Homesteading - Simple Survivalism for Self Reliance Mon, 18 May 2026 15:49:35 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 15:49:35 +0000 Survival Monkey Forums https://www.survivalmonkey.com/forums/back-to-basics.22/ Mon, 11 May 2026 05:15:45 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/water-from-the-sky-without-rain.73358/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/water-from-the-sky-without-rain.73358/ invalid@example.com (3M-TA3) 3M-TA3
US and many other country codes do not recognize this, so it illegal in some countries even though it is widely used elsewhere. Personally I would call it a sculpture that has a maintenance requirement of removing water.

]]> 1 Mon, 04 May 2026 00:01:34 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/passive-heating-and-cooling-via-earthpipe.73347/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/passive-heating-and-cooling-via-earthpipe.73347/ invalid@example.com (3M-TA3) 3M-TA3
Material list in the description.]]> 22 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:34:12 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/solar-powered-well-pumps-advice-please.73118/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/solar-powered-well-pumps-advice-please.73118/ invalid@example.com (Blackgrub0331) Blackgrub0331
We don't use a lot of water from from our well or we don't think we do less then 500 gallon a day.

I want to buy a 2,500 holding tank and pressure pump also solar or battery. I want to get the solar for the pumps because of the power goes out I'm not getting any water. Like to buy the solar and 2,500 holding tank but maybe on 2027?]]> 5 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:39:48 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/seed-starting-time-again.73246/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/seed-starting-time-again.73246/ invalid@example.com (Thunder5Ranch) Thunder5Ranch
I was sitting putting tomato seeds into their cells in the flat last night and thought about the times before 2020. I finished up putting 24 Pink Brandywine seeds into 24 Cells and thought to myself...

Seed Starting Time Again.]]> 6 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:42:26 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/salt-pork-our-grandfathers-survival-food.73205/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/salt-pork-our-grandfathers-survival-food.73205/ invalid@example.com (duane) duane
Salt Pork, Our grandfathers survival food]]> 6 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 04:53:15 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/home-apothecary.72163/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/home-apothecary.72163/ invalid@example.com (mtnrider) mtnrider
The wife gave me this book for Christmas and it is flippin 100% awesome!!! It was just published in 2024.

Nearly 300 pages of everything natural you could possibly imagine.





]]> 11 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:10:21 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/a-whole-different-way-of-things.73058/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/a-whole-different-way-of-things.73058/ invalid@example.com (Thunder5Ranch) Thunder5Ranch
A whole different way of things.]]> 21 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:35:16 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/let-there-be-heat.73053/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/let-there-be-heat.73053/ invalid@example.com (Thunder5Ranch) Thunder5Ranch Things have just been crazy busy here trying to get buildings built and add ons added. The last of the projects I dreaded doing got done a couple of days ago. This is the BIG wood stove I bought to heat the new house I was building on the old farm. I decided that for how much it cost that I would be bringing all 400 pounds of it to the New Place LOL. The wood stove that the cabin fire place had been converted to was a 1992ish model Voglezang...

Let there be heat.]]> 29 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/anyone-make-a-anvil-stand.73117/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/anyone-make-a-anvil-stand.73117/ invalid@example.com (Blackgrub0331) Blackgrub0331 The anvil is only 55 lbs but I have looking around at building a stand for it.

The anvil is 11 inches long and under 6 inches wide at the base. I'm looking at using 4x4 or 4x6 yellow pine nothing fancy not going to be a forever that's the 4 foot black walnut tree truck job. Tree was diseased and close to 80 to 100 years old.

Looking for any thoughts and ideas?...

Anyone make a anvil stand?]]> 5 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 23:44:20 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/the-basics-critical-10-cs-to-survival.53084/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/the-basics-critical-10-cs-to-survival.53084/ invalid@example.com (Brokor) Brokor
Download the 10 C check list: CLICK HERE

There is a commonly used method to outline most of the basic tools (kit) required for survival. The exact item you choose to use will be entirely based on your own...

The Basics: Critical 10 C's to Survival]]> 23 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:42:47 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/distilling-alcohol.73097/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/distilling-alcohol.73097/ invalid@example.com (duane) duane
Distilling alcohol]]> 20 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:24:46 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/what-sold-me-on-newhome-in-the-ozarks.73090/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/what-sold-me-on-newhome-in-the-ozarks.73090/ invalid@example.com (Thunder5Ranch) Thunder5Ranch Crossing the Castor River Low Water Bridge the first time. I was like OH HELL YES!!!! It felt real tight bringing the bigger 8' wide trailers over the narrow low water bridges LOL.


And then Crooked Creek crossing another low water bridge and nothing but dirt and gravel roads.


Then pulling into this place at the end of...

What sold me on NewHome in the Ozarks]]> 8 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:00:32 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/building-1-the-rabbits-at-newhome-in-the-ozarks.73089/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/building-1-the-rabbits-at-newhome-in-the-ozarks.73089/ invalid@example.com (Thunder5Ranch) Thunder5Ranch
The first Rabbits, Khaki Campbell Duck and Muscovy were kind of a cart before the horse impulse And on the ground in cages was far from ideal.


The first order of business was...

Building #1 The Rabbits At NewHome in the Ozarks]]> 2 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:06:12 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/pickle-pear-wine-im-i-making-it-right.72996/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/pickle-pear-wine-im-i-making-it-right.72996/ invalid@example.com (Blackgrub0331) Blackgrub0331
Also yeast uses in this wine was Red champagne yeast and I...

