Francesca Hernandez Singer, Author at Homestead Survival Site

13 Surprising Uses for Dental Floss

Dental floss is more useful than you think. There are many surprising uses for dental floss in a survival scenario or around the homestead.

These homemade pest traps are easy to make and will save your garden from being eaten up by pests like beetles and slugs.

Willow bark, which is used to make aspirin, can be processed into a tea or tincture that is gentle on the stomach and eases pain.

If you’ve had chicken envy for a while, maybe it’s time for a wake-up call: here are the top 7 reasons you shouldn’t get backyard chickens.

There are highly effective alternatives to WD-40 that you can make easily and for next to nothing at home. Here’s how.

If you don’t have a fancy soil testing kit, you can still conduct some simple tests to determine your soil’s composition and PH.

I will cover the basics and include some photos, and by the time you’re done reading this, you should be able to butcher a chicken.

This is a fairly comprehensive guide to getting started with ducklings and should give you all the basics you need for success.

Here are the basic principles of what rooting hormones do, how they work, and how you can make some of your own naturally.

This post is a checklist of homestead items you might have overlooked, but they’re good to have when you need them.