Grow your medicine: Japanese goldthread grown with hydroponics is just as potent as wild variants
Follow me Hydroponics is a form of gardening that doesn’t involve soil. Instead, plants are grown in a nutrient solution and a controlled
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Sustainability
Is your area’s water supply prone to fluoride hacking?
Follow me The Florida town of Oldsmar recently had its water supply hijacked, resulting in “potentially damaging levels” of sodium hydroxide (lye) being
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Benefits of Small Backyard Ponds
Follow me There are many benefits of small backyard ponds for both people and the environment. Freshwater habitats of all kinds are currently
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A Prepper’s Guide to Wheat Berries: Versatile, Space-Saving, Long-Term Food
Follow me Do you have wheat berries in your stockpile? Have you used them? It’s very important to learn how to work with
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Pacific Northwest Weather: Surviving and Thriving Outdoors
Follow me The wet, cool and moderate Pacific Northwest weather is a powerful force in shaping the ecology of the land. Understanding its
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Water Bath Canning 101
Follow me Canning is one of those things that sounds a lot scarier than it actually is. Cloaked in grandmotherly mystique, it seems
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The Canning Shortage of 2020: Here’s How You Can Find These Essential Supplies
Follow me Sometimes it feels like 2020 is out to get all of us. Especially those of us who can and store our
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How to grow chilli peppers
Follow me Growing chillies at home is easy, and there’s a huge variety of different types to choose from. Whether you want flavour,
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Cook Like Grandma with these Bacon Fat Gingersnaps
Follow me I love finding news ways of using things I would otherwise throw out. The uses for bacon grease are too many
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Your path towards Food Freedom: Simple and cheap home gardening innovations
Follow me Food freedom is a top concern for many people, whether they be natural health enthusiasts, environmentalists, or simply concerned about the
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Plant these high-calorie vegetables to ensure your survival when SHTF
Follow me Vegetables are great if you’re trying to limit their calorie intake, but these present a problem when SHTF and you’re limited to what
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Benefits of common root vegetables
Follow me Root vegetables are exactly what the name implies – they are the root of the plant. The most common root vegetables
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A Prepper’s Guide to Biogas as an Alternative Fuel
Follow me Venezuela is, as I am writing this, a real survival laboratory. Those conditions created by the geopolitical threats have generated an
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Going Off Grid? How to Prepare for Your First Year
Follow me If you’re looking to start your first off-grid homestead, try to keep your expectations in check. It could take years for
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Going Green: 10 SUSTAINABLE Ways To Use Bamboo
Follow me Because of bamboo’s quick growth and reproduction, it is deemed one of the most sustainable resources we can use. Bamboo can
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A Beginner’s Guide to Sausage Making (Recipes Included)
Follow me My grandfather was a large influence on my passion for homesteading. He was an avid gardener, hunter, made his own wine
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How To Guide: Canning Pickled Beets
Follow me One of our favorite things to eat in the winter is canned pickled beet! My kids love beets and this is
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The One Skill That Will Help During ANY Crisis: Self-Reliance
Follow me In the past several years, my family has been taking as many steps forward as possible when it comes to self-reliance.
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Smart Survival: This is How You Find Water When There Is None To Be Found
Follow me With water being one of your main survival priorities, you want to know multiple ways of procuring water in an emergency
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Success with Summer Squash
Follow me With summer squash there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is: The plants are rarely bothered by critters
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Growing Great Sweet Peppers
Follow me Yes you can grow great sweet peppers! The big blocky bell peppers you find in supermarkets need a long warm (but
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Hydroponics: The Good, The Bad, & The Necessary Equipment
Follow me You could realistically grow an entire garden hydroponically in your own home, and with a large enough financial investment, have fresh
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Growing Eggplants Successfully
Follow me Eggplants come in all shapes and sizes, from mammoth 3-pounders to long, slender Asian types, to baby patio varieties. Which type
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Home Canning Makes A Comeback
Follow me Home Canning dates back to the 18th century during the time where Napoleon Bonaparte realized the need to provision his army
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