Heidi Hawthorn, Author at Homestead Survival Site

How to Grow and Harvest Ginger

Ginger is easy to grow and harvest. It is unique in its flavor and can be used to treat nausea, indigestion, and many other ailments.

DIY lotion bars are easy to make, shelf-stable, and can be made with just a few simple and natural ingredients.

Mead, as you may already know, is an alcoholic drink consisting of fermented honey and water. Mead is also incredibly easy to make.

There are certain vegetables that can be sown in the winter to get a head start before the growing season starts. Here are five.

There are many ways to make money raising rabbits like selling meat, fur, manure, and breeding stock. Here’s how to do it.

If and when the grid goes down, there are certain skills that will be very important to have. Here are fifteen to focus on.

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.