Permaculture Zone Planning for When Winter is Coming
Something that can be of value to any prepper at any stage of development, even urban preppers in tight dwellings, is planning. Permaculture’s sectors and zone maps are...
Category: Self Sufficient
9 Tips To Smoking Meat Everybody Should Know
Oh the delicious flavor of smoked ribs, brisket, or even fish and seafood… It’s a distinctive flavor, but varies significantly based on your methods. It...
What You Don’t Know About Raising Pigs For Survival
Have you noticed the price of bacon lately? How about pork chops? Pork prices are soaring. Besides costing an arm and a leg, grocery store...
Dew Collecting Greenhouse to Fight Water and Food Scarcity
In many parts of the world, droughts and an increasingly dry, arid climate have lead to water scarcity and in tandem, food scarcity too. A...
Back To Basics: Making And Canning Homemade Butter
Butter: you use it to make baked potatoes delicious. You smear it on your biscuits and you make finger-licking sauces with it. But what on...
How I Feed My Family of 5 for Practically Free Every Month
Have you ever thought, “Man, I wish I didn’t have a grocery bill every month?” I felt the same way a couple of years ago....
10 Benefits of Hydroponic Gardening You Never Knew About
Hydroponic gardening is becoming all the rage. Indeed, there are restaurants like New York City’s Bell, Book, and Candle that grow their food from hydroponic...
14 Cheap Ways To Feed Your Chickens
Owning chickens can be an expensive venture if you rely solely on purchased feed. Obtaining the feed will also be a problem if the transportation...
Stacking Functions: Increasing Efficiency with Multi-Function Spaces
Stacking functions is a quick term for the concept of planning things (elements) and areas (space) to perform the most services for us with the...
The Easy Way To Preserve Meat & Canning Meat Off Grid
Though there are many different methods of preparing meat for long-term storage, without a doubt, canning it is the easiest way to store large quantities...
How To Generate Energy In The Desert
When people think of deserts, they picture extremely dry terrains with intolerable heat in the day that is quickly changed to extremely cold temperatures at...
How To Make Hens Lay More Eggs In The Summer
Unless you live in the far Northern United States (and sometimes even then), summer can be absolutely sweltering. When temperatures soar to the high eighties...