It’s the emergency situation no one wants to think about: A long-term power outage lasting two or more weeks. The thought of losing lights, refrigeration, heat, washing machines, and hot water understandably leaves some people paralyzed with fear. If you’ve never lived without these resources, then their long-term absence is not just inconvenient, it’s potentially […]
Prepping
Winter Homestead Organization & Preparation: The Key to a Fruitful Farm
Winter is perfect for thinking about working smarter, not harder on the farm. These homestead organization tips are key to success next year! As our homesteads slow down for the winter, it is the best time to close things out, reflect on the past year, and plan for the new one. This focus on homestead […]
Homestead Disaster Essentials: Is Your Homestead Ready?
Disasters come in many different forms- hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, snow storms, fires, earthquakes, etc. It is important to have homestead disaster essentials ready to go in the event that you and your family experience any one of these. Homestead Disaster Preparation and Disaster Essentials Disaster preparedness isn’t just for “preppers”. This is something that every […]
Homestead Cold Room: 9 Reasons to Go Beyond a Root Cellar
Supercharge your root cellar and turn it into a homestead cold room instead! With a cold room you’ll have greater versatility for whatever homestead or farm business ventures you expand into in the future. Here are at least 8 reasons for you to build a cold room for your homestead (But, ultimately, your imagination is […]
Building a Humanure Compost Pile on the Homestead (VIDEO)
Join Off-Grid with Doug & Stacy as they show an easy system for how they use a humanure compost pile on their off-grid homestead to manage their waste. Doug & Stacy were scheduled to share a lecture about The Homestead Composting Toilet during the 2020 Homesteaders of America Conference but weren’t able to due to […]
Grow Your Own Food Series
In the midst of chaos and crazy, now, more than ever, people want to learn how to grow their own food! We’re linking elbows with some amazing homesteading YouTubers to show you how to grow your own food on March 23 through March 28. We’re here to help, for absolutely FREE! Here’s what you can […]
10 Essential Self-Sufficiency Skills For Kids
There are many skills children can learn and practice wherever they are! Here are 10 essential self-sufficiency skills for kids to learn. Growing up, I thought I was quite the lucky gal. My family lived about 3 minutes from our local grocery store, and I thought that it was awesome that we could just hop […]
Campfire Pizza and Chat | Brad & Daniel
Join Brad from Full Spectrum Survival, and Daniel of Go For Green Living, as they create a very quick and easy campfire pizza, and have a chat about how to start homesteading and prepping. Join their candid chat and feel like you’re sitting right there with them, all while gleaning amazing knowledge and information.