Homestead Basics

Here at Homestead Basics we have a one year supply of food, six months of water, and a decent financial reserve. Today I was down at NAPA purchasing everything to do an oil change on our Project HOSS. I cant believe I never thought of this, but I don’t have many supplies for vehicle maintenance. Remember that your food storage and other reserves are not just for if the world goes down in flames, but what if your job goes south? What if you get injured enough, you cant work full time? NAPA was running a sale on filters, so I purchased a case. I also purchased eight cases of oil. That is enough to change the oil every two months for each of my vehicles (My wife’s suburban or HOSS).

I love fruit. I really love Cuties during the winter months. I eat up to four a day. I have been throwing the orange peels into the compost bin all winter. I peeled one last week while driving around and left the peel on the floorboard and forgot to grab it as I got out. The next day, my truck smelled very pleasant, so that got me thinking about other uses for the peel. I hit the world wide web and came up with this:

Part 2 of Walter Brock’s Documentary “Breaking New Grounds.” Breaking New Grounds is an economic development engine in Louisville, KY built on composting, urban farming, and sustainability principles.

Part 1 of Walter Brock’s Documentary “Breaking New Grounds.” Breaking New Grounds is an economic development engine in Louisville, KY built on composting, urban farming, and sustainability principles.

I was so impressed when I watched this video. I was jealous of the freedom. I did not think I would be. Here I live fairly well, I don’t owe anyone for anything-except my house. Then when I watched this video, I must admit, it really stirred things up. How wonderful it would be to be totally self sufficient and owe nothing for everything I have.

Now this post is right up my alley! Chocolate! Just saying it makes my mouth water, but did you know the true benefits of chocolate? I found a great article over on the Survival Spot blog explaining the benefits of chocolate.

GTV visits Growing Power, a self-sustaining urban farm. We talk with founder Will Allen about the global importance of urban farming. Produced by Jeremy Bessoff and the Gumbo TV Teen Reporters. … Growing Power urban farming sustainable agriculture Gumbo TV teen television

There has been a lot of derogatory talk lately about “preppers” and “survivalists” and I’d like to take a minute to point out 10 reasons why preppers and survivalists have always been vital to the United States and why it is essential that we have as many as possible to survive future disasters.
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1.  FEMA–The cost [...]

Our first mobile chicken coop, easy to move and safe for the animals, please let us know what you think, thank you Keeping hens in your own backyard is easy with the mobile chicken coop, Roll-a-coop rotates slowly allowing new pasture to be accessed and leaving waste behind, Animals stay more active and more productive, [...]

In certain areas of the world, it is crucial to shape structures to endure the vast shock and hurt associated with earthquakes. Unfortunately, skill has not yet urban an early word scheme that can give immediate observe when an earthquake is eminent. Thus, we are completely at life’s mercy to live an earthquake, and buildings [...]

Hunting is as old as humanity-older, in fact-and as new as the latest high-tech gear they’re selling at your local sporting goods store. Fossil evidence indicates that early humans were hunting with spears as long as 16,200 years ago, and scientists estimate that we’ve been eating meat much longer than that-for nearly two million years, [...]

Rammed earth construction is gaining in popularity with home owners seeking to build Eco-friendly. Rammed Earth Construction is basically using the dirt under your feet, or from a local quarry to build a wall, house, shop, or anything else you can think of. Its a great concept since it doesn’t require brick, wood, quarried stone, etc to be used and transported. Everything is local!

This is a very impressive video. Not many garden systems are done so neatly. He did a great job with this video! I really like his rain barrel system and may duplicate it!

We brought some wood from our Missouri Homestead with us, but that wasnt enough. Most of it being oak was sure nice as that is not near as common here in Colorado.

Novella Carpenter started small, with some plants in an empty lot next to her house in Oakland. A couple of years later, she was tending to a full-blown farm, with goats, turkeys, ducks, pigs, and a robust garden. This video tackles questions of neighborliness (which is more offensive: police sirens or roosters crowing?), environmental poisons [...]

Alemany Farm is a 4 acre, fully functioning urban farm nestled between a major highway intersection, a newly gentrified neighborhood on a hill and a housing project- the perfect place to grow some food! We got a tour (and some amazing fruit) from Antonio Roman-Alcalá, Volunteer Coordinator and soon to be videoblogger/documentarian extraordinaire. The work [...]

112 Page Exclusive Manual - The Business & Biology Of Raising Earthworms - Includes Over 124 Individual Back Issues Of The Worm Farming Secrets Newsletter - More Than 1,200 Additional Pages Of Worm Composting Content [...]

Keeping agriculture sustainable increasingly means keeping it local. Besides the environmental benefit of reducing reliance on fossil-fuel guzzling transportation, eating local food is a more seasonal and often healthier experience. With concern about food security growing, it might turn out to be safer, too. The folks in charge of the Science Barge, a new urban [...]

This is a review and demonstration on the SOG SEAL Pup knife. I’ve modified the sheath to make it into an urban survival knife by adding a fire steel rod, a sharpener, paracord, reflective and duct tape, and a fishing line and hook. This knife is light, balanced, and tough. The blade is made of [...]

Snail farmers in Nigeria were only a few. They started in a small scale. The reason is because the awareness is yet to be created. The First set of people that started it in Nigeria will be millionaires within the next few years.

This is because of the high demand for snail locally and internationally. You [...]

Are you prepared for an emergency, such as a disruption in utilities or quarantine? How would you cook and wash yourself, what would you drink? Watch as we evaluate our emergency preparedness, as we live in our house for five days without electricity and water from our taps.

Buying a small farm is generally an emotive experience. Every purchaser has a unique set of reasons for taking such a step, however, general themes can be identified and several broad categories of hobby farmers can usually be observed in most regions.
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Astute investors will often purchase a parcel of land close to the [...]

Answer this as honestly as you can: can you survive an emergency with just your bare hands?  Probably not.  Most of us will require a weapon, a device or some gear of sorts in order to protect ourselves.  It’s a good thing that prepackaged survival tips are now being sold freely by retailers both online [...]

Check out the short version of our amazing video about urban farming in the South Bronx and NYC. Come to the Red Carpet WORLD PREMIERE of our longer version on Saturday evening, DECEMBER 5th, 2009 at THE POINT Community Development Center - 940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx NY 10474. www.thepoint.org Please post a comment and let [...]

This video was created to showcase my BOB BAG/EDC/URBAN SURVIVAL situation. It will evolve as I learn more. Please leave any comments that could help me produce a better experience for viewers and ways for me to improve the contents of the bag.