You may have noticed it's starting to get cold outside, and heating bills can be very expensive. A much better way to heat your home is with a fireplace or wood stove. But of course, you're going to need lots of firewood. And if you don't have a property with trees, you're going … [Read more...]
22 Ways People Saved Money During The Great Depression
The ‘Roaring Twenties’ is what they called that prosperous everyone-has-a-fur-coat period that is the 1920s. Everyone was spending, and there were continuous advances in electricity, technology, automobiles, and the arts. But what goes up must come down. The U.S. was in for a … [Read more...]
23 Homestead Items to Look For at Yard Sales
Yard sales and garage sales can be treasure troves for the homesteader. With a little time and effort, you can save a substantial amount of money on quality items and supplies for your homestead. Some homeowners either don’t see the value of what they own or don't know how to … [Read more...]
18 Unusual Home Remedies That Actually Work
More and more people are turning to home remedies rather than using pharmaceutical medications that may contain harmful ingredients and synthetic chemicals. Some of these remedies might seem very strange to you, especially if you’re used to popping a pill for every ailment, but … [Read more...]
15 Pioneer Skills That Will Make You Completely Self-Sufficient
If the off-grid way of life is calling to you, you already have an adventurous spirit. However, to succeed as a self-sufficient homesteader, you also need to learn these basic pioneer skills. Our forefathers and foremothers did not consider this list to be anything other than … [Read more...]
5 Homestead Hacks You Never Thought Of
In case you don't know, The Modern Homesteader is a Youtube channel about a family of suburbanites who moved to the country in North Carolina and set up a homestead. Last year, they did something called the 40 Day Homestead Challenge where they attempted to grow all the food … [Read more...]
Off Grid Living: Washing Clothes by Hand
If you’re tired of seeing your money and your water supply go down the drain – literally - every time you do laundry, it is time to think about alternative methods for washing and drying your family’s clothes. In addition to saving energy and water costs, you will discover … [Read more...]
17 Homesteading Skills That Will Earn You Money
There’s no denying the value that homesteading skills can offer in a scenario where you are forced to live off the land. But what about in the meantime? It turns out that there are plenty of homesteading skills that can earn you extra money in the present day while also helping … [Read more...]
15 Self-Sufficiency Skills to Teach Your Children
Our parents had it easy. They totally trusted the school system’s ability to take snotty nosed kids and turn them into fully functioning members of society. But look at us now, mom! We’re still confused when it comes to filing our taxes, we had to learn the hard way about … [Read more...]
16 Real Ways to Save Money on Groceries
I'm only thirty-four years old, yet I'm already old enough to say, "Back in my day..." For example, back in my day, my husband and I only spent $50 a week on groceries. Now that I'm older and have two children, sometimes I spend as much as $200 a week on groceries! Obviously, … [Read more...]
7 Natural Cleaning Recipes for Your Whole House
Once upon a time, cleaning the house meant covering every surface in products purchased from the nearest store. The manmade ingredients certainly stripped the place of germs and left behind a pleasant scent, but they also contained unsavory elements that left toxins lingering … [Read more...]
How to Secure Your Homestead
Most of the time, people living off the grid don't think too much about home security. They assume that all the crime happens in the cities and that they don't need to worry about burglars out in the middle of nowhere. This is partly true. Your average burglar isn't targeting … [Read more...]
Top 10 States for Living Off the Grid
You can live off the grid just about anywhere, but some locales are more suited for a self-reliant lifestyle than others. There are many “best places to live off grid” lists floating around on the internet, but the majority of them focus on just one key aspect of setting up an … [Read more...]
How to Make Activated Charcoal (With Pictures)
Yes, you can make it at home, but it's a little more complicated than you might think. A little more complicated is an understatement. If you can buy activated charcoal and stock it, go for it. Making it is a complex and tedious chore. Some websites say it’s so easy. Well, it's … [Read more...]
5 Basic Skills to Learn Online
Of all the amazing inventions that have come about over the last century, I think people take the Internet for granted more than any of them. Just think about it: With the Internet, you have the entirety of human knowledge at your fingertips. There was a time when people … [Read more...]
14 Towns Where You Can Find Free Land
There was a time when getting free land in the United States was relatively easy. Thanks to the Homestead Act of 1862, anyone who was willing to stay put and farm for five years could claim a 160-acre plot of land. Of course, that was over 150 years ago, and the days of free land … [Read more...]