Off Grid Cabin Kits I have always dreamed of a little cabin in the woods and off the grid to not only vacation at but to use as a bug out location. You know the dream right? A clean flowing river loaded with fish, lots of elk and deer, no bears, no neighbors, no distractions …
Living Off-Grid Can Make You Happier And Healthier The idea of living off grid brings out the homesteader can do attitude deep in many of our hearts. Until you actually do it and realize it can be fun one minute and a heavy work burden the next. That is part of what is great about …
Drought Tolerant Plants & Trees for Your Garden Every year several parts of the world experience drought. Whatever creates the SHTF could even cause droughts where there hadn’t been previously. Every gardener should consider this issue. There may not be water to bring in to your garden nor markets to supplement your food supply. Mix …
Thoughts on Hoop Greenhouses & Shade Cloth Many people’s gardens are left to rest during colder temperatures. But others grow year round despite the weather. This leaves many pondering how they should approach those low temperatures in their hoop greenhouses. Less of an instructional blog, the featured link below speaks to the thoughts and ideas of …
DIY Water Storage Tank The featured DIY instructions in this post are what I would call vintage! Ron wrote these instructions in 1986. So add a bit of inflation for the cost of materials on this one. However, the need to store and gather water for your livestock still exists and doing it yourself is …
DIY Gravity Chicken Feed Dispenser Livestock of any size is a lot of work, including chickens. If you could reduce the daily chores involved, why wouldn’t you? This gravity feeder could substantially reduce your workload especially if paired with the DIY Automatic Chicken Watering System. During any crisis or storm the last thing you want …
How and Where to Drill Your Well Video If you don’t live near a moving body of fresh water or if getting to that fresh water could be an issue at your bug out location. You will want to drill/dig a well. This process could actually be life saving someday and if the water is …
Recycle Swingset to Chicken Coop! Once again I am amazed by the ingenuity of the homesteader. If you have children, in all likelihood you either have or have had one of the triangle style swing sets in your back yard at some time or another. Now days they are much more complicated then the back …
Rancher Turns the Tables on Government Surveyors We have all at one time or another experienced government bureaucracy, fees, permits, and red tape. This is especially true if you are dealing with wildlife of any kind. One Oregon rancher received a request from the department of fish and wildlife to survey his property in regards …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Rainwater Harvesting Harvesting rainwater has become more and more important as we are seeing more contamination of our traditional supply. Which could add to the overload we are already seeing in areas where water is rationed during the summer months. If you chose to go off grid or are …
