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Water is the key to survival. At least 60 percent of the adult human body is made of water, and we can live no more than three days without it. Since most modern water pumps use electricity to obtain well ...

Failure is easy.  So easy, in fact, that most people who achieve it do so without ever meaning to.  But in case you need any ideas to help ensure your homesteading efforts crash and burn, here are a few tips ...

  When maple leaves are glowing red and gold, Canada geese are honking overhead, and patches of white frost accent the path to the barn, it is time for homesteaders to turn their attention to seasonal matters. The rhythms of ...

The wise homesteader knows that everything – even used garden hoses – can be re-used and re-purposed. More than likely, you will discover that your old hose is more useful than you originally thought. Here are five uses: 1. Protect ...

It is said that cats were domesticated around the time humans learned to farm and store a surplus of grain. The grain attracted rodents, which attracted cats, and it didn’t take long for humans and cats to figure out that ...

No season is as challenging for homesteaders as is winter. That’s because no season is as deadly – for livestock and humans. But if you’re prepared and stocked up on supplies, you can survive and thrive the frigid cold this ...

Homesteaders are notorious for finding ways to repurpose items. Nothing gets thrown away without it being thoroughly evaluated for other uses. Consider, for example, milk jugs. There are plenty of ways you can use those milk jugs that don’t include ...

If you’re a homesteader, optimizing is important. You must stretch the growing season out as far as you can. You need to maximize the space to store your tools, hay and livestock feed. You must make the crops you just ...

One of the ultimate lessons I have picked up in life is that some of the things that I find annoying are in actuality extremely useful. Take, for example, the neighborhood fruit and nut trees, which make a mess on ...

  I happen to be fortunate that I live in a somewhat undeveloped bedroom community. I call it somewhat undeveloped because we don’t have all the things that you would normally expect a community to have. I have to drive ...