Planning Your Garden? Read This First.
Follow me So you’ve noticed current events in terms of shortages at the grocery store and the many problems plaguing our centralized food system, from fires to
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How to Make Home Canned Ham
Follow me In a totally different stratosphere from Spam, the cans of flaked ham and the big pear-shaped cans of ham that you
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Container Gardening: How To Grow Food With Limited Space
Follow me Container gardening is ideal for those with little to no garden space. Even if you live in a condo or apartment
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23 Things You Can Forage For From April To June
Follow me Foraging for your own food or medicine may become a necessity in the coming months unless you want to fork over
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These Food Essentials Should Be in Every Bug Out Bag
Follow me Preparing to bug out on foot requires physical fitness and lightweight calorie-dense foods to get you to your destination. Be sure
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How to Grow Horseradish and Make Your Own Spicy Condiment
Follow me Ground horseradish is one of those condiments that people either love or hate intensely. There seems to be no middle ground
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Tips for Growing Sweet Corn
Follow me Nothing says “Summer’s here!” quite like an ear of fresh, tender sweet corn dripping with butter. Sweet corn has the best
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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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Paracord
Follow me Most folks who have even a casual interest in wilderness survival, or outdoor recreation in general, have probably heard of paracord.
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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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