Urban Homesteading
My Wild Ride with Free Homestead Supplies: How I Learned (and Screwed Up) Getting Stuff for Nothing
Lemme tell you something funny right off the bat. About eight years ago I dragged a broken chest freezer home…
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Practical skills for a more self-sufficient home
Start with the part of homesteading that fits your space and goals today, then build from there.
Urban Homesteading
Grow food, raise small livestock, and build practical self-sufficiency in compact spaces.
Backyard Farming
Simple, hands-on guides for vegetables, chickens, quail, soil, water, and small-scale food production.
Canning & Food Preservation
Preserve the harvest with practical canning, fermenting, drying, pantry, and storage methods.
Permaculture Design
Design resilient gardens and homestead systems that work with natural patterns, not against them.
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Latest Practical Guides
Clear steps, useful lessons, and hands-on ideas you can put to work in your garden, backyard, pantry, or small homestead.
Permaculture Design
DIY Raised Garden Bed: How I Built Mine on a Budget
I’ll be honest, my first DIY raised garden bed was ugly. Real ugly. I used some leftover boards, guessed at…
Permaculture Design
How to Build a 4-Step Water Filter System for Cleaner Water: What I Learned the Hard Way
Water is one of those things you don’t really think about until it tastes funny, looks cloudy, or you’re standing…
Permaculture Design
Off-Grid Home Essentials: What I’d Actually Have on a Self Sufficient Homestead
Off-grid home essentials aren’t really about buying a pile of expensive equipment and calling yourself self-sufficient. I learned that one…
Permaculture Design
My Permaculture Outdoor Shower Design: The Backyard Project That Actually Made My Life Easier
Permaculture Outdoor Shower Design . I never thought an outdoor shower would become one of my favorite projects on the…
Backyard Farming
16 Fruit Plants That Grow in Containers: My Favorite Picks for Small Gardens
Fruit Plants That Grow in Containers . The first time I tried growing fruit in containers, I honestly didn’t expect…
Urban Homesteading
My Vertical Cucumber Trellis: How I Grow More Cucumbers in Less Space
Vertical Cucumber Trellis .The first time I tried growing cucumbers vertically, I wasn’t completely convinced it would work. I was…
Urban Homesteading
Monthly Vegetable Planting Guide: What I Plant Each Month in My Garden
Monthly Vegetable Planting . I used to think gardening was mostly about putting seeds in the dirt and remembering to…
Backyard Farming
Seeds to Soak Before Planting: What I Actually Soak After 10+ Years of Gardening
I didn’t used to think much about seeds to soak before planting. I’d open a seed packet, make a little…
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A practical path to self-sufficiency
You do not need a huge property or a perfect setup. Build useful skills in a sensible order and improve as you learn.
Grow Food
Begin with soil, containers, raised beds, herbs, vegetables, and small-space growing systems that match your conditions.
Preserve the Harvest
Learn safe, practical ways to can, dry, ferment, freeze, and store food so less of your harvest goes to waste.
Design Better Systems
Connect water, compost, animals, perennial plants, and garden zones so your homestead becomes easier to maintain over time.