Prepping & Safety

How to Live Off Your Garden All Year Round

If you have been gardening for some time, you know how superior the food you grow is compared to store-bought…

2 years ago

Peter Piper Picked a Peck: DIY Pickles on the Homestead

Homesteaders are accustomed to spending time at home and taking on projects in the kitchen.  Now that everyone has been…

2 years ago

Savvy Salve Making on the Homestead

Healing herbal salves have been a popular remedy for centuries. During the mid-9th century, an educational reform was organized by…

2 years ago

Homesteaders vs Survivalists

Homesteaders vs. Survivalists: Conflicting Interests or Alternative Routes to the Same Destination? A funny thing happened when I got caught…

2 years ago

How to Make Herbal Tinctures

Learn how to make herbal tinctures and liquid medicinals from herbs, berries, and roots. Medicine making is both an art…

2 years ago

When Coyotes Threaten Your Livestock

One evening as the sun slipped behind the Short Hills in Rockbridge County, Virginia, I had just shut the chicken…

2 years ago

Homesteading Requires a Keen Edge: Knives on the Homestead

What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for supper, field dressing wild game, butchering livestock, or…

2 years ago

Homestead Heating Safety

You’ve made the decision to live a simpler life in the country… no corporate ladder climbing, no tense lengthy commutes,…

2 years ago

Homestead Prepping: Buying a Bug Out Location (Buying a B.O.L.)

About two years ago, while selling real estate for a broker who specialized in rural properties, I was contacted by…

3 years ago

Top 5 Reasons to Can Your Own Meat

Every year I can nearly 200 pounds of meat.  I normally can about 60 pounds of meat at a time…

3 years ago