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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Is Self-Sufficient Living Still Possible? My Honest Take
Eleven-minute walkthrough of building a resilient homestead: integrating animals, water systems, crop diversity, and soil health to survive drought and crop failures.
Economic collapse or military conflict: are you ready?
Evaluate preparedness priorities for major disruption scenarios and review water storage solutions.
You Don't Need Acres to Grow Your Own Food
Nine-minute tour of a quarter-acre backyard garden: fruit trees, chickens, corn, and vegetables with tips for maximizing small spaces and fixing mid-season mistakes.
Food Shortages, Bank Panic, and Global Instability: What Governments Know
Analysis of resource protection, agricultural decline, and coordinated government response to coming instability.
Summer Garden Tour: Squash, Asparagus & Vegetable Growing Methods
Ten-minute walkthrough of a productive home garden in summer, covering vegetable cultivation techniques for squash, asparagus, and other crops to ensure reliable harvests.
Bulk Food Store Prices
Twelve-minute walkthrough of current pricing at a Mennonite bulk food supplier, tracking food costs and availability for storage planning.
Starbucks new powder making people sick
Clarification on reports of illness linked to a Starbucks emulsifier powder: primarily workplace exposure among baristas rather than customer food poisoning.
How to Store 3 Weeks of Water in an Apartment
Practical water storage solutions designed for apartment dwellers and small spaces, covering stackable containers and creative placement strategies.
The Ultimate SHTF Food Machine: Infinite Protein with Alumicoop
Hands-on review of a livestock housing system designed to simplify animal husbandry and protein production for homesteaders.
Russia Launches Major Strike: Food Supply Collapse Warning
Analysis of escalating conflict impacts on global grain supplies, fertilizer prices, and food security amid rising geopolitical tensions.
3 Things Every Chicken Needs in Hot Weather
Learn three essential strategies to keep backyard chickens healthy, comfortable, and productive during summer heat.
We Own Everything and We're Happy
How a family eliminated debt, owns their property and vehicles outright, and built financial resilience through off-grid solar, food production, and repair skills.
F-35 Crash, US Infrastructure Attack, and Yemen Invasion: Crisis Preparedness
Overview of three concurrent geopolitical crises and immediate water-storage priorities for household resilience.
We Are Seeing This in Every City Now
Practical steps for accelerating food production and community building before systemic collapse.
Former Executives Speak Out About Canned Food
Analysis of public allegations against a major canned food manufacturer and what consumers should know before stocking their pantry.
The Prepper's Secret to Watering a Garden When Water Is Scarce
Learn how gravity-fed olla systems reduce water waste and labor in off-grid food production.
Beauty & Food While Harvesting Heat - How the Shop Wall Microclimate Planters Are Doing This Season
Eleven-minute walkthrough of microclimate planter boxes along a shop wall in a cold Wyoming climate: what's growing, what's working, and how passive heat capture supports food production through weather swings.
First Tractor Investment – Was It Worth It?
Scott walks through 12+ years of tractor ownership on a Virginia farm, covering equipment evolution, maintenance hacks, and principles for scaling farm tools wisely.
100-Year-Old Pipes Are About to Cost You Thousands
Federal lead pipe replacement mandates and their financial impact on homeowner water bills and household budgets over the coming years.
How to Make a Blackberry Shrub
Learn to preserve fresh blackberries into a versatile fruit syrup for drinks, cooking, and long-term storage.
I Can't Unknow This
Why one family decided to grow almost all their own food on half an acre: seed oils, misleading labels, corporate consolidation, and how to raise eggs and meat chickens in a regular neighborhood.
From Freezing to 90's F: Are the Plants Surviving Extreme July Weather in Our Wyoming Garden?
Nine-minute walkthrough of how a high-altitude garden recovers from frost damage and manages extreme heat swings—what survives, what fails, practical lessons.
Ultimate Dutch Oven Cobbler Recipe
Eight-minute walkthrough of baking a fruit cobbler in a Dutch oven over a campfire, with ingredient ratios and technique for camp cooking.
This 25 Lb Battery Ran My Fridge For How Long?
Real-world runtime testing of a 1024Wh portable power station running refrigerators, freezers, and simultaneous appliances during outages.
Food Crisis Unfolding in Europe
Analysis of emerging food supply disruptions and shortages affecting European markets and availability.
Sowing Sorghum in the Mediterranean Using Dry Land Strategies
Six-minute walkthrough of soil preparation and planting techniques for sorghum in water-scarce climates, including potting soil, spacing, and mulching strategies.
