Self sufficiency living

These are some of the most essential self reliance skills you can start building right where you are- on a small homestead, in your kitchen, or in your backyard. See our big list of self sufficiency skills.

Do you want to know how to be more self sufficient as a beginner? Learn from our experience as beginning homesteaders. In this blog I share examples and tips on how you can get started today.

Here are seven ways on how you can be more self-sufficient! 😉 Visit www.defiel.com for more prepping and survival tips.

Self-sufficient gardening is developing skills to help your garden thrive with less reliance upon and less influence from outside sources.

We are always trying to find ways to live more simply and slowly. To embrace nature's blessings and show our appreciation by being more self-sufficient.

We talk a lot about becoming more self-sufficient in this homesteader life, but in reality, being completely self-sufficient isn't possible in this day and age. In fact, it wasn't possible with the pioneers of old either. We must rely on the community, so let's unpack what community sufficiency means.

We’re sharing the best ways to start apartment homesteading so you can become more self-sufficient in nearly any city or state. Because maybe you feel stuck in an urban zone and wish you lived closer

Think you can't homestead in the city? Think again! I'll show you how urban homesteading is completely doable! #urbanhomesteading

My end goal in life is to live off grid. I don't know if I will ever accomplish that, but I can dream. I know what it takes from my experience of living in a

When we found our off-grid compound, I assumed that I'd have to give up just about every power-consuming modern luxury. We went through our kitchen cabinets and tested each appliance with a kill-a-watt electricity usage