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Canning Carrots
We love carrots, but we hate the canned ones you buy at the store because they are always mushy and flavorless. So we decided to start canning our own. Canning carrots is SUPER easy!! We picked up 5...
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Consider Raising Meat Chickens
I would like to take a stab at convincing anyone who can, to raise meat chickens. Not so much for the sake of prepping, but for the sake of self-reliance, although, you can never go wrong learning to...
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How to Make Your Own Sugar
Sugar Without Bees or TreesIt started like this. In my quest for self-sufficiency, I wanted to have the ability to produce my own sugar if need be. I planned on adding bees to the farmstead this last...
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Tips for Keeping Your Chickens Alive in the Winter
Do you ever wonder if your chickens are cold in the middle of the winter?I know I do! Here are some tips for keeping chickens in the winter that will help you and your chickens enjoy, or at least...
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Book Review: The Backyard Homestead
Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre! The Backyard Homestead was published in 2009 - I am reviewing it here because I think it is one of the best self-reliance books out there, and is...
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How to Make Your Own Pectin
Jams and jellies were and still are an excellent way to preserve fruit, and make a delicious treat that can be added to all forms of bread, hot cereal, and even cooked rice. Pectin is one of the...
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Keeping a Healthy Flock – Foot Care
Keeping it Practical I keep chickens in the tradition of "self-reliance" meaning they are mostly for food and are not pets. I provide great care for them, and I enjoy having them, but I do try to...
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Easy Apple Pie – Fresh and from Food Storage
From scratch of course! Apple pie is widely known as the all-American dessert and for good reason. It tastes great, it's frugal, and it's easy to prepare from food storage. Apple pie is easy to...
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Five Great Soaps to Prep!
If you could only prep one kind of soap, what would it be? There are always hundreds of answers to that question because there really isn't a single 'best' soap to store; almost any soap is good to...
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Pet Food – What to Store and How
The best way to protect your household from the effects of a disaster is to be prepared. If you own pets you are responsible to prepare for them as well. Many disasters could cut off your access to...
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Fear-Free Garden Seeds
With all the information and opinions out there, buying seed for your garden can be a confusing. Some of the information is downright scary. For beginning homesteaders and preppers the question...
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Cooking on a Wood Stove
Wood stove cooking is a great self-reliant skill to learn so if the power ever goes out you can seamlessly transition to it. Wood stove cooking saves money on power, and makes some of the most...
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An Unsuspecting Danger Along the Trail
Guest Article Submitted By: Blake MillerPoison Hemlock is a deadly plant that grows around water sources. It’s a killer.Poison Hemlock is a plant that I have never paid much attention to. It didn’t...
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Butchering Chickens
thisblessedlife-aubrey.blogspot.comIf you raise your own meat chickens then chances are you already know how to butcher them for your family. For those who have never done it, but are considering...
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Sourcing Seeds, Saving Seeds And Walking The High Wire
It’s All A Matter Of BalanceI’m a pragmatist, more than a purist when it comes to my garden. Each year I’m looking for the best harvest possible so that we can preserve as much of it as we can for the...
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The Process of Peas
Lincoln Shell PeasPeas are a great crop to add to any garden and a 'must have' in your survival seed kit. Peas are among the first things that can be planted in the spring and even in a cooler climate...
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How To Make Your Own Bar Soap
All Photos by Stephanie Dayle 2013Soap making is a great "self-reliance" skill that enables a person provide something for themselves that they would otherwise have to depend on a store to get....
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Repelling Ticks & Fleas Before They Infest Your Yard
Photo Credit: themodernpet.comIt is that time of year again!! Fleas and ticks are starting to be reborn just to terrorize us and our beloved animals. They can be very dangerous giving your animal...
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Install a Drip System for Your Garden
Written and lived by Stephanie Dayle A low pressure drip system is a homesteader’s and prepper’s dream irrigation system. There are so many advantages to them, but the one that preppers usually...
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Fall and Winter Gardening, food & medicine!
Host: Sam Coffman Depending on where you live in the USA, the time is upon us (and even a little past) for planting fall gardens. Sam Coffman talks through a myriad of subjects regarding growing our...
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