15 Crops That Practically Grow Themselves in the Heat
Nine-minute walkthrough of heat-tolerant crop varieties and summer gardening strategies for Central Florida gardens during peak heat and humidity.
How we raise broilers naturally | No hormones, no antibiotics
Twelve-minute walkthrough of a homestead broiler-chicken system: feeding, housing, daily management, and lessons from three trial iterations toward sustainable meat production.
2 Items Under $25 That Could Save Your Family
Seven-minute walkthrough of two affordable emergency essentials: a manual can opener and Coast Guard-approved emergency food bars, with real-world application examples.
Drip Irrigation System On A Homestead
Ten-minute walkthrough installing drip irrigation across a two-acre market garden: component breakdown, live demo, soil moisture contrast, and real cost analysis.
Fuel and Food Situation in Russia
Ground-level assessment of current fuel and food supply conditions and availability across Russia.
I Planted a Garden to Block Out The World
Half-acre property tour showing how to layer crops, trees, and shrubs for year-round privacy and food production on a small lot without expensive fencing.
Chickens Loved This New Feed (Here's Why)
Seven minutes on chicken nutrition: ingredient breakdown of a natural supplement (cayenne, garlic, oregano, flax) and its role in flock health, egg production, and immune support.
The Best Vegetables to Grow Now in July for a Big Fall Harvest
Ten-minute walkthrough of cool-season vegetables to plant in July for fall harvest, covering fast crops, leafy greens, root vegetables, and brassicas suited to late-season growing.
This Is My Health Insurance
How a decade of poor health and desk work led to quitting to build a half-acre homestead; why daily physical labor growing food became more effective than insurance premiums.
Catch, Clean and Cook with Only Pocket Primal Kit
Ten-minute walkthrough of using a pocket-sized multi-tool fire kit to catch, prepare, and cook a fish using only natural resources and the kit's components.
Complete Seed Saving Guide for Every Gardener
Twelve-minute walkthrough of seed saving techniques: choosing open-pollinated varieties, harvesting at peak maturity, dry and wet processing, storage for viability, and building an emergency seed bank.
Outdoor Cooking Trick
Stefan demonstrates a practical technique for cooking outdoors, showcasing improvised methods for field food preparation.
From City Life to Full Time Farm Girl: Interview With Ann Scott
Ann Scott discusses her transition from urban living to full-time homesteading and farm operations.
Our Life Is a Mess (And I've Never Felt Richer)
Ten-year journey building a debt-free half-acre homestead: why financial independence through small-space living, food production, and intentional frugality outweighs conventional wealth.
Three Underrated C's: Crappie, Cornbread & Coffee | The Perfect Catch and Cook
Fourteen-minute catch-and-cook walkthrough: fishing for crappie, field dressing and frying fresh fish, baking cornbread in camp, and brewing coffee outdoors.
Deeper Sonar Initial Review and Testing | First Look from a Canoe
Eleven-minute hands-on test of a portable sonar fish finder from a canoe, covering setup, app connectivity, accuracy, and practicality for ultralight fishing.
Daily Life - War Time Russia | And How To Get Rid of Giant Hogweed
Learn practical methods for identifying and safely removing giant hogweed, a hazardous invasive plant threatening gardens and property.
Your Food Supply Depends on This Dying Aquifer | Here's What's Happening
Nine-minute analysis of the Ogallala Aquifer's depletion, its impact on agricultural yields and food production, and what changing water availability means for regional food security.
AquaTru Carafe Reverse Osmosis Water Filter Review
Eight-minute side-by-side comparison of the AquaTru Carafe and Classic reverse osmosis countertop filters, with NSF certification breakdown and performance specs.
How to Make Eating Carnivore Affordable with Top-Quality Meat
Two-year case study on sourcing affordable high-quality meat for a carnivore diet, with practical sourcing strategies and cost-saving tactics.
Making Cream Cheese
Eight-minute walkthrough of cream cheese production from basic ingredients, a foundational dairy preservation skill for self-sufficient food storage.
An Amazing Doomsday Prepper Property
Walk through a thoroughly prepared SHTF homestead to evaluate its defensive design, food storage, water systems, and self-sufficiency infrastructure.
Gardening for Resilience: Growing Food Without the Store
Twelve-minute walkthrough of breeding resilient crop varieties and landrace gardening to achieve food independence for a family on half an acre without buying seeds or store supplies.
