Welcome to Our Permaculture Homestead

After 13 years of researching “doomsday preppers” and homesteading for my apocalyptic novel, We Can Save Us All, I realized I had none of the survival skills I’d been writing about. I wanted to change that. Without becoming a total weirdo.

We began preparing our home to survive a grid-down situation, and dove into homesteading projects to inform our new lifestyle.

Here’s what happened next…

Permaculture Homesteading How-Tos and Articles

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Learning Lacto-Fermentation

I enjoy a good brine. So for the holidays I got this beginners fermentation kit from Soligt Fermentation. I get incredible bread from Wholly Schmidt Sourdough so don't need to dip into those waters, but I tried my hand at pickled vegetables, sauerkraut, and hot sauce. It's easy, a fun way to get kids involved, and mostly involves doing nothing.

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