6 Easy Homemade Breads For A Healthy Life
Bread is a staple in most diets and can be a real lifesaver, literally, when it comes to surviving. Unfortunately modern store-bought bread has...
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Help Your Cow Or Goat Give More Milk !
If you have cows or goats for milk, you’ve most likely ran into times when milk production goes down.
Back To Basics: Making And Canning Homemade Butter
Butter: you use it to make baked potatoes delicious. You smear it on your biscuits and you make finger-licking sauces with it. But what on...
5 Native American Survival Medicines You Can Make At Home
If someone told you that your backyard may contain plants that could boost your immune system, improve your eyesight, relieve your upset stomach and help...
How I Make Quick and Easy Newspaper Bricks For Burning In My Fire
Forget everything you’ve ever read about shredding and soaking newspaper for days to make paper logs. There’s a much faster and easier way to...
Old Skills Revival: DIY Clothes And Shoes
If you walk into the local stores these days, it may be hard to believe that all those racks of clothes could ever be...
Back To Basics: Grinding Grains For Flour At Home
There are many reasons why you may want to grind your own grains at home. Making your own flour is a rewarding experience, and...
Raising Guinea Fowl: All You Need to Know to Do It Right
Have you ever considered raising your own guinea fowl? Maybe you think their ‘chi-chi-chi’ is so annoying you don’t think you could take it.
Water Well – DIY Water Well in a Day
For anyone lucky enough to have a shallow water table without bedrock, a do-it-yourself driven well saves thousands of dollars compared to having a bored...
How To Make Your Own Beef Jerky Step-by Step
This article first appeared on survivalbased.com The act of preserving meat for later use is nothing new even though the methods for doing so have...
How to Build an Bulletproof Earthbag Dome For $400
Earthbag construction can be a wonderful way to build a small (or large) home. The earthbag dome is also incredibly simple to design and build.
33 Must Have Tools For Your Off Grid Homestead
Off griders and homesteaders need tools! Period. Hand tools, power tools, and equipment all make off grid living easier and more productive.
10 Brilliant Ways to Keep Chickens Cool in Summer
Chickens can withstand a lot of weather extremes, but heat is not one of them. Did you know that a sudden increase in temperature is more...
How To Build An Earthship House ( Pros and Cons )
Today, most people in the United States are accustomed to living in homes that have a squarish or rectangular shape. While you may not realize...
6 Easy Campfire Desserts (No Pots or Pans Required)
As someone who loves camping, but has a busy schedule, I can usually only get away for a day or two at a time, and...
10 Dutch Oven Recipes That Survived The Oregon Trail
Though the pioneer women were used to cooking, doing so on an open flame was not something they knew how to do.