Tag: Homesteading

DIY Dry Curing Meat

DIY Dry Curing Meat

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Dry Curing Meat SHTF preppers, homesteaders, and poverty preppers are always looking for new or in this case, old ways to preserve foods especially meat. Everyone need protein intake to survive. The primary form of protein in the majority of people’s diets is meat. Today’s featured article tells …

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Install A Bakers Salute Oven

Install A Bakers Salute Oven

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Install A Bakers Salute Oven I came across this picture of the Baker’s Salute Oven awhile back and shared it with all of you. There was a ton of interest so I kept my eyes and ears open for additional information and here is what I found. The oven …

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Forgotten Plants our Ancestors Used to Eat

Forgotten Plants our Ancestors Used to Eat

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Forgotten Plants our Ancestors Used to Eat Out of the thousands of edible plants on the earth, humans at this time choose only to consume and cultivate 500 or them! The featured article talks only about 5 of those most common and now forgotten plants that humans have for the …

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Household Tips From the Civil War Era

Household Tips From the Civil War Era

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Household Tips From the Civil War Era After even a minor short term SHTF event, we could find ourselves at least temporarily unable to use modern day methods of doing simple but important household chores. If the event should be long term we could be using old methods for …

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Raising Baby Chicks on a Budget

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Raising Baby Chicks on a Budget If you have the space and means chickens can be a great starting point for your self reliant food source! It used to be deemed your ‘duty’ to raise your own food, now days it seems as though the government and laws are …

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Dirt Cheap Frugal Gardening

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dirt Cheap Frugal Gardening Gardening is much more than throwing a handful of seeds into the dirt and watering it once and again! Our friends the Organic Prepper have complied an aggregation of ideas on each step of gardening from across the web bringing to us the most creative …

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Interactive Planting Calendar by Month

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Interactive Planting Calendar by Month A great gardening tool. Gardening isn’t just spring planting and fall harvest! It is a year round process. The Urban Farmer provides with calendar that you can click upon the month in question and it will provide you with what you should be preparing …

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Everyday Items That Can Be Used For Survival

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Everyday Items That Can Be Used For Survival The creativity of preppers and homesteaders never ceases to amaze me! The smallest and most common of everyday items can become just what is needed to get through a crisis. From cardboard tubes to earrings see what your everyday items can …

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DIY Seed Bombs

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Seed Bombs Unless you are going to start your seedlings indoors, the odds are against each seed planted becoming a seedling. They are at the mercy of the winds, birds, cats (thinking your garden is a really big litter box) and dry spells. All these seed dangers are illuminated …

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Growing Herbs Year Round

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Growing Herbs Year Round YOU CAN GROW YOUR HERBS YEAR ROUND– If you are planning your Spring Garden, or have already started planting, this would be a great time to grow some Herbs indoors. Growing herbs at home is fun, saves you money, and is also great for your …

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