@7 Kin Homestead
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Off-grid living, homesteading, self-sufficiency, solar design, and practical household independence skills.
4 videos in Food & Water
DIY Ferrocement Water Tank: Building a 40,000-Pound Storage Tank from Farm Wire
Step-by-step ferrocement tank construction using cattle panels, chicken wire, and rebar: materials, engineering principles, and the $15 tool that cuts build time in half.
Ferrocement: A $5,100 Problem, A $1,200 Solution
Building a 5,000-gallon water tank using ferrocement (wire mesh and cement) for $1,200 instead of $5,100: material costs, engineering principles, test-piece casting and failure analysis.
Wendell Berry Was Right. Here's My Proof
Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry's sixty-year experiment in local self-sufficiency, and how the creator applied his principles to their own off-grid homestead: solar, water systems, and household independence.
The Truth: Homesteading Won't Save The World... Until It Does
53-minute deep dive into regenerative agriculture myths vs. reality: what actually works on marginal land, the economics of small-scale farming, and honest soil-building strategies for off-grid living.