Living a prepper lifestyle is not only good for preparing for the future, but it’s a great way to live a less stressful life. Many people get tired of the rat race and long for something more calming. A few give up their suburban lives and head for remote locations. That’s not what being a […]
When families make the decision to become preppers on a homestead, the one major lifestyle change they’ll encounter is the loss of electricity. But going off the grid is the most important component of self-sufficient living. Just because you’re technically off the grid – it doesn’t mean you have to go without power completely. We […]
If you’re going to homestead, you need to know the basics. But the first thing you need to realize about homesteading is that the goal is to become self-reliant. That means you can provide and care for your family completely with what you can grow or make yourself. There are some skills involved with homesteading, […]
Many homesteading prepper families make the decisions to invest in a dairy cow for their property. This will provide plenty of milk for your family – and possibly extra for your pigs, if you’re raising those. You can drink the milk, or create yogurt, ice cream and other items from her milk. Each type of […]
Putting aside canned foods for future use is a good idea. But before that food supply runs out, you’ll need another way to take care of you family’s food needs. That’s why many preppers use gardens.