Homesteading Archives


A short construction process to have your personal water harvesting system and to increase value of your home. Protect your landscape, mitigate damage from drought, and lessen water bills.

Homesteading (3): How to split logs


Ivan gives you practical advice on how to split your logs as well as tips on axe sharpening and wood storage.


Julie Nelson, REALTOR with Keller Williams Realty in Austin, TX, 512-848-5881. This home in the Saddlehorn neighborhood off Hamilton Pool Rd & Hwy 12 features an amazing rainwater collection system. Who needs a well when you have the rain?

Homesteading on the Kenai

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Upon hearing that land was still available for homesteading in Alaska. Keith, Shirley and Shirley’s younger brother, left Billings, Montana on March 1, 1959, drove over the Alcan, to arrive in Homer AK on March 18th. Preceeded by a heavy snowstorm, they spent two months waiting for the snow to melt. An original “Alaskan Sourdough,”invited them to live with him and take care of his place while he visited the lower “48.”

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Rainwater Collection Systems demonstrates its Rainwater Pillow, a durable rainwater harvester that can be stored in many areas in your home!

Homesteading Update


Here are some of the developments on our homestead this winter.

An Introduction to Rainwater Collection


An overview of rainwater collection, filtration, and disinfecting for home use with an established system as an example. I hope you learn something!

Weekend Homesteader: June

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Do you dream of homesteading but only have a bit of time each weekend to putter in the garden? This ebook series introduces a simple but powerful project for each weekend of the year to start you off on the path to self-sufficiency. June projects include:

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Simple Solar Homesteading: Intro continued…


Part 2 of introduction to Simple Solar Homesteading: 1: the cabin foundation 2: The water supply 3: The grey water system 4: The propane system

BRAE Rainwater Harvesting with CHRIS Kids


Learn more about rainwater collection at www.braewater.com With their latest development at Summit Trail, CHRIS Kids sought to not only design a facility to provide housing and support resources to youths aged 17-24, but to also promote conservation and resource management through green initiatives and EarthCraft certification. With sustainability in mind, CHRIS Kids looked to BRAE to design and develop a unique rainwater harvesting system to help meet their goals. To learn more about CHRIS Kids www.chriskids.org

Extreme Simplicity: Homesteading in the City

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Here is an upbeat, unabashedly outrageous book about applying the principles of self-reliance, more often associated with rural back-to-the-landers and wilderness campers, to life in suburban Los Angeles. By telling their own homesteading story, the Nyergeses have created a blueprint that will help city-dwellers anywhere live more independently. The book is organized more like a how-to or self-help book than a personal memoir. The authors present self-sufficient and… More >>

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Rainwater Harvesting System on This Old House


Innovative Water Solutions of Austin, Texas installed a 1200 gallon rainwater collection system on the Austin project for This Old House. Blake West stars in this video and shows you how we set up this rainwater catchment system that supplies water to the irrigation system.

Travel-Trailer Homesteading Under 5,000 NEW 3rd Edition Revised and Updated

rainwater Collection System


I tell you how to get rain water Cheep


Magda shows you how to use your excess of courgettes for preserving so that they can be eaten through the long winter months!


Learn more about rainwater collection at www.braewater.com When AdvancED sought to construct a new structure to house their world headquarters, they looked to the experts at RJ Griffin & Company to design and develop a green facility with LEED Gold certification in mind. To that end, RJ Griffin enlisted BRAE to design a rainwater harvesting system to collect both rainwater and condensate from the roof for reuse throughout the property and ultimately bring AdvancED a step closer to LEED certification.

Complete Homesteading Book: Proven Methods for Self-sufficient Living

Rainwater Harvesting System Installation


The installation of a 9000 gallon rainwater harvesting system from start to finish. See more at www.watercache.com

Continuing the Good Life: Half a Century of Homesteading

Rainwater Collection System 7-3-10


Rainwater collection system appears to be faulty

Go North, Young Man: Modern Homesteading in Alaska


www.rainandwatertanks.com Sydney Rainwater Tanks for collection of rainwater. All styles of water tanks and rainwater tanks available for delivery Sydney wide. Visit our website today!!

Homesteading for Beginners DVD trailer


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55 gallon Recycled Rain Barrel


www.cleanairgardening.com This rain barrel once held olives or pickles. It has since been converted to a rain barrel in order to aid you in rainwater collection. Rain barrels are great ways to conserve water and to use a natural resource for your lawn or garden. When using a recycled rain barrel, it’s important to always use one that was a food grade barrel. Never use chemical grade barrels. For more information on this great rain barrel, please visit the web link at the top of this description.

165 gal Rainwater Collection System


Inspired by chrismoss8′s video; I created a small footprint 165 gallon capacity rainwater collection system.

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How to save money, time, and the environment-on the urban frontier.

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Megan Rosenberger For more information: grabyourumbrella.weebly.com

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Chicken coops have never been so chic! From organic gardens in parking lots to rooftop beekeeping, the appeal of urban homesteading is widespread. Chicken and Egg tells the story of veteran food writer Janice Cole, who, like so many other urbanites, took up the revolutionary hobby of raising chickens at home. From picking out the perfect coop to producing the miracle of the first egg, Cole shares her now-expert insights into the trials, triumphs, and bonds that resu… More >>

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Home Rainwater Collection


here is my dad’s rainwater collection system!

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