Potatoes as a Survival Crop Growing and storing your own food crop is the best way to guarantee a consistent supply. Even in the worst crisis. Potatoes have been known throughout the ages as the survival food. Easy to grow, easy to store and everyone loves a good spud. Learning different techniques for growing is essential. …
Sunflowers to the Rescue! Phytoremediation The sunflower is one of many plants that are now known to aid in phytoremediation, Phytoremediation is a natural process where plants literally clean the air, water, and soil around them. When you compare the process of planting sunflowers vs soil excavation and pumping away polluted ground water it is an …
Dry Herbs Without A Dehydrator Dry your own herbs more frugally without a dehydrator. If you should choose to be off grid or have to be off gird in a SHTF scenario you may need to do your own preserving of herbs for flavor and a healthy immune system. Any herb with a stem can …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. How Big A Garden Do You Really Need? There are so many things to consider when preparing for your garden, space, light, access to water, protecting your crop from critters etc. that sometimes we forget to ask ourselves some very basic garden questions that are as important as all …
DIY Firewood Shed We all love Ana’s DIY projects! This one is for her firewood shed. Off grid, bugging in, homesteading, hunkering down and even in urban homes firewood is a necessity for many and sure helps keep the power bills down. However, to keep that wood easy to burn and nicely seasoned keeping it off the …
Transform Plastic Bottles into Plastic Rope – Updated How to Make the Shredder Not too long ago we showed you the video below showing how plastic rope could be made by using recycled plastic bottles. The video is in what I think is Russian but still a real interesting watch. Now we have another video …
Bulletproof & Fireproof House Made From Used Plastic Bottles Wow what a great recycling project this is! Built with plastic bottles, sand, mud and concrete. It’s boasts that it is fireproof, bullet proof, earthquake resistant and maintains comfortable a comfortable temperature year round itself. Projects like this could house the world and be the beginning of the …
DIY Wind Powered Water Pump An awesome project for taking your next step off the grid! Bringing the water to you via wind power. Most climates have seasons where your solar power won’t be functioning at full power year round. It will lose power during the winter or rainy seasons. But those that do have …
Small Livestock For Small Spaces Initially preparing requires stocking up on items you know you will need if there is an emergency situation, You begin on the short term like 72 hours and move up from there. The end hope for most is to be almost completely self sufficient and self reliant. To do that …
The Ultimate Survival Lifestyle In this link Katy Light tells us about how she went from a publishing career to following her inner desire to homestead and farm. It is reassuring to know it can be done even if you have devoted a large portion of your life to a totally different lifestyle! Whether your following …
