Heidi Hawthorn, Author at Homestead Survival Site

4 Internet Options for Rural Homesteaders

If you’re reading this post then odds are you’ll want to keep getting online. So what will you do if you’re in a rural area with no Internet?

If the grid went down in the middle of the winter, what would you do? Here are six tips for surviving a winter power outage.

Pull-apart bread is bread designed to be easily pulled apart. You should be able to make it with ingredients you already have.

If you’re concerned about the unnatural chemicals in shampoo and conditioner, you’ll be happy to know that it’s easy to make your own.

As this video discusses, it is possible to feed a family of five people for about $30 a week, but you have to focus on certain foods.

You may think planting a fruit tree is as simple as digging a hole, dropping a seed in, and covering it, but there’s more to it than that.

What if you want to bake some bread but don’t have any yeast? As this video shows, you can easily make bread without yeast.

There’s one knot, in particular, that is really useful. It’s called the farmer’s loop, and it’s a way to add a loop to the middle of a rope.

Building and sustaining a fire is one of the most valuable survival skills, but it can be challenging. Here’s how to do it.

A DIY automatic chicken feeder saves you time and keeps your chickens happy. You’ll need a five-gallon bucket and some other supplies.