How to Build a 50 Dollar Greenhouse
How to Build a 50 Dollar Greenhouse See how to build this fantastic greenhouse for around 50 bucks or less if you can use your head! I live in Nebraska, so that means the last frost and cold evening...
View ArticleGrowing Rice 101 – Free PDF
Growing Rice 101 – Free PDF Knowing how to grow rice could mean the difference of surviving or dying … Rice is full of carbohydrates and Rice cultivation is well-suited to countries and regions with...
View Article6 Ways to Stack Your Firewood
6 Ways to Stack Your Firewood Having wood stockpiled is a must. It will heat your house if the power goes out. Cook your food, and bring you some relief if SHTF. Now, stacking the wood…. Thats a whole...
View Article33 Easy-to-Grow Plants for the Homestead Prepper
In any SHTF event two of the most important things to source are food and medicine. You can be prepared with stored goods and a bug out bag but ultimately you will need to replace your supplies. There...
View ArticleHow to Start a Permaculture Garden
One of the key elements of survival is being able to gather or produce food. In any SHTF situation food needs to be produced without the inputs like electricity, fertilizer, and pesticides that modern...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Build Your Raised Beds
It’s Time To Build Your Raised Beds! It’s nearly that time of year when you have to start building your raised beds and planning your garden. This is my favorite time of the year! Spring and gardening...
View ArticleDIY Bottom Heat for Seed Starting (or pet bed)
DIY Bottom Heat for Seed Starting Retail bottom heat is expensive – I saw one “kit” at a local garden center that was big enough for 2 flats and was $79 – wow! You can buy a lot of tomato plants for...
View ArticleSurvival Lessons from the Native Americans
Survival Lessons from the Native Americans Survival is a complex way of living nowadays and it’s mostly based on stockpiling resources and buying survival gear. The abundance of TV shows, magazines,...
View ArticleComfrey The Knit Bone Herb
Comfrey The Knit Bone Herb If you have no access to a doctor or in a SHTF situation, Comfrey has been known to heal bones and double cell regeneration. I have been asked a few times over the past year...
View ArticleGrow Your Own: Winter Lettuce and Microgreens
Grow Your Own: Winter Lettuce and Microgreens Winter is a tough time to grow food, we all know that. This article shows us how to grow winter lettuce and micro greens inside over the winter months. If...
View ArticleMost Common Seedlings Problems and How To Fix Them
Most Common Seedlings Problems and How To Fix Them To become self-sufficient, gardening becomes a necessary task. Seed starting is one of the most exciting activities of every gardener. However, it can...
View Article25 Reasons To Go and Pick Dandelions Right Now
25 Reasons To Go & Pick Dandelions Right Now Dandelion, officially classed as a weed, is also a fantastically useful herbal remedy that contains a wide number of pharmacologically active compounds....
View ArticleGrowing Potatoes in Straw for Easy Gardening
Growing Potatoes in Straw for Easy Gardening The first time I heard about growing potatoes in straw, I taught it was a joke. After researching the subject for quite a while, I discovered this is an...
View ArticleStoring Vegetables Without A Root Cellar
Storing Vegetables Without A Root Cellar Most people think that if you don’t have a root cellar, you can’t store vegetables long term. That simply isn’t true! Each vegetable can be stored for longer...
View ArticleHow To Make A Rash Treatment Salve
How To Make A Rash Treatment Salve If SHTF or you are trying to be more natural and you suffer with skin ailments this is a great treatment for you. When making salve, it’s always best to first...
View ArticleHeritage vs. Hybrid Chicken Breeds: Which Is Sustainable?
Heritage vs. Hybrid Chicken Breeds: Which Is Sustainable? Before you even decide to get a chicken coop and buy chicken supplies, it is important to have a reason to raise chickens. Do you want them as...
View ArticleFebruary Seed Starting Schedule
February Seed Starting Schedule February is the month when indoor seed starting begins for most gardeners. Even those of you that live in some of the coldest parts of the country will be able to start...
View ArticleUsing Leftover Fruit Peels in the Kitchen
Using Leftover Fruit Peels in The Kitchen Being frugal is the essence of emergency preparedness. No matter how you look at it, emergency preparedness is about reusing what you have. It doesn’t matter...
View Article7 Steps for Growing Your Best Crop of Onions
7 Steps for Growing Your Best Crop of Onions Onions are on of the crops every self sufficient Gardener should be growing each year. Even if you only have a small garden it is possible to grow and...
View Article70+ Preparedness Gardening Projects
70+ Preparedness Gardening Projects Gardening has and always will be an important preparedness tool in aiding us towards self sufficiency and survival. With out it we wouldn’t last log in a SHTF...
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