Prepping & Safety

Homesteading articles about Prepping & Safety as they pertain to homesteaders, family, farming, animal husbandry, history, and myriad other topics discussed at Homestead.org, collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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herbal-salve-making, herbal salve recipes, how to make herbal salves
Alternative healthcare

Savvy Salve Making on the Homestead

Healing herbal salves have been a popular remedy for centuries. During the…

Linda Zimnick Linda Zimnick
homesteader-vs-survivalist
Homesteading

Homesteaders vs Survivalists

Homesteaders vs. Survivalists: Conflicting Interests or Alternative Routes to the Same Destination?…

Sheri Dixon Sheri Dixon
herbal tinctures , how to make herbal tinctures, best type of alcohol for herbal tinctures, types of herbal tinctures, herbal menstruum, herbal solvent
DIY

How to Make Herbal Tinctures

Learn how to make herbal tinctures and liquid medicinals from herbs, berries,…

Linda Zimnick Linda Zimnick
protect-livestock-from-coyotes
Dogs

When Coyotes Threaten Your Livestock

One evening as the sun slipped behind the Short Hills in Rockbridge…

Jo Ann Abell Jo Ann Abell
Knives on the homestead, types of knives for different uses, knife types, best knife for the job
Guides

Homesteading Requires a Keen Edge: Knives on the Homestead

What’s the most oft-used tool on the homestead? Whether cutting vegetables for…

Doug Smith Doug Smith
Homestead Heating Safety, homesteading
Fire

Homestead Heating Safety

You’ve made the decision to live a simpler life in the country……

Doug Smith Doug Smith
Buy land

Homestead Prepping: Buying a Bug Out Location (Buying a B.O.L.)

About two years ago, while selling real estate for a broker who…

Doug Smith Doug Smith
Tips On Canning Meat, reasons to can your own meat, canning meat, canned meat, homesteading
Bartering

Top 5 Reasons to Can Your Own Meat

Every year I can nearly 200 pounds of meat.  I normally can…

Anthony Okrongly Anthony Okrongly
natural homestead security
Homesteading

This Homestead Protected by Mother Nature: Homestead Security

The very nature of living on a homestead is such that it…

Marcus WC Tipton Marcus WC Tipton
Anecdotes

A Day in the Delta

“Thank God we finally made it to Dumas!”  I never thought these…

Gwen Miller Gwen Miller
homesteader or prepper
Canning

Prepping: Not Just for Preppers, Anymore

Maybe it’s just me, but for a long while, I was leery…

Barbara Bamberger-Scott Barbara Bamberger-Scott
The medicinal benefits of oxymels may seem incredible. Making oxymels is easy. What are oxymels? We'll cover oxymel recipes as well as how to use oxymels.
Alternative healthcare

Making Oxymels: The Sweet-Tart Medicine

Oxymel... what an odd word.  The etymology of the word actually gives…

Linda Zimnick Linda Zimnick