
So we know a few tips about reducing waste, since everyone wants to be more sustainable. In this modern world where pollution is a huge part of our...
Survival Foods You Need To Grow Now
In a crisis, and it will happen at some point, there is one thing that will ensure your survival… Food. Feeding yourself and your family is a top...
50 Items To Shop For At The Thrift Store Or Yard Sale
If you are like most homesteaders, you enjoy going to thrift stores, yard sales, and even army surplus stores to find assorted items that are...
What Happens If You Bury A Cabbage Over Winter?
Do you prefer fresh coleslaw to Sauerkraut in winter? Here are some ideas on how to use available resources, reduce food waste, and eat deliciously...
Important Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Homesteading
There are many reasons people are interested in homesteading. They might want to own a piece of land, feel freedom in wide-open spaces, or start a...
Make These 8 Household Items Instead Of Buying Them
If you want to save money and live like a true homesteader, making your own household items is the way forward. We are living in an era where it’s...
Cold-Weather Crops Care
Plummeting temperatures and shorter days are definitely reasons to be spending more time indoors, and the garden gets a back seat as far as daily...
DIY Solar Water Heaters To Cut Down On Energy Bills
The hot shower is a marvel of modern technology. There is nothing like a hot shower after a cold hard day of work. The good news is that DIY hot...
Do This By March
If you’re anything like our household, things get pretty quiet on our property in the months of December and January. During this time, we focus on...
Veggies You Only Plant Once And Harvest Forever
While food gardeners typically focus on annual vegetables such as lettuce, cucumbers, and tomatoes, most perennial vegetables provide a yearly crop...
How To Pickle Beef
Pickling is an ancient and great way to preserve meat and add flavor at the same time. The process of pickling meat involves soaking the meat in a...
8 Things To Do Before The 2023 Economic Collapse
When the Fed Coin was rushed to market it became clear that this would be the new currency. It became clear that our government needs us to move...
Do This For Your Chickens So They Lay More Eggs
Volunteering on a farm for two months changed several aspects of my life. One amongst them was the fact that I decided it was time for me to keep...
Raising Pigs 101
Pigs are often some of the entry-level hoofstock that newer homesteaders get into. They then soon find that raising pigs is a completely different...
10 Items You Should Stockpile Before The Next Great Depression
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn that caused severe unemployment, declines in output, and deflation in most countries around...
How To Build A Cheap Bunker In Your Backyard
The average steel bunker, base design, is going to run you over $20,000 for installation. I think that most people with a spare $20,000 at this...
6 Things You Need To Know Before Buying A Homestead Plot
After everything that happened starting with 2020, more and more individuals are looking at or considering to homestead. However, it is not a step...
Let It Rot
Composting will save the world, your garden, and even your budget. You read that right; composting will save the world and I'd love for you to be a...
10 Off-Grid Water Systems You Should Have On Your Property
Did you ever think about being water independent and reduce your utility costs at the same time? Let’s look at 10 water systems that ensure there is...
Native American Recipes Every Homesteader Must Know
Today we'll be looking at several general Indigenous recipes from the North American continent. These are not specific to any tribe but are a common...
DIY Backyard Projects You Need To Get Done By Spring
Since winters are cold and harsh, there might be better times to implement your homestead ideas into life. You can get all those DIY projects off...
You Are Not Ready For Winter Until You Have These
With the Winter Solstice recently passing us by and pushing us into a snowy wonderland, we should probably take a look at how to be best prepared...
Stop Storing These 10 Foods For Emergencies
One of the first steps in preparing for any kind of emergency is making sure that you have sufficient stores of food. Whether because of logical...
Cow In A Jar
Canning meat is easy. Yep, that's where we're starting today: what we're about to do is pretty easy and everyone should be doing it. The freezer is...
10 Things To Have Ready Before An EMP
An EMP is one of the often discussed potential doomsday scenarios that threaten us all. While there are other ways to create an EMP, the most...
Survival Tricks Learned from Homeless People
When we hear of survival stories, we commonly hear of people who were trapped in the wilderness in exotic locations and managed to find a way...
How To Dry-Cure Meat At Home
Dry curing meat is an ancient method of preserving food. It has been used for centuries across many different cultures, providing a way to store...
7 DIY Stoves You Can Build In A Crisis
Homemade stoves are an economical solution for preppers living off the grid. The good thing with these heating and cooking fixtures is that they are...
Off-Grid Homesteading VS. Prepping
For most people not particularly interested in being self sufficient, there aren’t a lot of differences between the term “homesteading” versus the...
How to Bake Bread Off-Grid
This is my favorite recipe of bread. Why? Because it’s as simple as it gets. I don’t really follow his recipes to the letter, so this is my simple...
What Prepared People Do Every Day
Have you ever thought about the daily habits that make someone “prepared”? Every day you supply your basic needs: eating meals, drinking liquids,...
