Off Grid Skills Archives

8 Ways to Build a Fire

In the wilderness, knowing how to build a fire is essential for survival. These methods will keep you warm and safe in any situation.

Learn about wild seeds and grains that you can forage for food in the wild, helping sustain yourself in challenging environments.

Discover 6 off-grid toilet options that provide a reliable sanitation solution for places without access to running water and electricity.

If the off-grid life is calling to you, then you have an adventurous spirit. But to be self-sufficient, you need these basic pioneer skills.

These lost survival skills used to be common knowledge. Every homesteader should practice these skills because we might need them again.

If the grid goes down for good, people will have to learn Amish skills to survive. Here are some important skills we can learn from the Amish.

In a disaster, the Internet and cell phone towers might not be working. If that happens, try one of these alternative ways to communicate.

There are plenty of ways that our ancestors kept cool without using air conditioning or any modern technology. Here are 10 methods to try.

Greywater is the minimally contaminated wastewater from your bathroom sinks, showers, tubs, dishwashers, and laundry machines.

Twelve years ago, Bryce and Misty Murph’Ariens paid off all their debts and left big city life to homestead on their wetland property.