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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Stockpile 11 Foods to Survive: 90-Day Supply for a Family of Four Under $600
Nine-minute breakdown of 11 shelf-stable foods that keep for decades, with cost-per-serving math, complete-protein pairing, micronutrient gaps, and a FIFO rotation system.
Is the Vevor Greenhouse Worth It? Setup and 20 MPH Wind Test
Eight-minute hands-on review of a 20x10 portable greenhouse: setup walkthrough, how it performs in 20 mph wind gusts, and practical considerations for homestead food production.
Rethinking Weeds in the Bull Pastures With Sheep Mixed in the Herd
Six minutes on how adding sheep to a bull pasture changes weed management strategy and grazing dynamics on a regenerative farm.
Using Up Our Garden Harvest, Pantry & Freezers Before We Move
Thirteen minutes on harvesting garden produce, preparing vegetables for the freezer, dehydrating herbs, and managing a full pantry during a household move.
Storm preparations and winter gardening plans
Securing a garden ahead of severe weather, then planning autumn and winter growing projects for resilience and year-round food production.
Honey Oatmeal Bread
Six-minute walkthrough of making bread by stretching all-purpose flour with rolled oats and local honey.
Greg Explains the Symbiosis of Sheep and Cattle in a Herd Together
Seven-minute walkthrough of managing mixed flocks of sheep and cattle on pasture: benefits, integration strategies, and practical grazing symbiosis.
Mylar time at the Homestead
Twelve-minute walkthrough of packing and storing food in Mylar bags at an off-grid homestead, covering practical storage techniques.
Greg Interviews Denise Young, Executive Director of Triada World: Farm Well-Eat Well-Be Well
Interview exploring the connections between regenerative agriculture, soil health, nutrition, and chronic disease prevention from a science-based nonprofit perspective.
Come Make Pickles With Me - 3 Veggies From the Garden
Thirteen-minute walkthrough of fridge pickling radishes and fall harvest vegetables—quick, easy, no canning equipment needed.
Heating My Greenhouse for Free All Winter: DIY Wood-Burning Stove Install
Step-by-step installation of a wood-burning stove in a greenhouse to provide free winter heat for year-round food production.
Water Filtration System Configurations for SHTF: Gravity, Straw, Bottle, and Hand Pump
Walkthrough of the MUV Eclipse water filter's three-stage system and how to deploy it as a gravity filter, drinking straw, filtered bottle, or hand pump for hiking, camping, and emergency scenarios.
Food Recalls: 10 Products to Check in Your Kitchen Now
Breakdown of ten active food recalls (berries, cheese, salmon, chips, bacon, and more) with lot numbers and expiration dates to check in your pantry and freezer.
It Doesn't Have to Look Pretty. It Just Has to Work.
Fence repair, off-grid solar troubleshooting, and meat processing on a half-acre: practical homesteading skills learned through mistakes and iteration.
Feeding Our Sheep Trees to Stretch the Grazing Season
Fourteen-minute walkthrough of silvopasture: using chainsaw-cut tree browse to extend sheep grazing into fall, manage forest edges, and build firewood supply on a small Appalachian homestead.
Super Cheap Vermicomposting System Full Build in Our Greenhouse
Step-by-step construction of a budget vermicomposting system for the greenhouse, covering materials, assembly, and low-cost composting methods.
Insane Inflation: Food Prices 2016 vs 2026
Decade-long price comparison of common grocery items revealing inflation's cumulative impact on food costs.
Two Weeks Stranded Off-Grid: Water Logistics and Homestead Management
Seven-minute reflection on managing an off-grid Arizona homestead during supply delays, including water-hauling systems, animal care during limited mobility, and when to outsource vs. DIY.
Oats for Long-Term Food Storage: The Overlooked Survival Food That Lasts 30 Years
Learn why oats are a cornerstone survival staple, which varieties to store, proper quantities, and how to package them for 25–30 year shelf life.
Food Label Scams: How Ingredient Splitting Hides Sugar and Other Ingredients
Eight-minute breakdown of ingredient splitting — how food companies list multiple forms of sugar and other ingredients separately to obscure actual content — with practical tips for reading labels and spotting misleading marketing.
Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goat Kids Born on Our Homestead
Two Nigerian dwarf goats give birth to twin kids each with no complications—documenting livestock breeding and neonatal care on an off-grid Tasmanian homestead.
Cyber Attacks on the Food Supply: Why Food Preservation Skills Matter
Nine-minute exploration of cyber-attack risks to food systems and why home food preservation is a foundational preparedness skill.
How We Store Our Long-Term Food
Eleven-minute walkthrough of the food-storage methods and systems used on an off-grid homestead.
The First 9 Things to Disappear in a Disaster
Identifies nine essential items that vanish from store shelves first during emergencies and explains supply-chain priorities for household stockpiling.
