Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Potatoes are one of the most rewarding crops you can grow. They’re easy to plant, very productive, and surprisingly adaptable. In fact, potatoes are one of those plants you can grow in almost anything as ...

Estimated reading time: 14 minutes We all have those one or two recipes from grandma that have been passed down for generations, and they bring back so many memories of family fun around the table. However, what about old-school recipes ...

Estimated reading time: 15 minutes Most of haven’t endured life in a barter economy. It’s when the currency of a country has been so devalued (usually because of hyperinflation) that traditional, everyday purchases are impossible. Other causes for the emergence ...

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes Planting a survival garden requires you to foresee and prepare for a number of possible scenarios that could kill your plants and leave you without a source of food. One of the most dreaded of ...

Estimated reading time: 15 minutes Perhaps you’ve heard of The $64 Tomato by William Alexander. In it, he shares the details of just how expensive gardening can be when you are trying to create the perfect garden with the ideal ...

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Disappearing into the wilderness for a week is a great way to learn and practice survival skills, but for many of those skills, it’s not really essential. Your garage, porch, or backyard can be the ...

Estimated reading time: 13 minutes Growing up, my family had a vegetable garden every year. We didn’t grow one because we had to but because we enjoyed the work and the availability of fresh produce at our fingertips. These days ...

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Food storage is one of the most critical parts of homesteading and emergency preparedness. Meals Ready-To-Eat, also known as MREs, are a common staple when it comes to survival. The military uses them to help ...

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes When it comes to stockpiling food and survival supplies, there can be too much of a good thing. For example, you could buy so much perishable food that you won’t be able to eat it ...

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes The Amish first arrived in the United States in the mid 1700’s. Of course it was still a British colony at the time but since that time the Amish population in the U.S. has grown ...