Soap nuts are a natural alternative to commericial soaps and have a vast array of cleaning uses. Read more about the different uses, recipes, ways to store and why they would make a great addition to your preparedness closet.
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From Tree To Table: Tips For Fresh Maple Syrup
The freshest, unprocessed, maple syrup comes directly from trees and you can tap into all of that yummy goodness yourself! Not only does maple syrup taste great, but it can be a potent natural medicine with additional health benefits as well!
10 Awesome Tips You Never Knew About Using Wood Stoves That May Change Your Life
Aside from using wood stoves to stay warm and cook food on, here are 10 tips you never knew on how to get the most out of your wood stove.
5 Reasons To Add Ponds To Your Homestead
Ponds. They’re mosquito-ridden little green pools of algae-infested slop water… if managed poorly. But even if they ARE managed poorly, they’re still an asset for the thoughtful prepper.
Alternative Cooking Sources for SHTF Planning
All the stored food in the world will do no good if you have no way to heat your food. Learn more about these alternative cooking sources to use during an emergency.
Turning Kitchen Scraps into Free Eggs
For those of you like me that hate food waste supplementing animal feed in this way might save you a fair bit of cash.
Gardening Tasks for Fall
Here are some great gardening tasks for fall… perhaps they’ll spark some ideas as you strive to make next year the best gardening year yet.
3 Different Ways To Use a Whirley Pop – Prepper Style!
Did you know they whirley pop device has more than one use? Give this old fashioned device and second look and see how many other ways you can use it.
6 Ways to Get Your Chicken Coop Ready For Winter
Chicken coops need a little T.L.C. during the winter months. Here are 6 ways to winterize your coop and keep your chickens warm and cozy.
3 Different Ways To Use a Whirley Pop – Prepper Style!
Did you know they whirley pop device has more than one use? Give this old fashioned device and second look and see how many other ways you can use it.
6 Ways to Get Your Chicken Coop Ready For Winter
Chicken coops need a little T.L.C. during the winter months. Here are 6 ways to winterize your coop and keep your chickens warm and cozy.
Reduce Waste: How To Make The Most Of Your Autumn Leaves
The end of the summer garden is always bittersweet for me. I miss my daily fresh cut lettuce but I also love the falling leaves and bright reds and oranges of autumn. Luckily, those fallen leaves are more than just pleasing to look at. In this helpful guide, we’ll walk you through a few easy ways to use your fallen autumn leaves as a zero waste and cheaper options around your place.
20 Practical Ways to Use Bacon Grease
Do you know these twenty ingenious ways of using bacon grease? You may be surprised.
8 Old-Time Solutions to Modern Domestic Problems
There’s no need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to cleaning. Here are eight fast and thrifty solutions your grandma probably figured out long ago.
Harvesting and Utilizing Wild Grapes
Go hunting for wild grapes. Once you find them, you’ll start seeing the fruit everywhere. And once you’ve had wild grape jam or jelly… you’ll never go back to store-bought grape jelly.
Sustainable Farming: Raising Quail
If you’re trying to get by and want a self-sufficient meat source, but are limited on space or are trying to do it on the sly so your landlord and neighbors won’t find out, quail is an excellent option.
Black Gold: Creating Perfect Compost with Kitchen, Yard and Garden Scraps
Composting is a great way to reduce the amount of food waste and yard debris from going to landfills, it provides a wonderful “free” amendment to poor soils, and can even reduce your water use and save you money.
27 Survival Uses for Common Mullein Besides Cowboy Toilet Paper
As you can see, Common Mullein has many more uses than emergency roadside TP. Take a look…
How to Harvest St. John’s Wort for Medicinal Tinctures
Known for its exhaustive medicinal value, St. John’s Wort is one of the best herbs to add to your herbal medicine cabinet.
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10 Practical Reasons You Need Tarps in Your Emergency Preparedness Gear
Tarps serve multiple purposes in an emergency situation and are great for long-term uses. Here are 10 practical uses for tarps in an emergency situation.
Seed to Plate: How To Grow Bread-Worthy Spring Wheat From Seed
Wheat is one of those staples that’s been getting a bad rap lately. With the current diet trends leaning toward eating carbohydrates, wheat and bread aren’t on the radar of many gardeners. But there are some benefits to growing it, especially if you select the “hard red spring wheat.”
9 Mindful Ways to Start Breaking Up With Plastic – For Good!
Each generation faces new challenges from a system designed to follow profit-potential rather than the welfare of the people confined within it. Plastics are slowly killing us. Here are 9 mindful ways to start phasing it out of your life.
DIY: Solar Powered Food Dehydrator
Solar power is a huge untapped energy source that can be used to dry foods, heat water, dry laundry and create electricity.
DIY: Soy Citronella Candles
Citronella candles are a natural alternative to repelling those annoying insects and provide a pleasant scent at the same time. They also are very adaptable to what you have on hand.
Five Essential Tools for Fixing Your Clothes on the Cheap
Sometimes quality and appearance aren’t at the top of our priorities, and we need to get things fixed fast and cheap.
3 Simple DIY Laundry Detergent Recipes From Around the Web
Making your own natural, homemade laundry detergent is one of the easiest parts of a transition to a homesteaders lifestyle and a more natural way of living. Check out these 3 simple laundry detergent recipes you can make from around the web!
Black Gold: Creating Perfect Compost with Kitchen, Yard and Garden Scraps
Composting is a great way to reduce the amount of food waste and yard debris from going to landfills, it provides a wonderful “free” amendment to poor soils, and can even reduce your water use and save you money.
Sustainable Living: A Primer on Batteries for Use with Solar Storage
Ready Nutrition guys and gals, this article is being posted to address questions posed by one of the readers, as well as any others who might want to know about batteries for use with solar panels.
10 Household Products You Never Have To Buy Again {With Shopping List}
Natural household cleaners are easier to make than one would think and typically use similar ingredients. Click here for recipes and a shopping list.
Sustainable Gardening: Reduce Watering by 50-75%
Our current landscaping is excessive and needs to change. Simply by changing the way you look at your lawn, you can create a low-water landscape that is both practical and beautiful.
