All posts tagged "Homesteading"
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842Bug Out LocationUse These Excellent Tips To Secure Your Bug Out Retreat
The idea behind having a bug out retreat is grounded in basic safety. It makes sense to get away to somewhere where...
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556HomesteadingHow To Build Your Own Inexpensive Homestead
In the olden days people of the community gathered together to help raise the homestead. And the people built most everything from...
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591HomesteadingHow to Make and Fill Your Own Mega Power Bank
We use electricity to power our world and all our fun devices. And a little disruption to the power grid makes it...
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1.2KFood Preparation & StorageHow To Build And Use A Root Cellar
The old root cellar is a fantastic way to store food in a controlled environment. Freedom Prepper has covered this before: Building...
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2.0KDIY ProjectsBecome A Backyard Blacksmith With A DIY Recycled Beer Keg Furnace
Blacksmithing is a disappearing art. But it doesn’t have to disappear altogether. There are numerous reasons one might want forging skills. This...
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751DIY ProjectsBenefits of Creating a Worm Farm
Do you like rich compost for your garden? Do you like fishing? Like creeping out your daughter? If you answered “yes” to...
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9721Food Preparation & StorageFollow These 10 Steps to Build a Great Root Cellar
A root cellar is a marvel of simplicity and a staple of many a farmhouse. They have been in use for ages...
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7111Off Grid LivingShould We Model more of Our Cities Off this Dutch Town?
Once upon a time I visited the Georgia Capitol. There, in an elevator, I cornered a residential construction industry lobbyist. I told...
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8661Food ProductionIf Raising Cattle is Part of Your Preparedness Plan, Here are 10 Tips to Get You Started
Cicero once related Cato’s thoughts on raising cattle; the Senator held it the noblest of professions.* (Cicero, De Officiis). The intervening centuries...
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1.6K4Grid DownSave Those Old Snow Shovels and Turn Them into a Wind Turbine
One learns something new every day. Living in the blast furnace South I have little experience with snow shovels. Actually we have...
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1.1KFood Production10 Vegetables You Can Plant in August and Still Harvest Before Winter
Fall and cooler temperatures are right around the corner. Football, hunting season, and the holidays are a welcomed change every year. However,...
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1.3K1Water Collection, Filtration & Storage12 Tips for Collecting Your Own Rain Water
Water covers 71 percent of the Earth. The human body is about two-thirds water. Water is critical for life. Without water death...
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3.3K1Food ProductionPrevent Predators from Getting to Your Chickens by Adding these Features to Your Chicken Run
Chickens are by far the most popular livestock to add to homesteads. They are fairly easy to care for and provide eggs...
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2.8KFood Production10 Vegetables from Your Garden You Should be Saving the Seeds From
One of the best ways to start your garden off right is to start with the best seeds. The best way to...
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5.6K1Food Production10 Self-Sufficiency Homesteading Skills from Our Crazy Redneck Neighbor
Being from Kentucky, I’ve had my fair share of crazy neighbors, and several more crazy family members, but boy can they be...
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55.2KHomesteadingThis is the Only Blueprint You Need for a Successful 1 Acre Homestead
Homesteading is a way of life, it’s a lifestyle change that once you make the commitment and dive into you never want...
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7.2KHomesteading7 Things You Must have to Work on the Homestead
If your ultimate goal as a prepper is to run your own homestead then there are several things you need to know...