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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Mid-July Garden Tour & Tips for Healthy, Productive Plants
25-minute garden walkthrough covering mid-summer plant health, common growing challenges, and techniques for maximizing yields in a remote mountain setting.
Watering With Snow Melt in the Summer - Flood Irrigation for Our Little Orchard
Sixteen-minute walkthrough of using snow melt for summer irrigation in a mountain orchard, including flood-irrigation setup and seasonal water management techniques.
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.
Camping, Fishing & Clamming in a Snow Storm: Coastal Foraging in Alaska
Razor clam and butter clam harvesting during extreme low tide in Alaska, cod and flounder fishing, kelp foraging, and cold-weather camp setup in spring snow.
4 Days in the Arctic: Crabbing, Hunting & Fishing in Alaska
Ice fishing for cod, hunting ptarmigan, and harvesting king crab from beneath the Bearing Sea ice; field preparation and butchering of game birds and shellfish in sub-zero conditions.
I Made Easy Peasant Bread (and it was AMAZING)
Step-by-step peasant bread recipe using basic pantry staples: mixing, rising, shaping, and baking a no-knead loaf in oven-safe bowls.
Saving Garden Seeds—Salad #13 Family
Step-by-step seed saving from salad greens: harvesting, drying, storage, and viability testing for next season's garden.
Planting to be self-sufficient
Seven-minute tour of Dry Creek Homestead's current crop plantings and strategy for food self-sufficiency.
How to Save Garden Seeds #12: Beetberry, Quinoa, and Lettuce
Sixty-minute seed-saving walkthrough covering beetberry, quinoa, and lettuce—techniques for preserving viable seeds from your own garden.
11 Foods to Stockpile That (Almost) Never Expire
Fourteen-minute walkthrough of eleven shelf-stable foods suitable for long-term storage, with practical guidance on selection and storage conditions.
Spinach: Saving Your Garden Seeds #11 — Northstar Live! Ep. 235
58-minute walkthrough on harvesting, processing, and storing spinach seeds from your own garden for next season's crop.
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.
Ranger Bucket Set - Organic Emergency Storable Food Supply (433 Servings)
13-minute walkthrough of a bulk emergency food bucket: contents, servings, shelf life, taste, and practical storage considerations.
Preparing for Grid Down: Raising Chickens 101
Ten-minute walkthrough on selecting breeds, building coops, and feeding techniques to establish backyard chicken production for food independence.
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.
Dollar Tree Prepper Haul: Budget Items to Start Prepping
Ten-minute walkthrough of inexpensive items from Dollar Tree suitable for building a starter prepper stockpile on a tight budget.
The Aussie Mountain Homestead with a Tiny 100 Day Growing Season | Ep 10
56-minute interview with a homesteader at 1350m elevation managing a 100-day growing season, covering frost-resistant crops, seasonal planning, and strategies to reach 70% food self-sufficiency.
How to Long Term Store Eggs
Sixteen-minute walkthrough on freezing, vacuum-sealing, and testing eggs for long-term storage, plus how to read expiration dates.
9 Fatal Transplanting Mistakes to Avoid in Your Garden
A home gardener shares nine transplanting lessons learned over six years, covering potting up, fertilizing starts indoors, hardening off, soil preparation, and planting depth techniques for tomatoes and peppers.
Turn Your Homestead Milk Cow Dream Into a Reality: The Essential Starter Guide
74-minute interview on dairy cow ownership: breed selection, animal care, milk production, calf sharing, fresh milk uses, gear essentials, and troubleshooting for homestead food security.
4-Day Fishing and Hunting in the Arctic: Ice Fishing, Tarmigan, and Field Cooking
Ice fishing for sheefish on the frozen Chukchi Sea, hunting tarmigan in the Arctic tundra, field dressing game, and cooking fresh catch in sub-zero conditions — hands-on food procurement and cold-weather survival skills in the Inuit village of Kotzebue.
Compost Health Check 101: Effective composting as a waste management solution
Interview on composting best practices: diagnosing unhealthy piles, fixing odor and decomposition issues, monitoring temperature and moisture for successful food-waste recycling.
