Category: Homesteading

Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots

Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots

  Harvesting and Using Dandelion Roots We talk a lot about what can be made from the dandelion flower and stalk. We actually have provided our readers with a number of recipes like these …….. Dad’s Dandelion Wine MIY Dandelion Bread Dandelion Jelly But the dandelion root itself is not only editable but can also be …

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Making Reflector Oven Bread

Making Reflector Oven Bread   Wheat, flour, cattail, or rice based bread and pastries could quickly become stables in our post SHTF diets. Knowing how to prepare and bake them under primitive circumstances will be a valued skill and one we can practice on during hunting trips, camping trips, back yard bbq’s  Too see how …

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Principles of Preparedness

Principles of Preparedness   There are basic principles that represent the keys to being prepared.  There is the financial security and peace of mind that comes from having car insurance, home insurance, medical insurance, etc.  Personally, I have resented paying the constant rising costs associated with health insurance until I needed it! Now paying that insurance fee seems like dropping pennies in an old coffee can in comparison …

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DIY Solar Electronic USB Charger

DIY Solar Electronic USB Charger If you are looking to improve your DIY skills and save money at the same time this easy project is for you. This little garden light hack allows you to charge small electronic devices like phones, MP3 players etc. The cool thing about this little project is you can keep …

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DIY Creative Pallet Project

DIY Creative Pallet Project We see many many neat projects made from pallets. So many in fact that in my own home area pallets have become hard to get free anymore!  But most the wonderful creative ideas we see don’t provide detailed instructions on how to make them! I personally am not the type of person who can …

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Be Your Own Nurse

Be Your Own Nurse Be  your own nurse first info-graph     This is an aggregated site. Please be aware some of the sites we link you to could have pop ups. We have no control over them. However, we will never link you to a site that requires you to make any purchase to view …

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Simon Dale’s Low Impact Woodland Home

Simon Dale's Low Impact Woodland Home

Simon Dale’s Low Impact Woodland Home Simon Dale is a family man residing in Wales, the western part of Great Britain. His interest in self-sustainability and an ecological awareness led him to dig out and build his woodland home—one of the loveliest, warmest, most inviting dwellings you could ever imagine. This is doable anywhere in the …

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Health Hacks that Work

Health Hacks that Work     This is an aggregated site. Please be aware some of the sites we link you to could have pop ups. We have no control over them. However, we will never link you to a site that requires you to make any purchase to view the blog. Please read our disclaimer. …

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DIY Barn Greenhouse

DIY Barn Greenhouse My favorite designer of all things DIY is without hesitation Ana White. Featured today is her barn greenhouse. The majority of the world has a distinct growing season and an equally disguisable off season. If you are fortunate enough to have room on your property for a greenhouse you can significantly extend that …

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20 Tips for Being More Self-Sufficient Now

20 Tips for Being More Self-Sufficient Now No one really likes or wants to be totally dependent on someone else. When you completely rely on someone else they have all the power. It is literally the same thing when your relying on the system. They have all the power and you NEED the elusive “them”. …

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