Wine Making From Your Garden- Fruit and Vegetable Wines Wine making is an important skill to most preppers and homesteaders even those that don’t drink it at all themselves. It’s a great barter tool and has its medicinal uses as well. Wine can be made from fruits, vegetable, flowers, vines and even weeds! Turning a …
Weekend Prepping Projects Just in time for the weekend! Smaller projects that can be accomplished over a weekend that will help you get off the grid and on to being self sufficient one step/project at a time. Many of these projects can be made with recycled materials or those that can be found inexpensively at garage …
DIY Pickup Upgrades Whether your just looking to make your pickup more functional or to make it better a bug out vehicle, doing it yourself has advantages. It gives you the ability to make it the perfect upgrade for you and to do it at a reasonable price. Adding the side boards makes the truck bed more usable especially for homesteader …
Lessons Learned on Storing Food Wisely To past generations the fields, barns, gardens, and the woods were the food producers. Your own pantry or root cellar was the grocery store. How you stored what you gained from your production made the difference between your grocery store shelves being empty or unusable and being able to walk in and …
Man Does Time for Water Collecting Water collecting laws in Oregon land a local man in jail for collecting too much rain water and water run off. He has been using the rain and run off to fill his own reservoirs on his privately owned property. Oregon officials insist that his massive water collecting efforts deny the near by city of …
Healthy Garden Soil If you are starting a new vegetable garden, or already have an established garden, you may wonder what the best soil for growing vegetables is. Things like the right amendments and the right soil pH for vegetables can help your vegetable garden grow much better. In general, the ground for your vegetable …
Vegetables to Plant Mid-Summer Spring is a busy time for everyone and not everyone had the time and energy this spring to get their garden started. In that position most people think, “oh well, next year” but nope! You don’t have to wait until next year! The good news is that there are summer vegetables and …
Raising Rabbits Usually we think of chickens when we think of prepping with small animals. Chickens are duel use for both eggs and meat. But they do take longer to become usable than does the happy breeding rabbit. Bulk will be important when SHTF as your chickens will take awhile to build up to a …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Canning Using a Wood Fire Homesteaders, preppers and the fiscally responsible all can when produce is in season for use when it is not so readily available. One of the best ways of reducing your monthly grocery bill and extending the use of your harvest. Not only financially responsible, home …
A List of Homesteading Skills to Learn So your dream is to have your own homestead. Even while your saving for or searching for your perfect plot of land there are homesteading skills that you should be learning. Homesteading is not an easy task and definitely not for the weak at heart. There are more chores …
