Planning To Retire Off-grid? Here’s Where To Relocate
One of the big challenges for retiring today is being able to afford retirement. Many of us are in the difficult position of not having...
Category: Homesteading
How To Build A Rocket Mass Heater
Rocket Mass Heaters, also known by the acronym RMH, are the latest rage when it comes to extremely efficient and sustainable heating methods using low...
DIY Winter Water Heaters For Chicken Coop
If you’re a chicken farmer, you may already know that chickens actually thrive in colder temperatures, as they’re designed with a unique ability. They are...
25 DIY Root Cellar Plans & Ideas to Keep Your Harvest Fresh Without Refrigerators
Morningchores.com Have you ever stopped to think what people did long before refrigeration? I’ve already touched the subject on how to live without refrigeration, but...
How To Keep Your Winter Stockpile Safe
Building your stockpiles is only part of the equation for survival. Once you have items stored up, you also must protect them all year long.
25 Forgotten Homesteading Skills The Pioneers Mastered
Pioneer life has a special meaning in America. In less than 300 years, civilization spread across a vast continental wilderness.
How To Field Dress and Process Deer Meat For Storage
Love the taste of venison? I sure do. There’s almost nothing that compares to freshly prepared deer meat after a long hunt. But in order...
Make Soda Yourself With Yeast, Sugar & Bottles
Make soda yourself. Did you know that you can do it yourself? People have all sorts of skills and abilities for the sake of...
What to Do With an Onion (or Garlic Clove) That Has Sprouted
Has an Onion or Garlic Clove Sprouted in Your Refrigerator or Pantry? You’ve probably come across this situation plenty of times— you bring home a...
Back To Basics: How To Make Sugar At Home
One of the best bartering products when SHTF is undoubtedly going to be sugar. It will also be a great product to have in order...
7 Encouraging Tips To Get the Overwhelmed Homesteader Back on Track
Do you run a small or large homestead? Are you striving to be self-sufficient? Are you also struggling to keep your head above water...
Lost Arts: Bringing a Chicken from Pasture to Plate
There are many skills that have been lost over time. Things your great grandparents did in their daily lives that are now left to...
Store Veggies For Long Term Step-By-Step
You cannot imagine how comforting it is to have fresh produce in hard times. But sometimes your garden just isn’t ready when you need it, or your...
Five Ways To Preserve Meat In the Wild
Unfortunately, many people are unaware of how to preserve meat without a refrigerator and have completely forgotten how our grandfathers preserved their proteins. If you are stranded in the...
How to Grow Truffles in 7 Easy Steps and Make a Big Profit
Have you ever heard of a truffle? They are very popular in European countries but are considered a delicacy among those that are very...
How To Make Smoked, Salt Cured Fatback
Mine was truly a lovely childhood. I grew up on salt pork that was stored hanged in our root cellar. Almost anything in our pantry...