Steve Nubie, Author at Homestead Survival Site

How to Make Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar has many uses and health benefits, so knowing how to make apple cider vinegar is great if you live off the grid.

Hurdling is a combination of more than one food preservation technique. The idea is to create a series of hurdles for microorganisms.

Fruitcake is an ancient recipe with a surprisingly long shelf-life. If you make survival fruitcake the right way, it will last for years.

How crop rotation, companion planting, and succession planting can make every gardening season a huge success.

If you’re hunkered down and running low on food, here are some survival recipes you can make from the few ingredients you have left.

Just brushing up against many plants can cause skin irritation from rashes to blisters. Here are 12 deadly plants to avoid.

Cutting down a tree yourself is the most economical solution, but you need to be very careful when attempting it.

Cowboy Candy is pickled, sliced jalapeños jarred in a sweet syrup consisting of ingredients commonly found in bread-and-butter pickles.

Cornpone is a baked or fried combination of cornmeal, water, salt, and fat with other ingredients added by pioneers and Civil War soldiers.

Foraging for wild edibles is hard enough already, but in winter it’s a real challenge. Fortunately, some plants will surprise you.