Why Every Horse Secretly Wants To Be An Appaloosa
Learn why Appaloosas make excellent homestead horses and how to train them effectively for your property.
48V DC Oven for Off-Grid Cooking: Building a Streamlined Solar Power Kitchen
Demonstration of a DIY 48V DC oven integrated into a low-voltage off-grid solar system for cooking without grid dependence.
9 Canned Foods That Become Toxic After They Expire
Ten-minute walkthrough of warning signs for spoiled canned food—rust, swelling, dents, leaks—and which foods pose the highest botulism risk after expiration.
Summer Solstice Midsommer Fest - Wartime Russia
Traditional Russian summer festival survival skills and seasonal food preservation techniques during conflict.
Thrivalist Ready Harvest Freeze Dried Food - Is it Worth It? Honest Review
13-minute breakdown of Ready Harvest freeze-dried food: quality, sourcing, cooking flexibility, cost, and whether single-ingredient freeze-dried beats pre-packaged emergency meals.
How to Survive a Grid Failure That Doesn't End
EMP threat overview and practical steps to build water, food, and power redundancy in your home when the grid fails for months.
Fruit Prices Are Rising… And Farmers Have Lost Entire Orchards
Spring freezes have destroyed U.S. orchards; Eagle Eye breaks down crop-loss impacts on fruit prices and what families can do now to prepare.
The Most Self-Sufficient Animal You Can Raise at Home
Ten-minute walkthrough on raising Muscovy ducks for meat and eggs with minimal space, noise, or feed cost on suburban homesteads.
Freeze-Dried Emergency Food: Testing Survival Rations on a 7-Day Blackout
Six-minute test of freeze-dried emergency food during a week-long blackout, comparing shelf-stable options to rice and beans for palatability and nutrition.
Super El Niño Warning: What There Not Telling You
Analysis of NOAA data and historical El Niño patterns to assess 2026 weather risks, drought conditions, crop failures, and food security implications for household preparedness.
Predator Invasion Forces Livestock Protection Overhaul
Rebuild poultry defenses and egg production after predator attack while expanding garden and homestead infrastructure.
Beef Prices Are About to Explode: Get Your Meat Shelf Stable ASAP
Eleven minutes on rising beef prices, shelf-stable meat storage via freeze-drying and mylar, and why preppers should act now.
Can You Turn a Carnivore Bar Into More Food?
Using a commercial survival bar as fish bait to catch dinner, then combining the catch with foraged ingredients and the remaining bar into a primitive soup.
Smart Water Leak Detection and Remote Shutoff for Off-Grid Homesteads
Installation walkthrough and performance review of a smart leak detector and remote water shutoff valve designed for off-grid well systems.
ITEHIL Portable R.O. Water Filter: Testing Reverse Osmosis Filtration for Bug-Out Water Independence
14-minute walkthrough of a portable reverse-osmosis water filter: setup, filtration specs (bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, PFAS), flow rate, and field-testing results from Alaskan water sources.
Beef Prices Warning: Expect 60%–100% Higher Prices by End of 2026
Analysis of cattle-industry production cuts, drought, and supply-chain disruptions driving beef-price forecasts, with food-storage and preservation strategies for households.
Using Survival Food as a Soup Base With Wild Edibles
How to combine shelf-stable survival bars with foraged wild plants to create lightweight, nutrient-dense meals in wilderness or bug-out scenarios.
Rice Shock and Food Price Crisis: Grain Inflation and Supply Chain Impact
Analysis of grain price surges (20% this month), lentil crop failures, and wholesale market disruption affecting household grocery costs.
How to Save Money on Farm Food You Don't Grow | Interview with Daniel Salatin
Six-minute interview on buying whole chickens in bulk directly from local farmers to reduce cost per pound and build an affordable, resilient food supply.
Off-Grid Food Storage - How to Dry Fruit Like Your Ancestors
Ten-minute walkthrough on traditional fruit drying techniques for long-term storage without refrigeration, applicable to off-grid living or emergency preparedness.
Outdoor Cooking Bear at my Off Grid Log Cabin
Learn to render bear fat, manage open-fire heat on stone and cast iron, and cook complete meals in a remote off-grid forest kitchen.
This Tiny Tool Solves a Huge Emergency Problem
Learn how a compact water key design fits into everyday carry while providing emergency access to commercial water valves.
Why I Stopped Mulching My Garden
Learn when mulch helps or harms garden productivity, with climate-specific strategies for soil warming and season extension.
