If you live on a homestead, you probably spend plenty of time outdoors. You might be checking fence lines, walking wooded property, looking for a good spot for a garden, or keeping an eye on your water supply. Most days, your phone can help you find your way around. But what happens when the battery dies, you lose your signal, or your GPS stops working? That’s when an old-fashioned compass can come in handy. Learning to use a compass is a practical skill that doesn’t require

When people talk about long-term food storage, the usual suspects get all the attention: rice, wheat and dry beans. Those foods deserve a place in a serious pantry. But there's another inexpensive staple that doesn't get nearly enough attention from preppers: lentils. They're cheap, compact, nutritious, easy to store and—perhaps most importantly when you're thinking about a prolonged power outage or fuel shortage—they don't require soaking and cook much faster than most dried