Category Archives: orchard

Having Backup

The content discusses creating alternatives for daily necessities in case of unavailability. It highlights using backup security firms for businesses, alternative utility sources like water, electricity, and heating, and finding substitutes for grocery stores. It also mentions alternative personal care and house cleaning products. Additionally, it promotes books on vegetable gardening and alternative living.

Seven Ways to Save on the Grocery Bill

Rising post-pandemic inflation has doubled grocery bills, prompting creative purchasing strategies: buy clearance items, track rotating sales and holiday specials, and purchase in-season fruits and vegetables. Save long-term with bulk staple purchases and grow your own food. Preserve your harvest and cook from scratch to avoid preservatives. Lastly, foraging and hunting complement the savings.

We Were All Preppers

The post discusses the commercialization of the prepping movement and how people used to be more self-sufficient. The author describes their current efforts in gardening, foraging, hunting, raising animals, and learning various skills. Additionally, they have written books on vegetable gardening and other relevant topics to help others learn these skills.

Free Fertilizer Right in Your Own Backyard

In recent years, many commercial fertilizers have been in short supply and what we can purchase is so expensive. What if I told you that you don’t need to purchase fertilizer to get rich soil that offers so many different types of fertilizers? What if I told you that the fertilizer that your soil needsContinue reading “Free Fertilizer Right in Your Own Backyard”

What Is Growing That I Didn’t Have to Plant this Year

One of the nice things about being a perpetual homesteader is that there are foods that I am now growing that I didn’t have to plant this year.