As Food Shortages Continue to Occur, More and More People are Planting Gardens. Here’s How to Make the Most of It. If a toilet paper shortage wasn’t enough, we’re starting to see curious shortages of eggs, milk, and now meats. It stands to reason that vegetables and fruit may be … [Read more...]
10 Knots Every Homesteader Should Know
There’s a good chance you know some basic knots, but there are some knots that might surprise you. Better yet, once you know how to tie them, you won’t forget. At least most of them. We’re going to cover ten knots with directions and photos, starting with some basics and … [Read more...]
How To Make Your Own Toilet Paper
Tired of Standing in Long Lines and Fighting Over Toilet Paper? Make it Yourself. One of the curious unintended consequences of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic is a global obsession with the accumulation of toilet paper. Who knew that we so dearly treasured this everyday item? … [Read more...]
How to Grow Your Own Bananas
It’s Easier Than You Think if You Live in the Right Area and You Can Even Grow Them Indoors It’s easy to assume that bananas can only grow in far away and exotic jungles, but they actually can grow in North America and can even be grown indoors. Want to save this post for … [Read more...]
Colloidal Silver Healing Properties: Fact or Fiction?
There are many natural treatments for various conditions touted on the Internet—treatments based on folklore, urban myth, and even some valid clinical studies. Common everyday treatments include apple cider vinegar, honey, aloe vera, and others. Over time, these folk … [Read more...]
How To Make Cheese (Easier Than You Think)
Cheesemaking is easy to do once you understand the ingredients, some of which might surprise you. The primary active ingredient that’s usually used to make cheese is "rennet." It’s an enzyme found in the stomach of young cows, sheep, and goats. The rennet helps them break down … [Read more...]
6 Pioneer Candy Recipes To Try This Halloween
For Our Pioneer Ancestors, The Only Candy Store Was At Home. We take candy for granted. We can buy it anywhere, and it’s usually pretty cheap. But there was a time when it was a rare treat. Back in the 1800s, candy only showed up around the holidays or special events like a … [Read more...]
Perpetual Soup: A Pioneer ‘Recipe’ That Never Ends
It May Be One of the Most Nutritious Soups You’ll Ever Eat and if You Own a Crockpot, It’s a Cinch. Perpetual soup is a broth-based soup that is simmered for days, weeks, months, and even years. In fact, there are stories about broths in China and Japan that have simmered … [Read more...]
Reading the Sky – How Clouds, Smoke, the Sun, and the Air Can Predict the Weather
Native Peoples Knew How to Read the Signs in the Sky, and You Should Too. Long before the weather channel, our pioneer ancestors and native tribes looked for signs in nature to forecast the weather. The sky was their primary focus, but how the sky, air, and barometric pressure … [Read more...]
10 Wild Superfoods To Forage In Your Backyard
Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor and nothing in this article should be taken as medical advice. Please talk to your doctor before using any of the herbs and/or remedies mentioned in this article. In most wilderness survival situations, the pursuit of food is determined by … [Read more...]
How To Create An Edible Food Forest
Yes, You Can Eat Everything That Grows in a Forest. But Only if You Plant It Yourself. Many of us who like to wild forage know an unfortunate fact about nature: Most wild plants are toxic, if not poisonous. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It on … [Read more...]
How to Make Soap from Fat and Ashes
DIY Soap is Easier Than You Think, but it Takes Some Time and Requires Some Caution There’s very little in the history books on the invention of soap. Some stories on the Internet claim it occurred when someone picked up some wet ashes from a fire that had been mixed with … [Read more...]
How to Make Papercrete: The Ultimate Building Material for Off Grid Living
Papercrete is Concrete Made with Paper. It’s Inexpensive, Sturdy, Lightweight, Insulating, and Better than Bricks. Papercrete was invented in the 1920s, but it was so easy to make, no one bought it. Papercrete has been used to build homes, walls, fences, and is easily formed … [Read more...]
10 Vintage Carpentry Tools – How To Restore & Preserve Them
You See Them Hanging on the Walls of Restaurants or in Display Cases in Museums, but They Really Deserve a Place in your Tool Chest. In a time of chainsaws, power tools, gas powered log splitters, table top electric planers, and drill presses, it’s easy to forget that all … [Read more...]
8 Foods You Can Grind Into Flour + Instructions & Recipes
Grinding Your Own Flour Can Save You Money, Enhance Your Nutrition, and Teach You a Valuable Survival Skill. In many ways, bread is what made civilization happen. The ability to cultivate crops, especially grains, gave humanity the chance to find the time to invent things like … [Read more...]
How To Render Lard The Easy Way
Our Pioneer Ancestors Rendered Lard on a Regular Basis. Did They Know Something We Don’t? A lot of people are quick to say “no” to lard as a cooking ingredient. That’s unfortunate. They certainly have their reasons, and some are well-founded, but lard isn’t the bad guy that many … [Read more...]
Fermentation 101: How to Make Yogurt, Sauerkraut, Apple Cider Vinegar, and More
It Boggles the Mind to Think that Allowing Food to Rot Would Make it Taste Better, Last Longer, and Actually Be Good for You… But it Does. We eat this stuff all the time and don’t even know it. Everything from bread and cheese to beer, wine, and simple things like sauerkraut, … [Read more...]
