25 Ways to Use Beeswax on the Homestead

Do you raise honey bees? If so, you should know that their usefulness extends well beyond the production of honey. In addition to pollinating your plants and ensuring a healthy ecosystem, bees also produce honeycomb. While it may not sound fancy, honeycomb produces many pounds...

How to Make Homemade Anti-Parasitic Tincture for Livestock

Parasites and worms on your farm and homestead are one of the top leading causes of livestock death. But thankfully we can make a homemade anti-parasitic tincture for our livestock (yes, even chickens!) By offering our livestock herbal supplements and this tincture on a...

Is it Safe to Eat Expired Food?

Last week, I went through my pantry, trying to get an idea of how much food storage I have. By the time the organizing session was complete, a dozen or so “expired” items sat on my kitchen counter. In the past, I didn’t hesitate to...

How to Prevent Wound Infection Using Saltwater

You’ve seen in movies how the hero stranded on a remote coastal shoreline has to improvise in order to survive. While accidents are a common occurrence in the unfamiliar environment, our hero will cut himself against the edge of a sharp stone to bring...

How to Avoid Scummy Coffee

If you are anything like me, you love coffee. It was 1998 when I had my first cup of coffee. It was black and in a small white cup that was sorta like milk glass. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and in basic training, I...

What to do when lost in the woods

Let’s talk about something that I was wanting to discuss for quite some time now. What to do when lost in the woods? That requires what is considered to be one of the most important yet highly underrated survival tricks that you could now.  The scenario...