Homesteading Archive

Solar Cooking! Food Preparation with The Sun!

Solar Cookers use the light of the sun to cook food by using reflectors to heat an enclosed area that is not unlike an oven. There are dozens of different, simple to build, designs that may be used even in the winter! Save on

Mainstream Media Turns Heads Toward Biochar!

Ecologists, permaculture experts and large organizations alike have been praising the use of biochar as an excellent environmental stabilizer.

Electricity and Drinking Water From Chemical Reaction Between Salt Water and Aluminum?

The potable water could be produced for about $1 per gallon, and electricity could be generated for about 35 cents per kilowatt hour of energy.

Save The Bees! Build A Top Bar Bee Hive! (Instructions Included)

The Bee Crisis has been a conversation between activists, farmers and ecology experts alike. Help save the bees than by giving them a place to live!

A College education can cost a fortune, e-learning could be your solution

The information and resources on the internet, can really give you the advantage if you are prepared to work towards free recognized qualifications.

Off-Grid Living, Resources to build your own Earthship

Imagine a warm safe and dry environment, where instead of fighting the forces of nature, the structure works with them, and even benefits from them.

UV and Slow Water Filtration for the Homesteader

UV Water Filtration systems are used with other filtration methods as a step that deactivates the DNA of microorganisms, making them unable to reproduce.

How to set up Off the Grid or Emergency Battery Banks

When planning to go off-grid the very most important knowledge you will require has to do with the battery bank set up that you will use. In this post we've laid out a massive amount of information concerning setting up a battery bank for

Plants Grown With LED PAR Light Are Healthier?

Non LED grow lights are obsolete for growth, learn more about growing with LED, what PAR light is and just how efficient this method can be.