One of the most important skills to learn is gardening. The ability to grow your own food and maintain your own sustainability is a key point in homesteading and prepping. While you may not be able to produce all your own food, you have the capability to produce a lot of it. You can also […]
Start Planning and Prepping Your Garden Now For A Successful Garden This Summer (And Years After!)
Gardening is a wondrous thing. You just go to the gardening center and buy whatever looks good. You put seeds in the ground and plant some plants. Voila! You have growing things and eventually some produce to eat. Gardening just seems that easy, doesn’t it? Reality check! You spent all that money on seeds and […]
Homemade Chili – A Winter’s Delight!
Chili is probably one of our favorite soups/stews at our house. Everyone loves it except for my son who doesn’t love beans, but loves the rest of it! My daughters make it at their college apartment for themselves and their friends. This goes over very well for crowds. We make this a lot in the […]
20 Tips For Surviving Winter in the Midwest (or Anywhere!)
Winter can be brutal in the Midwest. The wind blows like crazy, the temperature drops with only an overnight notice, and the snow can really mess things up! However, I am here to help you stay warm, dry, and hopefully safe. Winter can catch people off guard. They aren’t dressed properly, do not have the […]
Nine Things You Need To Live A DIY/MYO Life
A lot of people go into the the preparedness/self-sufficiency/homesteading lifestyle thinking they can buy whatever they need and they will be fine. However, that is far from the truth. Very far from the truth. Much of this lifestyle comes from the fact that most people want the simple life. They want to save money and […]
The Budget is Getting Tighter! 15 Ways We Are Making Lincoln Scream and You Can Too!
The budget is getting tighter and going to get a whole lot tighter. I have read a lot of articles lately and talked to a lot of people about money and budgets. Sacrifices are already being made. I sometimes feel like I am getting a bit extreme in my savings and learning to live without […]
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