Whether our world begins to resemble something somewhere between Mad Max and The Walking Dead, or the Fed (and the CDC!) manages to keep things rolling merrily along for the foreseeable future, the benefits to being prepared, to having a pantry so well-stocked your friends think you’ve started a COSTCO in your basement, are numerous and easy to list (the main one, for me anyway, being that we don’t have to go to the grocery store every other day!). There aren’t really any … [Read more...]
Homesteading in Suburbia – Five Easy Ways!
We're excited to have the guest post on the amazing website Keeper of the Home today!! Please join us over there for five easy ways to 'homestead,' right in the middle of suburbia. Homesteading in Suburbia - Five Easy Ways! … [Read more...]
Homesteading – claiming a small piece of certainty in uncertain times
Let's face it. The world is a crazy place, and it's getting crazier by the minute. Between nuclear disaster, endless wars, pandemic disease, the collapse of the dollar, worldwide food shortages, and various and sundry governments (city, county, state, federal, the UN - you name it) that all want to get in your pockets and run your life, sometimes things can feel pretty hopeless from a little guy's perspective. And believe me, I'm a 'little' guy. Between myself and my wife, we 'control' four … [Read more...]