Food & Water
The two things a household runs out of first. Long-term food storage, rotating pantries, freeze-dried, canning and mylar — plus water filtration, storage, sourcing and treatment. The ground truth on what actually feeds and hydrates a household when the supply chain stalls. Plain reviews and honest taste tests, no panic.
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Vitamin Deficiency In Chickens: How To See It And How To Fix It
Becky explains how to address vitamin deficiency in chickens through daily meat protein and regular deworming with diatomaceous earth.
3 Reasons I Love Keeping Backyard Chickens
Becky shares lessons from years of chicken keeping, covering coop design evolution, egg collection timing to avoid crows, and how chickens naturally manage horse manure in pastures.
Homesteading Ways: Making the Best of It
Three-minute walkthrough of repairing and repurposing an old chicken tractor from scrap materials to solve an immediate animal-husbandry problem.
Moving Day for Our Chicks: Are They Ready for the Coop?
Walkthrough of transitioning chicks from brooder to coop, including readiness signs, coop setup for cold weather, and timing strategy.
3 Signs Your Chicks Are Ready for the Coop
Quick guide to identifying when brooder chicks are ready to transition outdoors, with warning signs to watch for if timing is premature.
Top 10 Protein-Rich Foods to Add to Your Survival Prep List
Survey of 10 protein sources suitable for long-term storage and emergency use, covering canned meats, freeze-dried options, and pantry staples.
Castrating Piglets: Learn This Skill
Two-minute walkthrough of piglet castration technique, a foundational livestock-management skill for homestead pig farming.
Lazy Composting Yields Black Gold!
Composting walkthrough using the Salatin method: woodchips, manured bedding, and food scraps to build soil fertility.
When to Plant Your Garden in Spring (Don't Get It Wrong!)
How to calculate your last frost date, start seeds indoors, choose crops for pre- and post-frost planting, and protect seedlings from cold snaps.
Mastering Meat Preservation: Techniques Unveiled
Five-minute walkthrough of curing, smoking, and dehydrating methods to preserve meat safely for long-term food storage.
How to Cook Chanterelle Mushrooms
52-second demonstration of identifying, preparing, and cooking wild chanterelle mushrooms foraged from the forest.
Tomboy Crab Apple: Very Sweet, Pink Flesh, Rich Flavor
Two-minute variety showcase of a dessert crab apple cultivar: flavor profile, growing characteristics, and suitability for home cultivation and storage.
Late Summer Garden Tour
Four-minute walk through a Minnesota homestead garden in late August, showing what's growing, harvest timing, and cold-climate vegetable varieties.
New Chicken Flock 2024: One Month Update
One-month progress report on establishing a backyard chicken flock: what's working, early lessons, and practical steps for someone starting their own food production.
Planting English Peas | Dry Creek Homestead
Step-by-step walkthrough of planting sweet peas as part of a homestead food production system.
Building a Modern, Comfortable Off-Grid House in Finland - #7 Water
Water system design and installation for an off-grid cabin: sourcing, storage, treatment, and year-round reliability in a cold climate.
Editor's note
“If you only have a weekend and $200, fix water before anything else — it's the prep with the highest ratio of survival impact per dollar. On food: most $400 emergency kits could be replaced with $120 of supermarket staples plus mylar bags. The expensive part of food prep is the marketing, not the calories.”
— Cockroach editorial
Using Amazon Subscribe and Save to Build Your Prepper Stockpile
How to use Amazon's Subscribe & Save service to gradually accumulate food, water, and everyday supplies for disaster preparedness on a budget.
Bug Out Bag Fishing Kit
Four-minute review of a compact fishing kit built into a Plano 3414 dual side box for bug-out preparedness.
Hand Crafted Fish Trap with Mors Kochanski
Mors Kochanski demonstrates how to construct a functional fish trap using natural materials and hand tools—a practical skill for off-grid food sourcing.
Hand Crafted Deadfall Trap with Mors Kochanski
Three-minute walkthrough of building and setting a deadfall trap for wilderness survival, demonstrated by bushcraft instructor Mors Kochanski.
Shortages and Inflation Crisis: 4 Things to Hoard Now
Four-minute analysis of current supply-chain and inflation pressures, identifying which goods are most impacted and recommending priority stockpiling items.
17 Hygiene Supplies You Need to Buy Now: Cargo Shipping Container & Supply Chain Crisis Worsening
Supply-chain disruption analysis and a prioritized list of 17 hygiene items to stockpile before container-shipping bottlenecks worsen.
Cooking Meat in Leaf Wrap on a Fire
Three-minute hands-on demonstration of wrapping and cooking meat directly in leaves over an open fire—a foundational bushcraft technique for off-grid food preparation.
Overhauling Our Main Garden - Part 1
First episode in a suburban garden transformation series: assessing the existing space and planning production beds for the 2021 growing season.
$278 Costco Shopping Haul – Slim Pickings!
Four-minute walkthrough of a $278 Costco haul covering 3 weeks of meals, demonstrating practical provisioning and household food-storage strategy.
Longhorns and hay rings on the homestead
Two-minute walkthrough of hay bale rings for livestock feed storage on an off-grid homestead.
Water Storage For Preppers - Emergency Water Storage
Four-minute walkthrough of water storage planning: calculating daily needs per person and pet, accounting for climate, establishing minimum 3-day reserves, and scaling up.
Mosquito Prevention in Rain Barrels
Quick tip on preventing mosquito breeding in stored rainwater systems.
Food Prices Rise Sharply - Up 19% for 2014
Analysis of rising grocery prices and their impact on food stockpile adequacy for preppers facing inflation and supply disruption.
Trying Out My Preps
Testing stored foods in real conditions: homemade wheat noodles with powdered eggs, long-term storage meals, and lessons learned from actual consumption.
Prepping - Water Filters
Four-minute walkthrough on building a DIY Berkey-style water filter system using a commercial filter kit.