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How to Prepare Your Homestead for a Hurricane

If you live in a hurricane zone, it is foolhardy to wait until a hurricane develops to prepare. Here are 15 ways to prepare your homestead.

Taking up blacksmithing doesn’t just mean making decorative items. There are many things a blacksmith can make for use around the homestead.

There are a lot of people out there who dream of setting up a homestead, but their spouses think the idea of self-sufficient living is crazy.

Washing soda can be used to clean all sorts of things including sinks, tubs, toilets, ovens, and more. Just make this washing soda solution.

These are the most delicious pancakes in the world! At least according to my kids and my grandma, but I think you’ll agree once you try them.

Butchering chickens isn’t exactly fun. It’s messy and brutal, but necessary. This video will give you an idea of the kind of work involved.

Check out these easy-to-make cleaning solutions that will change the way you shop, clean, and live in a home fit for families of all kinds.

Although you can plant almost all the same crops in the fall as you would in the spring, there are several things to take into account.

Invasive plants can take over gardens and decrease ecological diversity. Here are 7 common types and how to deal with them.

This week’s video comes from Guildbrook Farm, a small homestead in North Carolina. In the video, Jamie talks about death on the homestead.