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Natural Chicken Bone Broth

December 21, 2017 by Michael Bunker Leave a Comment

Few foods combine the attributes of being healthy, being easy to produce, and being naturally harmonious with an independent lifestyle. Chicken Bone Broth in particular is one of the few foods that truly can be called a “Superfood” (I know that word is overused, and usually erroneous, but in this case it is not.) Bone broth is easy to make, utilizes parts (bones) usually cast aside or sold as a post-industrial commodity in most industrial/consumer/commercial applications, and is one of the few products where the by-product of the main food source is actually healthier than the main food source.

Filed Under: Members Only, Silver Members Tagged With: homesteading, preparedness, Survival

Making Sauerkraut the Plain and Frugal Way

December 5, 2017 by Michael Bunker Leave a Comment

I made a video for you! This is making sauerkraut the old school way, with the philosophy behind fermentation rather than a focus on ingredients and recipes. https://youtube.com/watch?v=rvPUdkM-J2A  

Filed Under: blog, How To, Off Grid Tagged With: Fermentation, homesteading, Non-Electric, Off-Grid, Philosophy, Pro-biotic, Sauerkraut, Survival

The Mud Years

December 5, 2017 by Michael Bunker Leave a Comment

This whole thing is a metaphor. It still works and is true the way it’s written, but sometimes I’m too subtle so… this whole thing is a metaphor. We live completely off-grid on an off-grid farm in Central Texas. The grid really doesn’t have much to do with my topic today, living disconnected from it […]

Filed Under: blog, Off Grid, Off Grid Life Tagged With: homesteading, Mud, Non-Electric, Off-Grid, Philosophy, Survival

How We Do Stuff: Staying Cool Beyond Off-Grid

July 30, 2015 by Michael Bunker 6 Comments

“I find your lifestyle very compelling, but I could never live without air-conditioning.” This is probably the statement I have heard the most over the last ten years from people who cannot believe that we are able to live, and thrive, without most of the modern conveniences that 1st world humans take for granted. I […]

Filed Under: How We Do Stuff Tagged With: air-conditioning, Amish, cistern, homesteading, Off-Grid, prepper, root cellar, staying cool, Survival

Harvesting Wheat by Hand

June 29, 2015 by Michael Bunker 13 Comments

I promised several people I’d do a post wherein I share our process of harvesting wheat by hand. Harvesting is actually a small part of the whole process of taking wheat from the field to a usable final product, so although I named this post “Harvesting” Wheat by Hand, I’ll actually include the post-harvest steps of threshing and winnowing.

Filed Under: blog, How We Do Stuff Tagged With: harvest, homesteading, Off-Grid, prepper, Survival, wheat

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