Tag: water

The road thaws out enough to become passable, the pipes are no longer frozen, and we take the opportunity to stock up on some critical items.

Five days later, we are still living without running water. It's a learning experience and we share some lessons and tools with you as well as our next steps.

We don't get much snow, but our water freezes. We re prepped for that, but it is still an inconvenience. Nonetheless, live goes on.

In most cases, your septic system will continue to work after a grid-down experience, but not aways, and not necessarily for long.

When buying a retreat or a prepper property, think not only of today, but what we may face years or decades from now.

A once-in-a-generation storm is bring bitterly cold temperatures to 37 states over the next few days. Do you know how to keep your pipes from freezing?

Nothing like running out of water when you have a house full of people. Because we have spare parts on hand, we got back up and running quickly.

Many of the United State's municipal water suppliers are in bad shape. Consider taking steps to become less dependent on your water utility.

Inflation affects everything we buy for the homestead, but shopping around can pay off. Food and dining out are getting shockingly expensive.

We take steps towards burying the water pipe from our spring to the house. This should hep prevent freezing and ensure we have water in any conditions.