Steve Nubie, Author at Homestead Survival Site

How To Create An Edible Food Forest

You can eat everything that grows in a forest, but only if you plant it yourself. That’s the idea behind an edible food forest.

DIY soap is easier than you think, but it takes some time and requires some caution. Here’s how to make soap using fat and ashes.

Before you use cast iron cookware, you need to restore it and season it. We’ll explain how and share some of our favorite cast iron recipes.

Papercrete is concrete made with paper. It’s inexpensive, sturdy, lightweight, insulating, and better than bricks. Here’s how to make it.

It’s easy to forget that all carpentry was once done by hand. People used the power of muscle, skill, and what are now vintage tools.

Learning to grind your own flour can save money, enhance your nutrition, and teach you a valuable survival skill.

Our pioneer ancestors rendered lard on a regular basis. Did they know something we don’t? Here’s the easy way to render lard.

Everything from bread and cheese to beer, wine, and things like sauerkraut, Kimchi, and yogurt are the result of fermentation.

Perennial herbs are a great choice for gardeners because they are simpler and tend to be hardier plants that come back every year.

There are plenty of foods designed and processed for long-term food storage. But what about everyday foods from the grocery store?