Can you eat moss? Yes, but it isn’t highly recommended and can be dangerous! Humans have used mosses for millennia to determine direction, insulate structures, locate water sources, disinfect foul …
Generators can be complicated to shop for, especially if you’ve never had to figure out the best type of whole house generator for your home. In addition, to get the …
Choosing the best Buck knife for everyday carry, hunting, or survival can get overwhelming fast. Buck knives come in many different models, materials, blade shapes, and additional features… it’s a …
How to prepare for food shortage! Do you have a stockpile of essential foods ready and waiting for your household to use at a moment’s notice? If not, then you’re …
Living off the land – sounds idyllic, doesn’t it?! Spending your days working away on your own piece of paradise, making enough to pay the bills – it is something …
There are many great reasons you might want to have a well-organized homestead pantry! Including grocery shopping less often, saving money by not eating out, preserving produce from your garden, …
Beef jerky is a tremendously tasty and popular treat! The best varieties are nutritious as well. But – since beef jerky is a dehydrated delicacy, it can become dry and stiff …
In this series of articles, I will walk you through the seven layers of the forest garden or backyard food forest, explaining the purpose and function of each one and some of the …
Wondering how to smoke meat in the wild? We’ve built a primitive smoker that is perfect for smoking meat wherever you are; in the wild, in your backyard, or on …
If you could only have one kind of knife for survival, bushcraft, and general purposes, which kind would you choose? Might I suggest considering the Mora knife? We’ll take a …
In our exploration of temperate food forest layers, we’ve been taking a closer look at each of the 7 layers; what we can plant there and how to design each …
Picking the best Swiss army knife for survival, EDC, and camping has become more challenging than ever! Everyday use, survival, hunting, camping, handiwork… All these activities hinge on different sets …
So, you’ve picked out your animals and they are happily on your homestead now, grazing and laying and doing their thing. What happens when the time comes to butcher the …
Grow these usual perennials in your survival garden: they’re the plants that keep on giving! When building a survival garden, trying to organize planting schedules every year for your annual …
It’s all well and good to buy seeds, but what do we do when the shops run out of seeds? Seed saving is the answer here. Not only that, saving …