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The Overlooked Way You Can Make THOUSANDS Of Dollars With Goats

Image source: Pixabay.com   Goats are awesome animals. They provide milk and meat for our tables, fertilizer for our soil, and hours of entertainment for us to enjoy. Another benefit they provide,...

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Secret Gardening: How To Hide Your Food In Plain Sight

Image source: Pixabay.com You’ve been gardening for years, and have mastered the art of growing food on your homestead. You do it organically, without using commercial pesticides and fertilizers. You...

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The 4 OTHER Maps Your Survival Cache Needs

Image source: Pixabay.com   Many of us own at least three detailed maps at home: local, state and regional. Whether we keep them as travel references, or store them in survival kits as preps for a...

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8 Ways To Homeschool AND Homestead Without Going Absolutely Bonkers

Image source: Pixabay.com   If you live in a homestead and try to homeschool your kids, then doing so may be one of the most challenging tasks you have to face every day. On top of gardening, food...

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12 Unbelievable Survival Uses For Pantyhose (No. 8 Sounds Crazy — But We...

Image source: Wikipedia Resourcefulness is one trait we in the off-grid community easily develop. We learn to improvise and make do with the barest essentials, refusing to dispose things that can serve...

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9 Things Newbie Homesteaders Just Don’t Think About

Image source: Pixabay.com The “back-to-the-land” movement continues to grow in America, and if you’re one of those who’ve made the big leap from city to country, or are planning to do so soon, here are...

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The 2-Ingredient Off-Grid Waterproofer Anyone Can Make

Image source: Pixabay.com Looking to weatherproof your gear? You’ll need just two simple ingredients: beeswax and some “carrier oil” such as petroleum jelly. When heated, the combined ingredients will...

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How To Fulfill Your Homesteading Dreams By … Renting?

Image source: Wikimedia Have you always dreamed of homesteading or living off the grid, but can’t do so since you don’t own any land? There’s good news: There’s a variety of ways you can start...

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9 Smart Ways To Stay Safe Around Livestock

Image source: Pixabay.com No matter how long you’ve been around farm animals, and even though you consider many of them as pets, there always will be times when they’ll behave unpredictably. A sudden...

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You’re A Prepper. Your Family’s Not. What Should You Do?

Image source: Pixabay.com Perhaps one of the hardest things to do when prepping is convincing family and friends to join you. Ask any long-time prepper, and they’re likely to have had trouble...

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The 12 Best Ways To Keep Your House Cool Without Air Conditioning

Enduring extreme heat during the summer isn’t easy, especially without A.C. But the sooner you learn to adapt to an A.C.-less heat wave, the better off for your household. Not only could you sizably...

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How To Stockpile All The Toilet Paper You’ll Need (And How To Find...

Image source: Pixabay.com When it comes to stockpiling hygiene products, toilet paper is often near the top of the list. While there are simpler and cheaper alternatives we could all learn to use in...

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9 Clever Survival Uses For Kiddie Pools

Image source: Flickr / Creative Commons You probably thought they had no purpose other than giving your kids hours and hours of fun in the yard each summer. But kiddie pools can serve many uses during...

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The Fast-Growing Meat Goat You Won’t Ever Have To Feed

Image source: Turkey Nob Goat Farm We homesteaders usually go for the Boers, Nubians and Spanish breeds when choosing the type of meat goats to raise. These varieties deliver the bulk and poundage we...

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8 Overlooked Ways To Make Thousands Of Extra Dollars Homesteading

Image source: Pixabay.com Any homesteading off-gridder knows that income from selling produce isn’t always sufficient. Costs for the building and repair of farm structures, purchasing additional...

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8 Easy Steps To Growing Grapes Without Pesticides In Your Own Backyard

By following some easy steps to growing grapes, you can create a wonderful addition to your garden. Grapes are hardy plants. They grow in many different parts of the world, even in the hot, humid Asian...

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Secrets To Predator-Proofing Your Chicken Coop

Inspect your chicken coop and run each day, making sure there aren’t any signs of varmints burrowing or tunneling underneath the fence. (Image source: Buildcheapchickencoops) Foxes, coyotes, weasels,...

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