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03/14/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Prepping 101: Tips for building an emergency food supply

Prepping can be overwhelming, especially if you’re new to this self-sufficient lifestyle. Take things slow and start by building an emergency food supply so you can keep your family well-fed even after SHTF. (h/t to ApartmentPrepper.com.) Survival food basics Before you head to the grocery store, ask yourself this question: Do you want to buy pre-built food […]

03/13/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Here’s an easy way to make charcoal and biochar for your homestead

Preppers are frugal and unless it’s absolutely necessary, they won’t spend money on anything that they can make, grow, find, or trade for. This is why it’s important to know how to make biochar, which can boost soil health in your garden, and charcoal, which is used for cooking fuel. (h/t to HomesteadSurvivalSite.com.) What is biochar? Biochar […]

03/11/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Grow, harvest, and preserve your own onions – here’s how

A prepper pantry isn’t complete without superfoods like onions (Allium cepa). But how do you grow these tear-inducing yet delicious vegetables? (h/t to SelfReliantSchool.com.) Tips for growing onions Before you start planting onion seeds or transplants, find out which onion variety will thrive in your location. There are three onion varieties: short, intermediate, or long day. Every […]

03/09/2019 / By Zoey Sky

The best ideas to turn your homestead into the ultimate edible landscape

Homesteaders prioritize self-reliance and the cultivation of organic produce, but this doesn’t mean you can’t make your home garden look pretty. If you want to beautify your property, start a practice called edible landscaping. (h/t to RockinWHomestead.com) What is edible landscaping? Edible landscaping represents a different take on how to design and interact with yards and urban […]

03/09/2019 / By Rhonda Johansson

5 Important homesteading lessons to learn from American pioneers

The legacy and memory of homesteading live on in us. And while the era that our great-great-grandparents had to live through is long over, there are still some lessons we can learn from that time that we can use in our own homesteading plans today. (h/t to BackdoorSurvival.com) Keep it simple, go back to the […]

03/07/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Knowledge is power: 31 Crucial skills for every homesteader

Homesteading is a lifestyle that promotes self-sufficiency. To become self-sufficient, it is important to learn most of the prepping and survival skills listed below. (h/t to UKSurvivalGuides.com) Animal breeding – Animal breeding is a reliable cash-generating skill. Aquaponics – Aquaponics incorporates gardening with a natural aquatic ecosystem. Baking – If you learn how to bake, […]

03/06/2019 / By Mary Miller

Here’s why you should have edible water gardens in your homestead

If you are a homesteader, you’d want to make the most use of your land in order to maximize your resources. This includes standing sources of water. Small ponds can help supplement your food production when you use them to grow your own edible water garden. Here are a few other advantages you can gain […]

03/05/2019 / By Russel Davis

Here’s how to tap maple trees (and make your own syrup)

Tapping maple trees for their syrup makes for a fun family activity, and is a safe and sustainable way of gaining benefits from nature without hurting the ecosystem. Maple trees start to produce sap at the break of spring between mid-February and mid-March. The sap flows best during this specific period, when daytime temperature reaches above […]

03/04/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Growing vegetables even in the cold: 5 crops that can survive harsh weather

If you have a home garden, you need to prepare ahead of time so you can still harvest crops even during winter. After all, you wouldn’t want to run out of resources just when the weather starts getting frosty again, would you? (h/t to MDCreekmore.com). Factors to consider for cold climate gardening While it’s better to […]

02/27/2019 / By Mary Miller

The common traits of both homesteaders and preppers

Preppers and homesteaders are often seen in a different light. When ordinary people imagine preppers, an image that often comes to mind is that of a doomsday prepper armed to the teeth with ammunition, holed away in an underground bunker, and surrounded by a network of survival caches. By contrast, when people think of homesteaders, they may picture a […]

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