Homesteading is thought to be one one of the best ways to prepare for any long-term disaster. Although bugging out is possible, having your own piece of land in a (semi) secluded place is ideal.
Read the articles below to learn how to homestead on a small piece of land because it takes time to become good at them. The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll be prepared.
Some of the things you’ll learn include:
It is the stated goal of many preppers to get clear of the big cities, to move out of their over-commercialized towns and to get off the “beaten trail”. Each and every one a euphemism for getting away from society and living life on their own terms in a 100% independent and self-reliant way. Not […]
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Obtaining a self-sufficient homestead is something of a crown jewel for preppers. Off-grid, your own land, your own resources. No neighbors, no dependency and definitely no one else telling you what to do, when you can do it and where to shop. For the ultimate and sustainable lifestyle and peace of mind having a homestead
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Rendering tallow and preserving it will allow you to create a valuable multi-purpose prep that can last for many months (even over a year) on the shelf. Both tallow and lard were once popular kitchen staples, but after they got a bad rap from the health food industry, it is nearly impossible to find either
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Preserving your potato harvest, or store-bought potatoes on a year-round basis to ensure you have amassed the stockpile you need for SHTF requires a decent amount of space, but is an otherwise simple survival endeavor. Folks working within some rather intense space constraints, such as apartments, can still put up hundreds of pounds of potatoes
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Choosing a survival retreat or prepper house is a major decision. It may mean relocating, making a loan commitment, and even altering your career choice. But taking this self-reliance leap can pay off with huge dividends… like saving your life. One of the first things a person ponders when becoming a prepper is whether they
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If you are not absolutely new to prepping, you have heard it stated many times that a SHTF event could suddenly jettison us back to an 1800s era existence. It will not take a cyber attack on the power grid or an EMP attack to cause modern society to step back in history a few
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Growing up country, burn barrels area part of our way of life. Not all preppers spent their childhoods running up and down dirt roads in their bare feet and playing in the woods. But many preppers and self-reliant folks need to figure out ways to safely dispose of trash, and a burn barrel is a
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Long-term and sustainable milk options are far more than many preppers realize. Keeping livestock or spending a lot of money (and using a ton of space) to stockpile commercially manufactured powdered milk are only two of many ways to ensure there will be milk to drink, cook, and bake with during a SHTF event. Milk
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It’s clear that trouble is rapidly rising in the world and throughout the West in particular. The prospect of economic catastrophe or some other SHTF event seems all but certain. Even if you don’t think our society can or will fundamentally change as we know it, there are still several significant advantages to being more
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The time of year for gift giving is fast approaching. If you’re on the ball, you’ve already started making the list of people you need to get Christmas gifts for this year. And if you’re anything like me, your list keeps growing. If you live off grid or have your own homestead or if your
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