Home gardening tips: A beginner’s guide to composting
Follow me Composting at home is good for your garden, the soil, your crops and the planet. It is a great way to repurpose
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One Plan Is Not Enough: 7 Tips to Create a Successful Food Plan
Follow me Every prepper has his/her own food plan for acquisition or storage of food for a crises scenario. Many might be homesteaders who
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Power tips for off-grid living
Follow me No matter where you live, there are a number of things you can do right now to get ready for the
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How to Harvest Clean Drinking Water From a Tree
Follow me While everyone knows that you can tap maple trees for their syrup, birch and walnut trees can also be tapped. You’ve
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Everything You Need to Know To Grow a Big Crop of Cucumbers
Follow me Nothing beats the summer heat like a fresh cucumber from the garden. These sun-loving vegetables are great for first-time gardeners and
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Growing Marshmallow for its Soothing and Healing Properties
Follow me Marshmallow is part of the Mallow (Malvaceae) family. The name “Malvaceae” means “soft” and “to heal”, which gives you a pretty
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6 Organic Mulches That Will Keep Plants Cool This Summer
Follow me Mulching your gardens during the warmest summer months will do wonders for growing plants and will encourage a healthier soil environment for your
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How To Create A Root Cellar On Your Property
Follow me If you have a basement or even room under your house, you can create a root cellar to store food! The
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Snares and Traps for Survival Trapping
Follow me Knowing how to use snares and traps for survival trapping can help you deal with one of the most challenging pursuits
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5 Important homesteading lessons to learn from American pioneers
Follow me The legacy and memory of homesteading live on in us. And while the era that our great-great-grandparents had to live through
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Market Garden Strategies for Survival Gardens
Follow me Preppers can reap some big rewards by applying some of the habits of successful market gardeners and small farmers to our home
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Food preservation tips: What kinds of food can you dehydrate?
Follow me There is almost no easier way to preserve food than to dry it. Used for thousands of years to extend the shelf-life
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How to Grow Strawberries
Follow me Sweet, juicy strawberries are not only a sure sign that the summer growing season has arrived, but they are also a
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How to Grow Blackberries
Follow me Blackberries are a sweet tasty treat that can easily be grown in a home garden. The perennial plants will provide plenty
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Survival Gear List : The Survival Essentials
Follow me Not sure what to include on your survival gear list? Well, here are some helpful tips to making it more manageable.
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Handdrill: Making Fire With Friction
Follow me The handdrill friction fire method is very old, and was used by many different cultures for millennia. It is a deceptively
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5 Tips for successful raised bed gardening
Follow me Raised bed gardening is a great way to grow your own vegetables if the soil is of poor quality. It allows you
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Why you should begin homesteading today
Follow me While there are differences between homesteading and prepping, both lifestyles emphasize self-sufficiency. Homesteaders and preppers alike often live off-grid, maintain a
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Homesteading Basics: How To Dehydrate Herbs for Long-Term Storage
Follow me Mayapple fruits are ripe when they are as yellow as a lemon, and are soft and slightly wrinkled. Their ripening time
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Vital Medications You Should Be Stockpiling
Follow me When supply chains become broken, those that rely on crucial medications could be in big trouble. Stockpiling vital medications should be
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Survival Plants:Essential Survival Tools
Follow me Survival plants are found everywhere! Getting to know your local plants can help spice up your lunch and literally save your
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What Will Happen to the Banking System if (or when) Doomsday Arrives?
Follow me The last few years have been pretty damned frightening. Obviously, it was the COVID-19 pandemic that grabbed the big headlines, and while it
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Are You a Survivalist or Prepper? (Or Both!)
Follow me A lot of people have preconceived notions about the differences between preppers and survivalists. A lot of you who read my
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