Homestead Survival Site

13 Clever Chicken Nesting Boxes

You don’t need to buy nesting boxes for your chickens. Here are 13 creative and practical DIY nesting box ideas made from everyday items.

Learn 7 natural painkillers you can make or grow at home. Includes easy recipes with ingredients and instructions for safe, effective relief.

Build your ultimate homesteading library with the best books on self-sufficiency, gardening, livestock, energy, water, and off-grid living.

Discover essential off‑grid survival skills, from water harvesting to blacksmithing, that could mean the difference in a collapse scenario.

From chickens to goats to quail, here are the 10 most popular homestead animals and why they’re great for self-reliant living.

Make sure your pets are prepared too. Learn how to build a complete pet emergency kit with food, water, meds, and more.

Learn 11 practical lemon balm uses for health including anxiety relief, better sleep, digestion, and skin care with easy homemade recipes.

Grow food even in extreme heat. These heat-tolerant fruits, vegetables, grains, and herbs can handle scorching temperatures and dry weather.

Honey is a prepper essential with powerful survival uses including healing, preserving food, easing illness, and more.

Make your own ginger candy to soothe sore throats, fight colds, and aid digestion. This natural remedy is easy to make.