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Winter is coming on fast. There is a chill in the evening air holding over into the morning. We are beginning the process of tearing out the last of the summer crops and prepping the high tunnel for our fall ...

A major concern in an emergency or survival situation is the tending of injuries and illnesses, but it is often difficult to lay in supplies for these potential needs. Many of the “conventional” supplies for health care are controlled by ...

As I write this here in Missouri, rabbit season opens in just four short days. Time to break out the shotguns and give them a good preseason cleaning and checkup. The kids and I will be attending to this business ...

The benefits of good fences, good dogs and good cats can’t be overstated in defending the homestead, but there are times when a firearm is the appropriate response. However, the choice of weapons for a given situation should be carefully ...

As we discussed in the last article, foraging is a useful skill and a fulfilling hobby. Foraging is a wonderful excuse to spend time with the kids or to take a quiet walk in the woods. At the same time, ...

In homesteading, you are forced to relearn many vanishing arts and sciences. From heritage pigs to heirloom vegetables, and from home remedies to natural pesticides, things that were common knowledge to our grandparents have become arcane and vanishing skill sets ...

There has been a lot of space devoted in the homesteading literature to the things that you can produce from the land. That’s okay, because the back bone of any homestead is the food that you can produce with your ...

One of the cornerstones of any self-sufficient homestead is the ability to produce dairy products. Dairy products are a valuable source of essential fats, carbs, proteins, vitamins and minerals – including riboflavin, vitamin B12, magnesium and potassium. Unlike fortified and ...

A lot of virtual ink has been spilled on the subject of survival gardening. Surprisingly, though, little has been used to address the concept of edible landscaping. What is edible landscaping? Edible landscaping is, in simplest terms, the practice of ...

As homesteaders and peppers, we tend to think that we wrote the book on preparedness and self-sufficiency. The simple truth of the matter is that the real book on preparedness was written by the humblest of God’s creatures, the insect. ...