Category: Warmth / Shelter / Cooling
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The Emergency Heater You Need
These emergency kerosene heaters are all pretty much the same in how they work, but still buy a reputable brand, like Dyna-Glo, though this Sengoku heater has plenty of good reviews. In any case, so long as you can keep enough kerosene on hand, you’ll have a ready-to-deploy heat source powerful enough to keep a…
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DIY Reflective Heater
Here’s a neat way to make your own DIY heater out of vegetable cans by also using items I’d never considered, such as a 100% carbon felt to act as a wick and stainless steel mesh to act as the mantle. Overall, I like the design a lot, though I think the build could be…
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How to Prepare for Living Off the Grid in Winter
Climate change means summers are getting hotter, but that isn’t the only impact. On the opposite side of that coin, winters are getting colder and harsher. Even in urban centers, surviving these extreme conditions isn’t always easy. The Texas winter storm of 2021 claimed 246 lives, though some estimates put the number at close to…
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Inexpensive Off-Grid A/C Solution?
I happened upon the following video and was immediately intrigued. After all, I’ve been searching for a way to keep cool should we lose grid power for any length of time, and about the best I’ve come up with is to run fans and a window A/C from a small off-grid system I recently purchased.…
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How to Stay Cool Homesteading During the Relentless Summer Heat
Life on a homestead is challenging year-round. Families who live off-grid must rely on firewood, generators and other alternate methods of heat to stay warm during the winter. However, staying cool during the summer can be even more challenging. How do you handle temperatures of 90 F and above without air conditioning? The human body…
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No Air Conditioning AND No Power?
The temperatures here in the Midwest (we’re in Kansas City) have been a real pain of late. Fortunately, most of us are blessed with a true modern marvel: central air conditioning. I can only imagine what life must have been like before it existed because even spending a a few hours outdoors in the heat…
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15 Tips for Affordable Homestead Cooling (and Heating)
Homesteaders tend to achieve self-sufficiency in one of two ways. Many homesteaders reduce their reliance on technology. They assess their priorities and then scale back creature comforts so they don’t have to generate much electricity. However, other homesteaders use the latest tech to make their off-grid homestead as comfortable as any other modern home. The…
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Bedsheets, Silicone, and Naptha: Better Waterproofing Than Tarps?
This is a neat DIY idea, and if you have something you want to waterproof that might be difficult, like a backpack or pair of boots, try this!
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Are These Really the Problems to Worry About?
Watch this video, then see my comments below… I’ve been watching a lot of Southerprepper1’s content lately, and I always enjoy his calm and rational approach to prepping. But the video above got me to wondering if we’re going too far in a sense with our preparedness efforts. For those who chose not to watch…