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Grid Down, Drought, Supply Chain Failure: The Homestead Build Order That Prepares You for All Three Article 8 of 8 — The WholeStead™ Framework Series from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens You know the moment. You are watching something — a film, a game, a show at the most suspenseful possible second — […]
Build Your Homestead Income First: Why the Money System Should Come Before the Garden Article 7 of 8 — The WholeStead™ Framework Series from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens I want to tell you where I am building from. Not to ask for your sympathy — I have not needed that for a
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Small Space, Full System: How to Build Homestead Security on Less Than an Acre Article 6 of 8 — The WholeStead™ Framework Series from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens I have lived in an RV. Not as a weekend adventure. As my home. And even then — even in that compressed, mobile, absolutely
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The 5 homestead systems every self-sufficient property needs — and what most people are still missing. I’ve Been Preparing Since I Was 13. COVID Still Caught Me Off Guard. I am, by nature, a hermit. I don’t talk to people outside my house regularly. I observe. I think. I pattern-match. And for most of
The Supply Chain Broke. So Did the Illusion That We Were Prepared. Read More »
What is an off-grid system — and why do most people build them in the wrong order? The Day I Came Home With Seven Trees and Zero Plan Off-grid is sexy, thrilling, adventurous. People who think about going off-grid have a bit of an adventurous spirit — they want to test themselves against nature and
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The Family Homestead Build Order: What to Prioritize When You’re Doing This for Your Kids and Grandkids Article 5 of 8 — The WholeStead™ Framework Series from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens I bought Silkie chickens. If you know anything about chickens, you already know that Silkies are not a production bird. They
Why Most Homesteads Fail in Year 2 or 3 — And the System That Prevents It Article 4 of 8 — The WholeStead™ Framework Series from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens I have been building toward my homestead for ten years. Ten years. On less than one thousand dollars a month —
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Starting From Zero: What to Build First When You Have Land But No Plan Article 2 of 8 — The WholeStead™ Framework Series from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens I found them in the morning. I had built a new outdoor cage for my quail a few months before — a solid
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The WholeStead™ Framework: The Complete Map to a Fully Integrated, Self-Sufficient Life The WholeStead™ Framework from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens Most people who want to build a self-sufficient life start the same way: they find a solar blog, a gardening channel, a water systems guide, and a livestock forum, and they start
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The WholeStead™ Framework from UpRooted Greens By Tihamtu Chaos-Dragon | UpRooted Greens The day I brought my Guinea fowl home, I was convinced I was making a smart move. I live in a subdivision in town. My neighbors sit directly next to me — not across a field, not behind a tree line, right there.
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