Practical self-reliance for ordinary households
Be ready for the next outage, storm or dry spell, without turning your home into a bunker.
Tested gear reviews and step-by-step guides on water, power, food, readiness and workshop skills. Written for homeowners, not preppers.
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Water
Joseph’s Well
Printed guide with DIY plans for a home device that pulls drinking water from air, aimed at households preparing for drought. Digital copy available.
Water
Aqua Tower
Downloadable guide with plans for building a home unit that collects water from humid air. One-time payment, delivered digitally.
Water
Water Freedom System
Step-by-step plans for building an atmospheric water generator at home. Sold as a digital download or a printed book with four bonuses.
Power
Power Grid Generator
Downloadable plans for building a small home generator from parts, presented by the vendor as a way to supplement grid power.
Power
Easy DIY Power Plan
Digital guide with instructions for building a small backup power device at home, from parts list to assembly. One-time payment.
Power
The Ultimate Energizer
Digital guide with plans for building a compact home energy device that the author presents as a backup power source.
Power
Solar Innovator
Digital plans for building a spherical solar collector at home, designed as a small do-it-yourself solar power project.
Power
Ultimate Off-Grid Generator
Digital guide to building a small off-grid power generator at home, aimed at people who want less reliance on the utility grid.
Food & Garden
Medicinal Garden Kit
A packet of seeds for ten medicinal plants, plus a guide on turning them into teas, tinctures, salves and other home remedies.
Food & Garden
The Self-Sufficient Backyard
Practical book covering backyard food growing, medicinal herbs and other small self-reliance projects. Sold as a physical book with a digital edition.
Food & Garden
The 5 Foot Farm
Digital guide to setting up a compact food-growing system in a small backyard space, aimed at lowering grocery bills. One-time payment.
Food & Garden
Pocket Farm
Digital guide to building a four-foot growing setup that produces food for a home stockpile. One-time digital purchase.
Food & Garden
Homesteaders Handbook
Book covering homestead basics: choosing land, local rules to check, garden layout, growing food and cooking from scratch. Physical and digital copies.
Food & Garden
Grocery Freedom Garden
PDF guide in sixteen sections on choosing which groceries to grow, planning space and succession planting, and tracking savings over 90 days.
Food & Garden
Apartment Homesteading
Digital guide for renters on growing, fermenting, baking, composting and emergency preparation in an apartment, without land or permanent changes.
Food & Garden
First-Time Chicken Keeper
Six-module PDF checklist for new backyard chicken keepers, covering planning, legal checks, coop setup, choosing breeds and early care.
Emergency
David’s Shield
Printed book on preparing a household for major disasters, including blast protection, written from a Christian perspective. A digital copy is also offered.
Emergency
Anti-Looter Kit
Home security kit with motion sensors, window alarms, a dual-function alarm and a blackout-proof flood light, plus two bonus preparedness guides.
Emergency
Lost Frontier Handbook
Printed book on old-fashioned skills and supplies for coping without modern services, including a list of 75 items useful in a crisis.
Emergency
SurvivalMD
Full-colour printed first-aid and emergency medical guide for situations without a doctor, sold with digital bonus guides including child and veterinary care.
Workshop
TedsWoodworking
Online library of roughly 16,000 downloadable woodworking plans for projects of all sizes, with a plan viewer. One-time payment for lifetime access.
Workshop
Beginner’s Guide to Woodworking with Hand Tools
Six-module PDF guide for beginners: five essential hand tools, small-space setup, choosing wood and three weekend projects needing no power tools.
Workshop
101 Easy Scroll Saw Patterns
Downloadable package of 101 original hand-drawn scroll saw patterns in PDF, by a Canadian woodworker. Digital only, nothing is shipped.
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