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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Building Soil to Regenerate an Old Pasture with Hay
Seven-minute walkthrough of a multi-year soil regeneration project: using hay and cover crops to restore degraded pasture for livestock integration and food production.
Homegrown Chicken Feed: Growing, Harvesting and Curing Corn, Sunflower, Garlic and Barley
Seven-minute walkthrough of harvesting and processing flint corn, sunflower, barley, and garlic as homegrown chicken feed on a Canadian homestead.
Harvesting Potatoes While They are Still Growing: New Potatoes Picked by Hand From Raised Beds
Seven-minute walkthrough on hand-harvesting new potatoes from raised beds without fully uprooting the plant, allowing continued growth and multiple harvests.
Planting to be self-sufficient
Seven-minute tour of Dry Creek Homestead's current crop plantings and strategy for food self-sufficiency.
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.
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.
Prepping for Survival: The Lights Are Going Out
13-minute grid-down scenario walkthrough with recommended gear and supplies for energy, water storage, food preservation, and medical readiness.
Top 10 Costco Preps: After 3-Years of INFLATION
A price comparison of emergency supplies at Costco, measuring inflation's impact on preparedness budgets over three years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hurricane Ian Preparedness and Lessons Learned
Six-minute walkthrough of hurricane preparedness essentials and practical lessons from Hurricane Ian for household disaster readiness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
13 Barter Items to Stockpile Before an Economic Collapse
Thirteen consumables, tools, and supplies that retain or gain value in economic collapse scenarios and serve as tradeable currency when fiat money fails.
Greenhouse failure & prep to rebuild
Walkthrough of diagnosing greenhouse damage, planning repairs, and rebuilding from failure—practical skills for food production resilience.
Plumbing in our Shipping Container Cabin
8-minute walkthrough of plumbing installation and water system setup in a shipping container homestead.
Taming Cottontail Rabbits
Eleven-minute guide to handling, socializing, and caring for wild cottontail rabbits as a practical homesteading and food-production skill.
Cooking Philly Cheesesteaks On A Simple Potbelly Stove
Seven-minute hands-on demo: building and operating a potbelly stove with cast iron griddle for off-grid cooking and meal preparation.
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
Cooking Homemade Beef Stew over a Dakota Fire Hole with the Bush Runner
Ten-minute walkthrough: preparing and cooking a full meal over a Dakota fire hole using the Bush Runner stove for off-grid emergency cooking.
Preparing Egg Drop Soup Over a Small Dakota Fire Hole
Six-minute demonstration of cooking over a Dakota fire hole using the StealthFyre Bush Runner stove, showing practical techniques for lightweight off-grid meal preparation.
Inside Our Mobile Emergency Kitchen Chuck Box by Preparedness Kits
Ten-minute walkthrough of a 136-item mobile emergency kitchen kit: contents, organization, and stadium-style access design for rapid deployment.
Overhauling our main garden - Part 2: Building a raised garden bed
Seven-minute walkthrough of constructing a raised garden bed as part of a suburban homestead food-production overhaul.
What Should I Consider Before Stocking Up on Survival Foods?
Five-minute walkthrough on evaluating and testing stored foods before buying in bulk, with emphasis on digestive compatibility and family needs.
Growing Food and Medicine
Episode 5: cultivating edible and medicinal plants in an off-grid homestead setting for household self-sufficiency.
Off Grid Regenerative Agriculture
Ten-minute overview of regenerative agriculture practices for off-grid homesteading and food self-sufficiency on your own land.
Catch and Cook Pigeon Fritters
Five-minute walkthrough of field dressing a pigeon and preparing it as fritters—practical wild-food procurement and cooking from foraged game.
Why It's Important to Know Your Incubator Type
Five-minute guide to still-air versus forced-air incubators and how fan systems affect temperature settings for successful egg hatching.
Growing Corn in Straw
Nine-minute walkthrough on growing sweet corn using straw as the growing medium, with results from an experiment the creator says hasn't been widely documented.
Tomato Bucket System - Setting Up and Planting
11-minute walkthrough transplanting tomato starts into 5-gallon buckets for a space-efficient growing system.
Straw Bale Garden Collaboration - Update
Garden update on a multi-channel straw bale gardening collaboration project, showcasing seasonal progress and participating homesteading channels.
Bale Gardening - Direct Sowing Squash and Cucumbers
Nine-minute walkthrough on direct-sowing large seeds into straw bales, covering spacing and moisture for squash, cucumber, and similar crops.
Bale Gardening - Planting Peppers
Nine-minute walkthrough on planting pepper seedlings in straw-bale gardens: spreading the straw and transplanting techniques for outdoor food production.
Costco Shopping Haul: $234 for 2 Weeks of Meals
Seven-minute walkthrough of a $234 Costco haul demonstrating how to stock groceries for two weeks of meals on a budget.
Goats! Farm Update
Nubian dairy goats setup, housing construction, and early-stage farm management on a homestead switching from cattle to milk production.
Is Incubating Eggs Right for You?
Introduction to home egg incubation: evaluating whether hatching chicks at home fits your homesteading setup and goals.
Free Seed Catalogs by Mail
Five-minute walkthrough of how to request free seed catalogs from 20+ major US seed suppliers for planning your next growing season.
Five Garden Tips in Five Minutes
Five practical gardening techniques for food production, presented as a quick reference guide by an urban homesteader.
Seed Swap Time
How to organize and participate in seed swaps to build diverse heirloom varieties for your garden and strengthen community seed networks.
So you want ducks
Five-minute introduction to keeping ducks on a homestead: basics of duck husbandry, why they're useful for self-sufficiency, and what beginners should know before starting.
Easy Corn Fritters Recipe - Midwest Style
Seven-minute recipe for corn fritters using fresh or preserved corn, demonstrating food preparation from homegrown harvest.
Grow Sweet Potatoes in Wisconsin - Harvest Results
Eight-minute walkthrough of sweet potato cultivation in a cold-climate garden, from planting through harvest outcomes and yield.
Harvesting Potatoes, Yams, and Garden Cleanup
Amy documents fall harvest, garden organization, and season-extension strategies on her ten-acre homestead, including unexpected late-season yields.