Global Calorie Deficit and Fertilizer Shortage: Food Security Outlook
Analysis of fertilizer supply disruptions and their projected impact on global food production and calorie availability.
What They're NOT TELLING YOU About SHOWER WATER
13 minutes on municipal water treatment chemicals, chlorine exposure through skin and inhalation, and practical home filtration options for improving household water quality.
How to Generate Income on Your Homestead | Exclusive Interview with Joel Salatin
Joel Salatin discusses practical strategies for creating profitable income from homestead operations, covering regenerative agriculture and small-farm business models.
The Future of Homesteaders of America | Exclusive Interview with Amy Fewell
Amy Fewell, founder of Homesteaders of America, reflects on ten years of the modern homesteading movement and shares her vision for food security, self-reliance, and local food systems ahead.
You Don't Need Acres to Grow This Much Food
Garden tour and walkthrough of growing vegetables, grains, and animal feed on less than half an acre using closed-loop fertilization from livestock.
Media is Warning Food Shortages Coming — Are You Ready?
15-minute overview of converging food-system risks: tariffs on Brazilian imports, fertilizer fragility, screwworm outbreak in Texas, and El Niño crop impacts.
New Food Recalls and Safety Warnings: June 2026 Update
Overview of recent food recalls and safety warnings across major retailers, including salmonella, frozen foods, and supplements—helping viewers audit their pantries.
Brussels Under Attack — Scott Bessent's Warning to America — Get Water Now
Coverage of Brussels incident, Treasury Secretary Bessent's economic warning, and urgent water storage recommendations.
The advantages of raised garden beds on the homestead
Explores the benefits of using raised beds for homestead gardening and food production.
Are MRE Meals Worth It?
Taste-test and ranking of multiple MRE menus (entrees, sides, desserts, drinks) to help you decide if military meals belong in your food storage or bug-out kit.
4 Rice Meals That Can Save You Thousands
Four practical rice-based recipes designed to reduce household food costs while building pantry resilience.
Armored Supermarkets Stores Are Locking Up
Retail theft barriers, rising food prices, and a global PCB manufacturing disruption analyzed through supply-chain fragility lens.
My Chicken Food Forest—Year Three (It's Finally Working)
Three-year progression building a self-sustaining perennial forage system for chickens on a half-acre: plant selection, design iteration, and what establishes itself once systems mature.
One Power Outage Away From No Water
Three-level water security plan: storage baseline, filter selection for your situation, and grid-independent sources like hand pumps and rainwater catchment.
100-Year Low in US Wheat as Orchards Destroyed
Thirteen minutes on record-low US wheat production, California orchard destruction, fertilizer shortages, and commodity-driven inflation pressure on food supply.
The Real Inflation Wave is Just Beginning: Prepare for July 2026
Fourteen minutes on meat-packer consolidation, 2026 beef vs. pork price forecasts, CPI food trends, and household strategies to navigate rising costs.
Atomic Defense Pact Signed | Russia Warning on WW3 | Marco Rubio Outbreak Alert | Drone Attacks
News roundup covering European nuclear pact, Fed inflation outlook, Ebola monitoring, and concealed food production techniques.
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
20 Survival Items to Get Before July 15th
Twenty preparedness categories prioritized for summer pressure points: vehicle maintenance, fuel storage, backup power, food reserves, water, cooling, and cash.
Old-Fashioned Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
Step-by-step vanilla ice cream from whole ingredients using an electric or hand-crank maker, plus customization options.
Pool Shock for Emergency Water Purifying: Storage and Safety Considerations
Eight-minute examination of pool shock as an emergency water purification backup, including potential storage hazards and disaster scenarios preppers should understand.
How To Survive The First 72 Hours After The Grid Goes Down
14-minute grid-down scenario guide covering water access, food safety, lighting, sanitation, and morale management during extended blackouts.
I Planted a Food Forest For My Ducks (No More Mud Pit)
Building a productive food forest and DIY pond filtration system in a duck run to grow animal feed on-site and reduce trips to the feed store.
People Aren't Imagining This
How household margin disappears under cumulative price pressure, and why building pantry depth is the most practical first response.
How To Build a 21-Day Food System on a Budget
Step-by-step guidance on building a three-week food reserve from scratch without breaking the bank.
I Stopped Scrolling and Started Building (Here's What Changed)
Personal narrative on shifting from consumption to creation: growing food in small spaces, building community ties, and intentional living as household resilience.
