It's amazing how much wisdom has been lost to the ages. There are so many simple life hacks that used to be common knowledge. In this video, Household Hacker tries out some life hack inserts that were printed over 100 years ago in 1916. The first card reads... How to Pull Out … [Read more...]
3 Things to Know Before Moving Off The Power Grid
While you may dream of moving to an off-grid homestead, the reality may not be what you’d expect. When most people think of “off-grid living” they imagine a simpler lifestyle, where a rudimentary electrical system powers only basic conveniences. You may be picturing hard … [Read more...]
Reluctant Spouses and Homesteading
If there is one topic I hear about the most, it has to be the reluctant spouse. I hear it from homesteaders, preppers, survivalists, and so on. It’s not an easy thing to manage. When it comes to these types of endeavors, you must face the truth of the real world. You must face … [Read more...]
A Deep Pantry / Food Storage on a Tight Budget
The deep pantry or food storage is vital to success as a prepper or survivalist. We have all heard the harrowing tales of empty shelves and ravenous desperate hordes. Keep yourself away from the calamity and the aid trucks by storing plenty of food. The buildup of a decent … [Read more...]
9 Ways to Store Meat Without Refrigeration
In today’s world, it has become extremely important to prepare your family for disasters. Even something small like an ice storm could knock out power and close roadways for days at a time. To prepare for events like this, many people are beginning to realize the importance … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Homesteading is Good for Your Health
You don’t have to be a genius to recognize that homestead living offers a much healthier lifestyle than mainstream city life. Anything is better than breathing in motor exhaust, giving into fried food temptations, being bombarded with unrealistic advertisements, and processing … [Read more...]
Homesteading on a Boat: Sailing With a Purpose
Homesteading is already an exciting endeavor when it’s done on land. You have the challenges of growing food on what little acreage you can afford. Then you have everything else that wants to eat your food as well. It’s a tough job, there is no getting around it. You are trading … [Read more...]
6 Reasons Every Homesteader Should Own a Dutch Oven
When you picture a woman cooking over the fire on her way out West, you probably picture her using a Dutch oven. Dutch ovens were popular with colonists and settlers, mountain men, westward homesteaders, and cowboys. They evoke images of simpler times, traditional living, … [Read more...]
How to Install Packaged Bees
With all that is happening with the bee population declining, I expect there will be a sizable bump in the number of beekeepers in America. Last time I checked, the government was even paying a stipend for beekeepers. Why can’t we have a chicken shortage? I wouldn’t mind a … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Make Your Food Stockpile Last for Years
In crisis situations, you can typically survive without heat, electricity, and weapons; but you certainly cannot survive without proper sustenance. And the thing about crisis situations--they are always a surprise. Starting a stockpile will put you one step ahead of the game. … [Read more...]
Starting a Homestead? Better Watch This Video First!
I love a cautionary tale. I think the internet is full of things that just sound too easy. We have an army of articles written by experts, but they are written without a basis of the lack of knowledge the reader will possess. It’s within these cautionary tales that we often find … [Read more...]
Liquid Laundry Soap – 34 Years’ Worth For Pennies!
This article is the perfect example of why we love homesteading and homesteaders! These incredible finds and great deals that homesteaders learn out of necessity are what keep bringing us back to their blogs. It’s a true value-added relationship. It’s the same thing that … [Read more...]
7 Best Flowers for Your Vegetable Garden
If you want a healthy garden, whether decorative, or an edible vegetable garden, you absolutely need to incorporate flowering plants. As a critical part of any healthy ecosystem, flowers provide food and/or habitat for beneficial insects (especially bees and butterflies), and … [Read more...]
25 Powerless Appliances for Your Homestead Kitchen
Kitchens are the hub of the home. They’re nearly always busy and so much of the daily chores are done there. From cleaning vegetables and eggs, to butchering, baking, and preserving, there’s tons of work happening there. To make homestead life easier, it’s important to have … [Read more...]
Primitive Technology: Freshwater Prawn Trap
The videos at Primitive Technology are the truest form of bushcraft. You simply cannot find a more minimalist approach to creating a livable space and the tools to go along with it anywhere else. When I first found this channel, I was so impressed with the quality of the videos … [Read more...]
3 Must Haves for a Prepper Homestead
Many of us are looking for a way to get away from suburbia and into an area where we can utilize our time and effort to contribute something better to our lives. It's the homestead dream. Some would argue it's even the new American dream. Where we once all desired the high … [Read more...]
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