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Where to start
Default path
Practical homesteading
A first-week and first-season path: water, food, sanitation, and the tools you already use.
Start herePrepper
A 72-hour and home-readiness path. Water, food storage, light, comms, medical, sanitation.
72-hour pathOutdoors
Field skills: navigation, weather, fire, shelter, water, and medical.
Field pathFeatured skills
Water
Store it, treat it, and know how much you need.
Open hubFood
Grow, buy, and keep food you will actually eat.
Open hubFood preservation
Can, dry, ferment, and freeze so harvest lasts.
Open hubSanitation
Toilets, wash water, trash — keep people well.
Open hubEnergy
Light, heat, and power when the grid is quiet.
Open hubTools
Hand tools that earn their keep, and how to care for them.
Open hub
Now on the path
How to store water for 30 days
A volume, a container, and a rotation you will keep.
Read articleA first-year garden that feeds two
What to plant, how much space, and what you do with the harvest.
Read articleHow to heat one room when the grid is down
Pick the room, the fuel, and the air. No stove link here.
Read article
Reference
Guides
Guides are not published yet.
72-hour kit checklist
A plain list you can use this week. Use it on the page. Nothing is emailed.
Get the checklist