Cheesemaking recipes can be hard to find these days, but they're becoming more common as this old-time skill becomes a popular hobby in the kitchen. Cheesemaking doesn't have to be difficult, and I've included delicious

In order to survive their arduous journey and rugged way of life, pioneers needed a set of self-reliant skills if they wanted to survive.

We don’t typically list fire as one of the “top three survival priorities,” but I can’t think of too many

Turn your grass clippings into a valuable resource. Find out how to use grass clippings effectively on your homestead and reduce waste.

Cheesemaking recipes can be hard to find these days, but they're becoming more common as this old-time skill becomes a popular hobby in the kitchen. Cheesemaking doesn't have to be difficult, and I've included delicious

When the big one hits, you'll want to be as far away as possible. Here are 10 places to consider.

Homemade Gouda Cheese from Scratch Homemade Recipe is all kinds of delicious and can be made in your own kitchen. Cheese is one of the most popular of all food items that are made from dairy milk. Cheeses come in hundreds if not thousands of different varieties. Each one has…

Don't throw away your sawdust! We found a few dozen uses in and around the homestead you'll be glad you learned.

There's nothing like a fire in a wood burning fireplace. Use these 12 unique ways to repurpose wood ash around the home and garden!

Have you seen those memes with the cattail flowers depicted as hotdogs and wondered, are cattails edible? If you have, you may be surprised to know that your cattails are, in fact edible. In fact,

It is very difficult to make activated charcoal, but if you're patient and respect the process, it can be done.

What if someday there's no electricity at all & you can't store your food in a fridge? Here are 12 off-grid refrigerator alternatives to an electric fridge.

When we found our off-grid compound, I assumed that I'd have to give up just about every power-consuming modern luxury. We went through our kitchen cabinets and tested each appliance with a kill-a-watt electricity usage

I have been reading about making a raised bed for gardening, by using some small wood and/or vines that you may have around your property. Some of them...

There are a surprising amount of uses and recipes for cherry stems and pits alike. Learn about some of them here. #cherries #cherrypits

There is an abundance of survival uses for pine sap including bandaging a wound, waterproofing clothes, and starting a fire.

First, of course, what in the world am I talking about? Hugelkultur (from the German, hill culture) is a method of building a garden bed. It hails from the permaculture world and means building a bed either by piling up wood and branches on the surface of …

A while back I took a winter foraging course at our local herbal school, and I was truly amazed at how many ways you can eat a pine tree. Most conifers are not only edible,

Willow bark has been used for centuries as a natural pain reliever. It contains salicin, which was later synthesized and is the active ingredient in aspirin. It's reputed to relieve pain without the stomach upset

This is a wonderful tutorial of How To Make Fresh Different Homemade Pasta Flavors and well as a basic pasta recipe.

Society has become completely reliant on electricity. To survive a blackout, you must think back to what our forefathers did.

Save money in your garden and keep your plants healthy by dividing them regularly.

If you just want some ordinary old-fashioned bar soap, you can make some right now with just three ingredients. Here's how to do it.

Before running to the pharmacy, I always check out the medicinal trees around me. A lot of them can treat common ailments. Here's how...

Layering flower bulbs for a succession of color. By digging one deep holle and planting bulbs that bloom at different times in layers you can have something blooming in the same spot for weeks. This is a really nice way to plant bulbs if you have limited space for flowers. …

We've all seen them. Those huge listicles with ideas for making money on your homestead. A laundry list of things that could potentially bring in income, but mostly just a few dollars here or there.

Wood ash from your fireplace, woodstove, or outdoor boiler may seem like a waste product, but there are a surprising number of uses for wood ash. Historically, wood ash was an asset, and there are

How did primitive potters harvest clay? People have been making pottery for millennia, and convenient hobby shops have only been a thing for a few decades at best. Before that, people harvested their own clay

We’ve spent hours researching the ins and outs of building a root cellar, looking for the best designs and plans, and we package it all in this article for you.

My snake plant was getting overcrowded. I had to repot this spring and decided to pluck off a few leaves to practice making cordage. I’ve never done this before, but remember seeing Bushmen hunters do...

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Talk about doing some fine work. Here’s a photo of some needles supposedly carved from Hawthorn. Haven’t tried this myself, but it would be a tedious challenge for sure…

A survival seed bank is a collection of seeds that you can use to grow a large and diverse garden in a survival scenario.

We were so excited to finally have enough dandelions blooming so we could harvest some to make a batch of these delicious dandelion muffins! The first dandelions of the season started blooming a few weeks

If you could only grow one food as part of your emergency preps, which one would it be? If you ask me, it would most assuredly be this.

This video is about some life hack inserts that were printed over 100 years ago. Most people have forgotten these life hacks.

If your garden doesn't seem the same lately, your soil might be suffering. Here's how to give it a kick-start.

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Easy recipe for rich and buttery Estonian kringle, a mouth-watering cinnamon wreath. Soft interior, crusty top, perfect for breakfast or holidays.

Many tree species are full of sap ready to be tapped for syrup. In fact, you may have one in your own backyard, including maple and birch.