Old Country Gravity Smoker: Relighting Leftover Charcoal Quickly
Technique for rapidly relighting saved charcoal in a gravity smoker using a cordless blower, useful for efficient food smoking in off-grid scenarios.
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
Old Country Smoker Mods
Five-minute walkthrough of three modifications to an Old Country Smoker: smokestack installation for improved draft, drain bucket mod, and Thermoworks temperature control integration.
Old Country Insulated Gravity Fed Smoker Ash Collector Mod
Six-minute walkthrough: adapting a Masterbuilt ash collector into an Old Country smoker for ash management and wood-chunk storage during long burns.
Cambro Meat Resting and Heating Device
DIY insulated meat resting box using military-surplus Cambro carrier and adjustable heating mat; maintains temperature for extended resting post-smoke.
Harvest Right Vacuum Fix
Troubleshooting and repair techniques for common vacuum leaks in Harvest Right freeze dryers, with step-by-step fixes.
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.
How to Dehydrate Frozen Potatoes for Long Term Food Storage
Eight-minute walkthrough of dehydrating frozen potatoes for long-term storage, with discussion of food storage planning and resources.
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.
Recognizing, Identifying, and Treating Gapeworm in Your Backyard Chicken Flock
Fourteen-minute guide to identifying gapeworm symptoms in chickens, treatment protocols using fenbendazole, and preventive measures like apple cider vinegar and diatomaceous earth.
Top 5 Ways to Supplement Your Chickens on the Cheap
Five methods to boost chicken nutrition affordably: black oil sunflower seeds, calcium sources, foraged weeds, homegrown kale, and microgreens.
Summer Update on our Urban Homestead - Plus 5 Ways to Supplement Your Chickens on the Cheap
Garden progress update and five low-cost methods to supplement chicken nutrition, including black oil sunflower seeds and mealworms.
Planting Grapes at High Altitude - What Types to Choose for Your Zone
Eighteen-minute walkthrough on selecting and planting grape varieties suited to high-altitude growing zones, covering soil, technique, and initial pruning.
Creating a Self-Sustaining Food Cycle on our Urban Homestead - Potatoes, Mealworms, Chickens
21-minute walkthrough of mealworm farming for chicken feed, including DIY enclosure builds and practical setup lessons from 6 months of hands-on experience on a suburban homestead.
Food Storage: Storing Sugar for Long Term, Shelf Life, How Much Do You Need?
12-minute walkthrough on storing sugar long-term: shelf-life expectations, quantity planning for one person annually, and best practices using mylar bags for food preservation.
Food Shortages and Why You Need to START PREPPING!
25-minute walkthrough of grocery selection for long-term food storage, shelf-life strategies, and budget-conscious pantry-building for SHTF readiness.
DIY Automatic Chicken Coop Door
Six-minute walkthrough: build a 12V timer-controlled automatic coop door with linear actuator, relay, and power supply, including wiring diagram and parts list.
5 Days Fishing & Hunting in the Bayou: Catch and Cook Frogs, Crabs, Gar, Carp, Catfish, Duck & Nutria
Five-day immersion in Louisiana bayou hunting and fishing: duck hunting, spearfishing, trapline management, processing and cooking wild-caught fish and game; family-focused outdoor survival skills in a working wetland ecosystem.
SHTF Food Storage | 15 Year Old Rice | Fresh Assured Mylar Bags
Father and son taste-test rice stored 15 years in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers, demonstrating long-term food storage durability and proper pantry rotation methods.
Mid-Term Food Storage
Twenty-two minutes on selecting, storing, and rotating mid-term food supplies for household preparedness, covering shelf life and practical strategy.
Survival and Emergency Food Shelf Life, FAQs, and More
24-minute Q&A on emergency food storage longevity, shelf-life expectations, and practical FAQ answers for household food security.
Prepping Food Storage for SHTF: Budget Build on $10 per Week
Fifteen-minute walkthrough on building a long-term food storage pantry on a tight budget, comparing costs over time and demonstrating mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, and storage best practices.
Food Shortage Is Worse Than You May Think
Analysis of current food production constraints, supply disruptions, and underlying structural factors affecting household food security.
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.