How to Butcher a Pig at Home
Butchering a pig at home is one of the more advanced skills a homesteader can learn. It connects raising livestock directly to the…
Homesteading
Building a self-sufficient lifestyle through growing food, managing land, and producing essential resources at home.
How to Wash Fresh Eggs the Right Way
Collecting eggs from your own chickens is one of those homesteading jobs that seems almost too simple to need instructions. You gather the…
How to Prepare for Solar Flares and Solar Storms (EMP Protection)
Most people hear the term EMP and immediately think about a nuclear weapon. But nature is capable of creating electromagnetic disturbances of its…
Build a Portable Solar Power System
A Beginner’s Guide A portable solar power system can look intimidating the first time you see one. There may be a solar panel,…
How to Use a Greenhouse to Help Heat Your House
A greenhouse is usually built for growing food, starting seedlings, and extending the growing season. But an attached greenhouse can potentially serve another…
How to Turn One Acre Into a Resilient Food-Producing Homestead
One acre is enough land to make a meaningful difference in a household’s food security, but only if the property is treated as…
Power Outages and Home Medical Equipment
Planning for Extended Disruptions A power outage is inconvenient for most households. For someone who depends on electrically powered medical equipment, however, the…
How to Build a 12-Volt, 2000-Watt DIY Solar Power System
A small off-grid solar system can provide useful electricity when grid power is unavailable, at a remote cabin or workshop, in an RV,…
Regenerative Soil Practices
Healthy soil is the foundation of a productive garden. It does much more than hold plants in place. Beneath the surface is a…
9 Essential Foods to Produce for an Off-Grid Food System
Going off-grid with food is much harder than simply planting a large garden. A garden can provide plenty of fresh vegetables during summer,…
How to Build a Simple Solar Oven at Home
A solar oven is one of the simplest ways to cook food without electricity, propane, natural gas, or firewood. Instead of producing heat…
DIY Charcoal
How to Make Charcoal Using the Mound Method Charcoal is made by heating wood while limiting how much oxygen can reach it. If…
Raising Chickens for Eggs
Which Chickens Are Right for Your Homestead? Raising chickens is one of the more practical ways to begin producing food at home. A…
Emergency Energy Plan
Most power outages are easy to dismiss because they don’t last very long. The lights go out, a few flashlights come out of…
DIY Bucket Washer
A power outage, broken washing machine, remote cabin, campsite, or off-grid property can turn an ordinary load of laundry into a real problem….