Pickle pear wine? I'm I making it right?]]> 9 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:38:30 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/termite-proof-wall-studs.72984/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/termite-proof-wall-studs.72984/ invalid@example.com (oil pan 4) oil pan 4 The for the wall studs I'm thinking dip the bottom 2 feet in something like:
Thompson's water seal. I have several gallons, would have to buy more eventually and I don't think it's rated to repeal bugs.
White wash, which I think is just quick lime. Pretty sure they won't eat that or crawl on it...

Termite proof wall studs]]> 9 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:39:53 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/hurricane-leftover-destroys-western-alaska-10-2025.72966/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/hurricane-leftover-destroys-western-alaska-10-2025.72966/ invalid@example.com (DKR) DKR Alaska's News Source | KTUU/KYES | Anchorage, AK

Many stories of entire villages destroyed. 2K refugees to Anchorage for at least the winter.

Worth a look to see what might await you if you are a refugee....]]> 19 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 23:14:06 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/meat-rabbit-mother-dam-biting.72955/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/meat-rabbit-mother-dam-biting.72955/ invalid@example.com (white dove) white dove
Meat Rabbit Mother/Dam Biting]]> 9 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:43:02 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/the-end-is-nigh.72941/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/the-end-is-nigh.72941/ invalid@example.com (Thunder5Ranch) Thunder5Ranch

When I bought the new place there was a nice little cabin built in 1991 and a old oak barn built in 1918. A couple of reasons that I chose this location in the SE MO Ozarks being that there is ZERO Cell Service here, it has a good deep water well and all of the Basic infrastructure were in place and most new installs that the previous owner had made in the last 5 years. Like the new well, the septic...

The End is nigh ]]> 12 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:07:36 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/traditional-persian-butter-making-in-a-nomadic-way.72917/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/traditional-persian-butter-making-in-a-nomadic-way.72917/ invalid@example.com (Brokor) Brokor
Traditional Persian Butter Making in a Nomadic Way]]> 1 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:04:01 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/i-started-to-make-prickly-pear-wine.72894/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/i-started-to-make-prickly-pear-wine.72894/ invalid@example.com (Blackgrub0331) Blackgrub0331
Brought it home let it set in the cooler to age a little and filled cooler with water brush off the hairs smashed in hand to the fermentation bucket! I did two 5 gal bucket added suger and a few other wine making ingredients and let it set for 24 hr. Well 24 became 48!

I added the yeast to the mix and let it set for a week were I mixed it a few...

I started to make prickly pear wine!]]> 2 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:59:18 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/read-the-fine-print.67941/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/read-the-fine-print.67941/ invalid@example.com (duane) duane
This particular posting ties my experiences in the power market in New Hampshire with what is going on in Texas. I chose an electric power rate determined by the state regulators for the traditional supplier, my...

Read the Fine Print]]> 14 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:13:29 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/dead-cellphone-lessons-learned.72785/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/dead-cellphone-lessons-learned.72785/ invalid@example.com (hot diggity) hot diggity
I had to buy a new phone with the old number.
Young people with smartphones are thinking, "My Address book is in the cloud, no biggie.". Well, I'm not young, and my phone wasn't that smart. It was dead.

I might've set up a Google account years ago, but I didn't know how to access it. Took me a...

Dead cellphone - lessons learned]]> 12 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:51:21 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/cold-summer-baths.72717/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/cold-summer-baths.72717/ invalid@example.com (hot diggity) hot diggity
The solution is simple, quick...

Cold summer baths]]> 9 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:02:17 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/campfire-cooking-pie-irons.72627/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/campfire-cooking-pie-irons.72627/ invalid@example.com (Illini Warrior) Illini Warrior
hard for me to believe - but they go back with me 55-60 years >> my family got a pair when they first came on the market - back then really only for baking a fruit pie on the campfire - small diameter about 5" or so - dished in the center to hold the pie filling ....

now - they come in a number of configurations and the original "pie irons" are antiques rare to find even at...

Campfire Cooking >>> "Pie Irons"]]> 5 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:27:15 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/school-gardens.72767/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/school-gardens.72767/ invalid@example.com (duane) duane
School Gardens]]> 4 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:06:22 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/how-our-ancesters-survived-their-shtf.72770/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/how-our-ancesters-survived-their-shtf.72770/ invalid@example.com (duane) duane




And...

How our ancesters survived their SHTF]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:43:16 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/victory-gardens.72766/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/victory-gardens.72766/ invalid@example.com (duane) duane while we all know the basics, there was a much deeper truth in the victory gardens, that is the actual plants that were grown. Detroit red beets for example. Uniform size, resistant to disease, grew well in spring and fall, whole plant could be eaten and if planted thick, thinning the plants just gave you greens....

Victory Gardens]]> 4 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:48:18 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/showerhouse-repair.72751/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/showerhouse-repair.72751/ invalid@example.com (alaskachick) alaskachick

]]> 12 Wed, 28 May 2025 16:46:17 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/understanding-raiding-post-event.72644/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/understanding-raiding-post-event.72644/ invalid@example.com (Steverino) Steverino
To begin, we have to assume consumption of resources will be...

Understanding "raiding" post event....]]> 9 Thu, 15 May 2025 12:55:34 +0000 https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/amaranth-an-ancient-food-of-great-value.5887/ https://www.survivalmonkey.com/threads/amaranth-an-ancient-food-of-great-value.5887/ invalid@example.com (ChemicalGal) ChemicalGal Amaranth Golden Giant and Love lies bleeding (2 kinds)

The amaranth seed was a staple along with maize of the Aztecs and Hopi indians. Both the young leaves and the seeds can be eaten. the young leaves are used the same as spinach. The seeds can be popped or ground or soaked (and cooked as oatmeal) or used for breads.
It is higher in protein, lysine etc than many foods we eat today.
And if global warming...

Amaranth: An Ancient Food of Great Value]]> 41