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
How to Store Eggs Up to 2 Years with No Fancy Equipment
Five-minute demonstration of the water glass (pickling lime) method for preserving fresh eggs without refrigeration for up to two years.
Cheap Greenhouse Pond: One-Year Update
Follow-up on a DIY greenhouse using a pond for thermal mass and passive solar heating to extend the growing season.
My Vegetable Garden is Done for the Season | First Hunt with my Homemade Longbow
Seasonal garden closedown, foraging wild berries, and testing a homemade longbow in autumn wilderness conditions.
Free Food at Our Forest Homestead: Harvesting and Foraging
Eleven-minute walkthrough of foraging wild blueberries and harvesting potatoes on a Norwegian forest homestead, demonstrating practical food self-sufficiency.
Clean Drinking Water for $25? Here's How We Do It
Twelve minutes on budget water filtration systems, including the HydroBlu Versa Flow, gravity bags, activated carbon, and backflushing techniques for emergency preparedness.
When the Grid Goes Down, Here's How to Keep Cooking
Learn practical cooking methods for power outages that conserve fuel, water, and energy while maintaining nutrition.
Foraging for Wild Foods in my Favorite Place
Identify edible berries and practice foraging techniques along Canadian shoreline terrain.
The Only Crop That Survives My Chicken Run
Fourteen-minute walkthrough growing Jerusalem artichokes in a chicken run: why they outsurvive other crops, how to dig and store them through winter, and the planting mistake to avoid.
Greg and Jan's South Poll cattle herd and sheep flock thriving in summer drought
Eight-minute walkthrough of how Greg's South Poll cattle and sheep are managing through drought conditions using regenerative pasture techniques.
Installing sheep wire on pasture for winter grazing
Seven-minute walkthrough of setting up rotational sheep grazing infrastructure on pastureland, with Greg Judy and crew installing fencing for winter feed management.
BougeRV CRD2 V2.0 Portable Refrigerator Review: Dual-Zone Cooling for Off-Grid and Emergency Use
Eight-minute hands-on review of a 61-quart portable electric fridge with dual-zone freezing, battery operation, and smartphone controls for camping, RVing, and grid-down food preservation.
8 Freeze-Dried Foods for Your Fall Pantry: Testing the Thrive Fall Favorites Box
Suttons Daze opens and tests eight freeze-dried pantry staples from a seasonal box, evaluates each item, and demonstrates a one-skillet meal using the contents.
Is Our Food Even Real Anymore?
Ten-minute walkthrough of reading ingredient labels, understanding what's actually in processed foods, and making informed grocery choices for you and your family.
Free Pig and Chicken Feed Using Foraged Apples
How to source free or low-cost produce to feed pigs and chickens on a small farm, reducing feed costs through gleaning and waste-produce strategies.
Modern Life Is a Trap: Building Food Self-Sufficiency on a Half Acre
How the creator quit multiple jobs to live debt-free on a half acre, growing most of their own food and eggs while minimizing property taxes and reducing financial vulnerability.
Mowing the landowner's yard with the herd, no fuel required
Six-minute walkthrough of using livestock grazing to maintain pasture and reduce external inputs, eliminating fuel costs through rotational animal management.
Compact Survival Fishing Kit
11-minute walkthrough of a minimalist fishing kit: hooks, line, sinkers, spools, and rigging methods for catching food with minimal gear.
Modifications to Our PF Filter Canteen and Integration to Your Survival Kit
Thirteen minutes on translucent filter canteens: design features, measurement markings, and how to integrate one into your existing water-carrying and camping kit.
Emergency Food Storage for Extended Family: Planning and Cooking for a Crowd
Real-number walkthrough on sizing emergency food supplies for multigenerational households, bulk-cooking methods for grid-down scenarios, and budget storage strategies using basic staples.
My Food Forest Has a Four-Legged Cleanup Crew
Eight minutes on integrating livestock into a food forest ecosystem to manage pests, soil fertility, and waste.
Harvesting Over 10,000 Gallons From One Rainstorm
Eight-minute walkthrough of a working rainwater collection and storage system that captured 10,000+ gallons during a monsoon, with lessons on pond, cistern, and overflow management.
The Most Corn We've Ever Grown: Harvesting 600 Ears and Building a Seed Landrace
Eleven-minute walkthrough of harvesting storm-damaged corn, evaluating four dent varieties for chicken feed, saving seed to breed a homegrown sweet corn variety, and building an 8-foot perimeter fence to protect crops from deer and rabbits.
Can You Bake Without Electricity? Testing the Ember Oven
Thirteen-minute real-world test of the Ember Oven, evaluating whether this portable wood-fired solution works for off-grid baking and food preparation.
Bull and Sheep Herd Performance After Thatch Field Burn
Greg Judy walks through how his cattle and sheep herd responds to grazing a recently burned pasture, observing weed control and forage quality outcomes.