Homestead Basics

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.

Here is another food storage video showing Mylar bags and food grade buckets. What I really like about this one is the use of oxygen packets. While others have shown use of them, non have put them in the bucket AFTER sealing up the Mylar. I like this just in case you don’t get a [...]

Robert Henry of the Survival Report brings you the first of a series of videos on starting out with fruit trees. He includes tips on buying the right types of trees for your area, how to care for them, irrigation solutions as well as information on diseases and treatments. With the ever growing possibility of [...]

Long term food storage is essential in Homestead Basics. This video is part 3 and shows long term storage of food using mylar bags and 5 gallon buckets. Its really easy and keeps food fresh for a long time.

This video is part 1 of 2 showing the important ingredients of a food storage program. Some topics are rarely taught but make all the difference

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.

In a new series of video we discuss and will show methods of gardening “when it counts.” The first 3 short videos detail some of the pitfalls and perils to the common survival/preparedness thinking of “when my storage food runs out I’ll just grow a garden.” Intermixed throughout the first three videos are also invaluable [...]

Food Storage Seminar — Part 1 of 9. “Top Reasons for not starting food storage”. For more information, visit everythingunderthesunblog.blogspot.com Recorded November 2008.

A short 3 part film on how to store food in buckets for long term storage. Food storage for peak oil, to zombies, to reddawn to SHTF to survival and basic disaster preps you name it, this is the way to do it.