Popcorn: The Most Fun Food in Your Prepper Pantry
Popcorn storage methods using Mylar and oxygen absorbers, microwave and stovetop popping techniques with coconut oil, and cost comparison showing 75% savings over commercial bags.
One Day Off The Grid: Solar Maintenance, Battery Install, and Property Management
Ten-minute walkthrough of daily off-grid homestead tasks: solar panel cleaning, lithium battery installation for mobile power, water system operation, and equipment maintenance on a working property.
Why Preparedness Gets More Expensive Over Time
Explores the cost trajectory of delaying preparedness decisions across food, energy, and supply-chain categories.
Electric Cooler Buyer's Guide: Setpower DT-45 Mobile Electric Refrigerator Freezer
13-minute hands-on review of a portable electric cooler for off-grid living, vehicle storage, and emergency food preservation.
What Happens When Gas Hits $7 / Gallon in the USA?
Eight-minute scenario walkthrough: cascading household and economic effects if fuel prices reach $7/gallon, from food costs to debt defaults.
Emergency Food That Needs Zero Cooking
Five shelf-stable meal types that require no cooking, designed for food storage plans and grid-down scenarios.
3 Layer Emergency Cooking | What Most Preppers Get Wrong
Nine-minute walkthrough of three redundant cooking methods for grid-down scenarios, covering fuel types, equipment selection, and avoiding single points of failure.
Rosemary Rescue: The Science of Reviving a Dying Herb
Five-minute walkthrough: diagnose and fix common rosemary plant failures indoors using soil, light, watering, and pest-management techniques.
2026 Food Shortage Warning: Are You Ready? Here's Your Action Plan
Jonathan and Kaylean walk through six strategies for weathering 2026-27 food shortages, from rotating pantry basics to building living food sources and community networks.
Control These 5 Things or Your Emergency Food Won't Last
Twelve-minute walkthrough of oxygen, moisture, heat, light, and pests—the five primary threats to long-term food storage shelf life and how to counter each one.
Easy Moose Jerky: The Ultimate Survival Food
A demonstration of cutting moose meat cross-grain into thin slices, seasoning with salt and spices, and air-drying it above a stove for shelf-stable storage.
This Is What Preparedness Actually Looks Like
Six-minute walkthrough of everyday food-independence tasks—comfrey harvesting for garden fertilizer and topical remedies, and other small consistent actions that build real food security over time.
Coffee Chat: What I'm Seeing Right Now
Seven minutes on garden progress, food self-reliance fundamentals, and the mindset behind small-scale food production for household resilience.
Spring At My Off Grid Cabin: Projects and Homestead Tour
April tour of an off-grid cabin showing spring plantings, blooming trees, and annual homesteading projects for sustainable living.
Atmospheric Water Harvesting: How to Pull Clean Water From Air for $30
How atmospheric water generation works, materials for a DIY $30 device, real-world performance tests, and scalability for off-grid households.
How to Store 90 Days of Food in a Small Apartment (Without Looking Like a Hoarder)
Ten-minute walkthrough on building a 90-day food supply for a family of four in a small apartment using calorie math, rotation systems, and hidden storage spots.
The Survival Gear Buying Guide: What You Actually Need vs. What to Skip
Nine-minute breakdown of the 72-hour preparedness framework, household water and food math, beginner gear mistakes, and how to start preparing for under $100.
The Secret to a Breathtaking Food Garden: 5 Design Tips for Any Budget
Five practical garden design principles—from flowers and water features to hardscaping—for building productive food gardens on any budget.
Storing Apples: Gold Rush Apple Variety and Long-Term Storage Techniques
Five-minute practical guide to selecting and storing the Gold Rush apple variety for long-term household food preservation.
How to Get Ready for Fur Trapping the Right Way and Avoid Mistakes
Six-minute walkthrough of fur-trapping fundamentals, common beginner mistakes, and lessons learned from years of hands-on practice.
DIY Bug Spray With American Beauty Berry
Seven-minute walkthrough harvesting American beauty berry and making a homemade mosquito repellent for garden pest control without synthetic chemicals.
How to Make Easy Homemade Almond Milk
Five-minute walkthrough on making almond milk at home using basic kitchen equipment, a practical food-production skill for self-sufficiency.
Final Steps of Building a Florida Food Forest
Step-by-step walkthrough of completing a permaculture food forest in central Florida, including sweet potato planting and subtropical plant selection.
