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Needle & Thread: Sewing 101

Sewing is just one of many old school skills we believe everyone should know. Here are some sewing basics for beginners to learn.

Non-electric laundry methods require a little bit of elbow grease, but they give you nice clean results without wasting so many resources.

Improving the quality of your garden soil is both simple and complicated. It’s less work than you think, but there are many ways to do it.

If you’re not connected to the power grid, you’ll need to find another way to light up your homestead at night.

You can live off the land with whatever meat you can catch as long as you learn how to cook without electricity. Here are seven ways.

Rabbits provide a healthy source of meat, can thrive on a small amount of space, have a short turnaround time, and are very feed efficient.

This series from Kentucky Homestead will give you a great idea of the kind of work involved restoring an old cabin.

If you want to be able to cook almost anything from scratch, you need to have these 35 ingredients on hand.

Homesteaders have a unique set of medical needs. By purchasing first aid items individually, you can customize your kit.

Cooking from scratch isn’t that hard and will save you money, which is why it’s absolutely worth it to invest in a few good kitchen tools.