HomesteadGrow, store and make your own
Homestead: growing, storing and making your own
You do not need a farm to depend a little less on the shop and the grid. A few pots of greens, a shelf of jars, a rain barrel and a solar panel already make a difference in a long crisis.
Guides
- Food Homesteading: first steps What self-sufficient living really involves: power, water, food, preserving, heat, tools and sanitation. Realistic steps for a house with a garden and for an apartment, in the order worth taking them.
- Food Balcony vegetable garden What you can grow on a balcony, in which containers, when to sow and how much you can realistically harvest. Plus sprouts and microgreens that grow on a windowsill all year.
- Food Home canning without botulism Why home-canned vegetables, mushrooms, beans or meat can cause botulism, which foods are safe in a water bath and which need a pressure canner, the warning signs and the symptoms of poisoning.
- Food The rotating emergency pantry How to build two weeks of food from your normal shopping, store it properly and eat it before it expires.
- Food Dehydrated and freeze-dried food The difference between dehydrated and freeze-dried, how long each lasts, how to dry your own fruit and vegetables and when 25-year survival food packs make sense.
- Water Rainwater harvesting How to collect rainwater from your roof in barrels or tanks, what you can use it for without treatment (garden, toilet, cleaning), why it isn't safe to drink straight, how to treat it if needed and what to know about local rules and mosquitoes.
- Energy Home solar and alternative energy Which renewable systems make sense for a home, how a solar system with battery backup works in a power cut, and what you can do even in an apartment.
- Energy Equipment Portable solar panels Which portable solar panel is worth it for a power station or phones: wattage, cell type, connectors, voltage, water resistance. How much it really produces in summer and winter, and how to use it on a balcony or in the yard.
- Energy Equipment Home generators Conventional or inverter, gasoline, diesel or propane? How to size a generator, how to connect it to your house legally and why you never run it in the garage.
- Home Equipment Essential home tools The tools you need to fix small things yourself and cope after a storm, flood or earthquake. The basic list, what to buy first and what to leave for later.