How to Screw Up Your Electric Fence Build
I've never installed an electric fence before, and it showed. Sometimes watching YouTube can't replace trial and error.
Prepper Diary September 4: A Homestead Update
We face our second hurricane in two weeks, prepare for cooler temperatures and ready our bees to get through the winter.
The Danger of Trusting YouTube Videos
I enjoy watching YouTube videos, especially those I can learn from, but too often YouTubers make mistakes and give bad advice. Use discretion.
Prepper Diary August 15: We Get a Dog and New Bee...
Adding a good-size dog to our prepper property has been a goal of mine since Day One.
We are Adding a New Member to our Homestead
After looking at Rottweilers and investigating a few other breeds, we have selected a large livestock guardian dog for our homestead companion.
We Just Completed Two Raised Beds in the Garden
We added two raised beds as we continue to build infrastructure to support a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Chickens at Eight Weeks: An Update
Our first experience at raising chickens continues to go well. These ladies are about halfway to early adulthood and should be laying in a couple months.
In Search of Meat for my Survival Stores
I don't want to live on grains an greens alone. I am a omnivore unless given the opportunity to be a carnivore. But that's difficult to accommodate when prepping.
How to Prepare for Drought and Changing Weather Patterns
The Western U.S. is experiencing a record-setting drought. How can you survive if your water source dries up? What options are there?
The Chickens Graduate from their Brooder to their Coop
After a month, the garage had started to smell, well, like chickens. Or maybe chicken poop. The time had come to move them into their permanent home.