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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Emergency Food Storage: Best & Worst Foods During a Power Outage
Ranking emergency food categories by shelf life, safety, and usability during extended power loss; covers refrigerated, frozen, canned, and freeze-dried options.
Building a Multigenerational Homestead: Interview with the Fuhrmanns
Twenty-minute interview with a family operating a multigenerational homestead and farm, covering how they structure work, income, and decision-making across generations.
The Next Food Crisis is Here — Three Food Categories to Stock Now
Analysis of near-term food-price and supply risks, with practical guidance on stocking eggs, wheat products, and cooking oils before costs rise further.
We Turn a Cheap IBC Tote into the Ultimate Garden Bed (Self-Watering Raised Bed)
27-minute walkthrough converting an IBC tote into a self-watering raised garden bed, covering materials, assembly, and planting techniques for year-round food production.
The Tiny Canning Detail That Ruins Jars
Explains ring storage, headspace, siphoning prevention, and how to identify false seals in home canning.
What Farmers Are Seeing Right Now Should Concern Everyone
Examines upstream indicators of food crisis including fertilizer costs, drought conditions, and farmer planting decisions.
How long will we ignore it? Serious Question...
Doug reads and discusses a Mother Jones investigation revealing the U.S. Forest Service's widespread glyphosate spraying in California's Lake Tahoe area as part of post-wildfire reforestation efforts.
Food Prices Are Spiking This Fall — Here's How to Prepare
Jonathan and Kylene cook fried rice from leftovers while explaining how to stock a rotating pantry, grow small amounts of food, and stretch protein with grains to counter inflation.
A Moose Attacked Cali while I was Butchering a Bear that tried to Break into my Log Cabin
Processing a defensive bear kill at an off-grid cabin, including butchering techniques, meat preservation, and managing aggressive wildlife behavior.
How To Make Great Camp Coffee From Dirty Water - Grayl Geopress TI
Field demonstration of the Grayl Geopress titanium purifier used to filter contaminated water and brew French press coffee over a compact backpacking stove
Something Feels Off at the Grocery Store
Why grocery store changes signal the need for smarter food storage choices, supply chain awareness, and critical evaluation of what you bring home.
Planting 178 More Trees & Bushes - Adding Growth for Food, Wildlife, Bees & Birds
21-minute walkthrough of establishing perennial food sources (fruit and nut trees, berry bushes) on a mountain homestead, including site selection, planting technique, and long-term food security strategy.
Soon This Is All They'll Talk About
Unable to determine specific content from title and description; appears to cover food inflation, gas prices, and grid strain based on hashtags.
Transplanting 2 Fig Trees
Step-by-step walkthrough of transplanting established fig trees into containers on an urban lot, covering timing, technique, and aftercare.
This Passive Energy Greenhouse Stays 50°F in Single-Digit Temps — Here's How
Owner and builder walk through a 36×18 steel greenhouse using thermal mass (water totes, concrete), earth tubes, and insulation to stay 50°F in winter with no electricity
Storing water sucks but you should still do it
24-minute walkthrough of water storage methods, challenges, and practical solutions for household preparedness.
Planting Another Potato Bed
Twenty-three minutes on establishing and planting a potato bed in a small urban space, covering bed preparation and seed potato selection.
Water storage for emergencies - long term
Twenty-minute walkthrough of long-term water storage systems for household emergencies: container selection, treatment, rotation, and maintenance.
Outdoor Garden Beds Tour, Greenhouse Progress
25-minute walkthrough of diversified garden beds, greenhouse expansion, and dual solar-wind power systems on a 43-acre off-grid Arizona homestead.
March Florida Garden Tour Zone 9b | Prepping the Land for a Year's Worth of Food
17-minute garden walkthrough in central Florida showing raised beds, seedling starts, food forest setup, and permaculture techniques for year-round food production.
How to Grow Loquat Trees | Must Have Fruit Tree
Eighteen-minute guide to cultivating loquat trees for warm climates: growing zones, soil prep, harvesting, and preparing medicinal leaf tea.
A Food Growing Journey: Polyculture Gardening, Hugelkultur, and Food Forest Updates
28-minute walkthrough of polyculture gardening on a mountain homestead: hugelkultur terrace management, potato and blueberry interplanting, celery integration, and food forest maturation.
Harvest Tales ~2025: Autumn Garden and Food Forest Tour
29-minute walkthrough of a BC mountain homestead's autumn harvest: grapes on trees, apples, melons in wicking towers, squash, potatoes, tomatoes, onion curing, and food forest design.
Living Off Grid: The Grind for Water
21-minute walkthrough of off-grid water sourcing on a mountain homestead when snow melt and rain collection fail; practical solutions for livestock and household needs.
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
Growing New Soil & Mushrooms
Sixteen minutes on pathway composting, worm castings, mushroom cultivation, and potato harvesting on a homestead garden.
The Joys of Harvest & Preserving the Garden
22-minute walkthrough of late-season harvest and preservation: fermenting hot sauce and pickles, storing melons and root crops for winter.
4 Years Becoming Self Sufficient (Full Farm Tour)
Tour of a 4-year homesteading project in Australia: land development, food production systems, and progress toward household food self-sufficiency.
1500 Days Homesteading: A Journey to Self Sufficiency (Full Tour)
22-minute tour of a working homestead after 1500 days, documenting food production systems and sustainable self-sufficiency practices.
A Complete Walkthrough of Our Property and the Current State
23-minute tour of a newly acquired homestead, covering land assessment for water flow, wind patterns, sunlight, soil fertility, and planned structures for self-sufficiency.
A wood stove meal for power outages
Seventeen minutes cooking a homemade meal on a wood stove as practice for feeding the family during grid-down scenarios, with brainstorming on alternative-stove meal options.
Homestead Update Autumn 2025
Mid-November garden tour showcasing autumn harvests, seasonal tasks, and ongoing food production on a Welsh homestead using no-dig methods.
Emergency Water Filter: Make a DIY Water Filter from Bark
Step-by-step walkthrough for building a functional water filter from tree bark, charcoal, and natural materials found in the field.
Design a Low-Effort Food Garden That Actually Feeds You (Complete Guide)
21-minute walkthrough on permaculture-based food garden design: site analysis, layout, water strategy, bed types, and plant selection for year-round production while working full-time.
Making Perfect Sourdough Khorasan Sandwich Bread with Tender, Moist Crumb
22-minute walkthrough on baking sourdough sandwich bread from freshly milled khorasan flour using a Vitamix blender as a makeshift grain mill.
Watch Before Buying a Gravity Water Filter System: How to Find Trustworthy Filters
18-minute guide to evaluating gravity water filters by certification standards (NSF 53, P231), with comparisons across major brands and guidance on contaminant coverage and filter lifespan.
Backpacking Stove Recipe: Hash Browns and Ketchup from Dehydrated Ingredients
Step-by-step preparation of hash browns and ketchup using dehydrated potato shreds and tomato powder on a portable camping stove, with single-serving recipes and gear rundown.
Water Storage and Filtration for Emergencies
22-minute walkthrough on water storage volume planning and filtration methods for household emergency preparedness.
Micro Climate Planters: An Experiment that is Working Out
15-minute walkthrough of a micro climate planter design for extending growing season and maximizing food production in remote/challenging environments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.