Cats and Chickens
Becky shares hard-won lessons on protecting chicks from cats, managing feral predators, and selecting trainable farm dogs for flock safety.
How Doing LESS Transformed My Food Garden & Saved My Sanity
Twelve-minute walkthrough of five core gardening fundamentals—water, soil, sunlight, timing, pest management—and how simplifying your approach builds sustainable food production.
10 Cheap Household Items That Still Work After an EMP or Solar Flare Blackout
Eleven-minute walkthrough of ten low-tech household items that remain functional in a grid-down scenario caused by EMP or solar storm, covering water, light, tools, and cooking.
July Garden Tour | Productive, Efficient No Till Garden
Walkthrough of a no-till organic garden in mid-summer growth, demonstrating layout, soil management, and yield efficiency from a homesteader using this method.
AquaTru Reverse Osmosis Water Filter Review VS Gravity Filters
Side-by-side comparison of reverse osmosis and gravity water filtration systems, with demonstration of setup and use for household water purification.
DIY Hydroponics Fertilizer: Truth About Homemade Nutrients
Six-minute breakdown of DIY hydroponic fertilizer methods: what actually works, common pitfalls, and whether homemade nutrients are worth the effort for food growers.
What Every Gardener Wishes They Knew About Essential Tools
Guide to eight essential, durable gardening tools that handle 95% of tasks without waste or gimmickry—gloves, cutting tools, trowels, shovels, rakes, and watering gear.
Homestead Animals: New Chickens, Baby Bunnies and More
Tour of a working homestead's newest animals—chickens, rabbits, goats, and pigs—with practical context on raising livestock for food and self-sufficiency.
Grow a 4-Hour Food Garden With These 7 EASY Crops
Seven high-yield crops (herbs, greens, berries, cucurbits, nightshades, roots, fruit trees) designed for balconies and backyards on a 4-hour weekly time budget.
Maintain Your Jerusalem Artichoke Bed for Success & Creeping Charlie Management
Six-minute walkthrough on refurbishing a Jerusalem artichoke bed for optimal production and managing invasive Creeping Charlie weed spread.
Turmeric Harvest March | Zone 8a
Nine-minute walkthrough of harvesting turmeric across multiple seasons in zone 8a, demonstrating year-round production from just six plants.
Spring No-Till Garden: Easy Prep & Planting Potatoes
Five-minute walkthrough of no-till garden preparation and potato planting, comparing soil-building methods and demonstrating the creator's preferred cover-crop approach.
Nortent Gamme 4 Hot Tent Two-Day Canoe Tour: Cold Night, Warm Days, Campfire Cooking
Two-day canoe camping trip demonstrating hot-tent setup, fire management, and campfire cooking in spring conditions with hands-on gear evaluation.
How to Mill Your Own Flour to Make Survival Flatbread & Flour Tortillas
Thirteen-minute walkthrough on milling wheat berries into flour at home, with step-by-step recipes for survival flatbread and tortillas using minimal equipment.
How to Store Water When You Have Limited Storage Options
Nine-minute walkthrough on storing emergency water in small spaces, including container selection, preparation, and filtration options.
Can Food Growing Be Beautiful? Pollinator Garden, Compromising Aesthetics with Production
Ten-minute walkthrough of designing a productive edible landscape that balances food output with pollinator habitat and visual appeal on a homestead.
Digging a Pond: Permaculture Principle 1 — Observe and Interact
Six-minute walkthrough of site selection and pond excavation on a homestead, applying permaculture observation to build water resilience.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Goats! Farm Update
Nubian dairy goats setup, housing construction, and early-stage farm management on a homestead switching from cattle to milk production.
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.
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.
HydroBlu Water Filter and Versa Flow Gravity Bag
Seven-minute walkthrough of the HydroBlu gravity water filtration system and Versa Flow bag for household water purification.
Planting True Sweetpotato Seed
How to grow sweetpotatoes from true seed for climate-adapted varieties, breeding methods, and seed production in cooler growing regions.
Katadyn Base Camp Pro 10-Liter Water Filter Unboxing
14-minute unboxing and overview of the Katadyn Base Camp Pro gravity water filter system for household water storage and filtration.
Hunting a Deer With a Sniper Rifle SSG08
Field demonstration of hunting with a precision rifle, testing a Steyr Arms SSG08 for deer-sized game in a practical hunting scenario.
Food Storage Prepping: 1 Month Supply
Ten-minute walkthrough building and organizing a 30-day food and water supply for two people on a budget.