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Build a life that stands against uncertainty. From practical preparedness to traditional self-reliance, we share the real skills you need for families in the modern age. Explore our latest articles on food storage, homestead resilience, and ways to live a self-sufficient life.
Starting a preparedness group

Starting a preparedness group in your community

Building a local group is a great way to prepare for disaster. Your friends and neighbors are key when it comes to preparing, supporting each other, and creating a strong community. But where do you start? This article teaches you how to create a preparedness group in your community.

homesteading with disabilities

Homesteading with injuries – Tips for life on a homestead from a disabled veteran

Dealing with injuries to our body sucks. And often disabilities seem to take more away than they give. However, it is still possible to live on a homestead and enjoy life, despite a disability. This article gives you tips to make that happen.

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Six tips for living frugally on your homestead

Homesteading can be expensive. Yet there are some great ways to live a frugal and healthy life without even giving up what you love. In this article, I share six tips to help you stretch your budget and live a better frugal life.

Balancing work & fun

Eight tips to help you balance work, family & homestead life

Balance. It’s key to so many things in life. And it’s insanely easy to fall out of balance. This article gives you eight tips to keep your life in balance and help your homesteading journey be a more enjoyable one.

Homesteading or Prepping

Homesteading or Prepping

Two terms that get thrown around all the time are Homesteading and Prepping or Emergency Preparedness. The question is, are these things unrelated? Can you even do one without the other? This article discusses each topic and how they relate.

Is homesteading for your family?

Is homesteading for everyone?

Homesteading feels like a fad. But it feels like the future. Yet this way of life is not for everyone. At least the down and dirty side of homesteading. In this article, I will cover homesteading and why it might not be for everyone.

Off-Grid Communications

Communications in an off grid yet connected world

Communications. How do you stay connected and yet disconnect from the everyday world? And what happens when the grid goes down? This article covers the basics of communication while living off grid.

Alternate methods of preparedness

The skills of the past and alternate methods of preparedness

If you talk to the average prepper on what you need, one of the first things you will hear is guns and food. Admirable preps for sure. But what do you do when ammo is impossible to get? Alternative skills and preparedness come into play when the world goes sideways…

Homestead Planning Tips

Our top seven tips for families wanting to start a homestead

When the homesteading bug hits you, it can hit pretty darn hard. This intense desire to make it all happen today. Like right now. But homesteading is not an instant fix. It’s a journey. This article gives you tips on how to make the most of your journey.

Learning to live through winter in a different climate

Learning to live through winter in a different climate

No one can plan for everything. And something will inevitably break down in the process. This winter was our first here in North Idaho, but we learned some valuable lessons along the way. In this article, I will cover four key areas we learned lessons and give you recommendations on…

Our Story

Johnson Family

Life is unpredictable, but your family doesn’t have to be unprepared for it. We’ve traded the modern hustle for a life of purpose and resilience on our North Idaho homestead.

Our goal is simple: to help you master the skills that build a resilient home, so you can lead your family with confidence.

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