What is the first thing that a suburban homesteader does? I’m sure you guessed correctly – they start a garden. It’s probably the easiest thing to do to start a self-reliant lifestyle because of many reasons. There’s a low barrier to entry – you just need some dirt and a few seeds – and it’s
You’re a suburban homesteader. You know how to raise your own food, protect your land, hunt for your protein, fix just about everything around your home and work with your neighbors to make your world that much better. But, do you know how to deal with any acute medical emergencies that show up? Scott Finazzo’s
Armed defense is always an interesting topic when it comes to prepping, survivalism and suburban homesteading. At the end of the day, I strongly believe in a person’s right to stand their ground and protect themselves. Jim Cobb shares that belief. He has used his latest offering, Prepper’s Armed Defense, as a means of explaining
Bushcraft survival is something that a lot of folks in the prepping community have an interest in. Most of us spend some time outdoors away from our homesteads. Knowing how to survive if SHTF in those situations is quite important. In his book The Complete Survival Shelters Handbook, Anthonio Akkermans walks you through the different
Natural medicine is something you will invariably hear about as you get involved in the prepping community. We, as a general society, have become very dependent on conventional medicine – doctors, hospitals, pharmacists, etc. If a SHTF scenario ever happens, we’ll need to be able to take care of ourselves both from a conventional medicine
Financial freedom is something I often preach about here on Suburban Steader. All suburban homesteaders can benefit from being free of financial burden. How do you get there? There are lots of ways to go about it. You can get quite overwhelmed with all the different ways to get to financial independence. Jim Cobb’s latest offering, Prepper’s
Julie Sczerbinki’s latest offering – The Survival Savvy Family: How To Be Your Best During The Absolute Worst – is different than most survival and preparedness books. Most are written from a gloom-and-doom, the-world-is-about-to-end point of view. Those books and the skills described in them have their place. I, however, enjoy survival based books which
A suburban homestead is the kind of place that goes hand-in-hand with prepping. Why else do you want your land to produce and become self-sufficient if not to be prepared to take care of yourself? But are you thinking about what would happen if we got into a long-term survival situation? Enter Jim Cobb’s latest
