Category: Homesteading

How Preppers Should Be Buying In Bulk – Clubs and Co-ops

Some posts may contain affiliate links. How Preppers Should Be Buying In Bulk – Clubs and Co-ops   Country folks have been doing this forever! I recall going with my mother as she did her pick ups and deliveries for the local co-op she and several other “moms” had set up.  A newer trend now …

Continue reading

DIY Well Installation

DIY Well Installation Water is the liquid of life. Without if we die, and not just any water, it must be clean and hazard free to prevent infecting ourselves with other water borne illnesses. Only shelter  inclement  weather is a higher survival priority. We also need water for washing, bathing and cooking. An onsite well is …

Continue reading

DIY Modern Yurt

Some posts may include affiliate links. DIY Modern Yurt The traditional yurt was a portable, round tent covered with skins or felt and used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes of Central Asia. But those were your great great great grandfather’s yurts! Today’s yurt can be as modern or as primitive …

Continue reading

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GARDENING ON A BUDGET

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GARDENING ON A BUDGET

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GARDENING ON A BUDGET Gardening, hobby of the elderly and the pride of garden club members. Not only is gardening relaxing to some people, it is hard work and can be an expensive proposition. Especially for beginners and particularly for those for whom it’s not a hobby but a source of food …

Continue reading

24 Lost Gardening Tips from 100 Years Ago

24 Lost Gardening Tips from 100 Years Ago

24 Lost Gardening Tips from 100 Years Ago A hundred years ago, the majority of the population had a garden. The bulk of fruits and vegetables were grown at home. They didn’t have the ease of many of the tools and shortcuts we have today, yet for the most part grew more. How? See 24 …

Continue reading

Top-Level Predator the Hammer Head Worm Found in Springfield

Top-Level Predator the Hammer Head Worm Found in Springfield

Top-Level Predator the Hammer Head Worm Found in Springfield Usually when we say something is a predator we are referring to a creature that attacks larger targets like animals or humans. In this case the hammer head worm attacks earthworms and other organisms that live in the dirt. Those earthworms and organisms create the nutrients that …

Continue reading

Unsolicited Seeds Mailed Allegedly From China To Various States May Be Harmful

Unsolicited Seeds Mailed Allegedly From China To Various States May Be Harmful

Unsolicited Seeds Mailed Allegedly From China To Various States May Be Harmful Usually I just bring you the story… this time I guess I am part of it. I did receive a package from China that said it was jewelry. I wondered about it at the time as I had not ordered any jewelry. Although …

Continue reading

How To Save Your Garden From Japanese Beetles

How To Save Your Garden From Japanese Beetles

How To Save Your Garden From Japanese Beetles You’ve done all the work to set up your garden. You tilled, sowed, watered, fertilized, and weeded and now your garden is quickly dying. Why? Upon closer examination you find that your beautiful garden is being destroyed by Japanese Beetles. Can the garden be saved? If found …

Continue reading

DIY Your Own Rain Barrel System

DIY Your Own Rain Barrel System

DIY Your Own Rain Barrel System Whether you’re simply frugal or storing water for emergency use a rain barrel is a must have. However, have you checked the prices on those things of late? Yikes! But water is in fact more valuable than gold so having one is a really important prep. Making your own …

Continue reading

40+ Edible Flowers and How to Use Them

40+ Edible Flowers and How to Use Them

Some posts may include affiliate links. 40+ Edible Flowers and How to Use Them Food security is always a concern, or it should be even in times of prosperity. Knowing what around you that is edible is always important as tomorrow can never be for told. What today is a novel edible garnish could be …

Continue reading