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
I hate long-term storage foods. If you know me, you know I like to cook and eat food that is made from scratch. Long-term storage food never tastes that way. So, to say I was skeptical when Valley Food Storage approached me and asked if I would try their White Bean & Lime Chili product
You know that I think every suburban homesteader should build their EDC in tiers and one of the items in the second tier is a good pocketknife. I’ve been on the search for a low-cost EDC blade that held up to my demands and may have found it with the Kershaw OSO Sweet pocketknife. I’ve
Boots are a key component to any suburban homesteaders closet. Whether you’re working in the yard, shoveling the driveway, hiking, hunting, fishing or just hanging around, keeping your feet warm and dry is essential to being comfortable. In today’s post, we see if the ALTAI FM Tactical Boots meet the demands of today’s suburban homesteader.
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
Are you interested in suburban homesteading but aren’t quite sure where to start? Anna Hess’ book The Weekend Homesteader may be just what you’re looking for! The Weekend Homesteader Overview The Weekend Homesteader is an interesting book because it is broken out into monthly chapters with each month having many little sub-projects. Interestingly, the chapters start
Light – it’s the often the difference between getting out of a dangerous situation and running into big problems. Be it fire or pure illumination, light is a key ‘must have’ in most precarious situations. From an EDC perspective, the need for light is almost a mandatory. In order to meet that requirement, I carry
If you’re anything like me, you see the need to carry more than just a sharp blade on your person at all times. There are times when you need to grip something, cute wire or turn a screw. That’s where a multitool comes into play. Lately, my multi-tool of choice has been the Leatherman Juice S2. Leatherman Juice
I was lucky enough to win a Spyderco Endura 4 FFG pocketknife through a contest on TheBackyardPioneer.com. This knife has been in my EDC rotation since I received it in late April 2013 and it’s time for a review. Spyderco Endura 4 FFG General Description The Spyderco Endura 4 FFG – which stands for FRN Flat Ground – is a relatively inexpensive pocketknife.
