G'day all, I'm ADF member looking to responsibly utilize someones property out and around Townsville, willing to travel a reasonable distance. I wish to spend 2 days or so performing low impact camping and practicing my self sufficiency in bushcraft. I will obey any conditions you request for...

My family is about to purchase 100 acres of raw, wooded land. We want to build a mid-sized cabin or house. The land has a creek that goes through it and one unpaved road that leads to it. I am looking for advice on where to start. First i need to start drafting ideas of what i want really and...

Hey All, Just became a home owner on Vancouver Island, B.C. In November of last year. We are still young and needless to say we are experiencing everything that goes along with owning a home for the first time. Most recently property taxes ! Just got the papers in the mail today. So with the...

Hi there everyone, I was wondering if any of you would have suggestions about how to sell our homestead. We have 3 houses (one over 4000 square feet), 17 acres, hydro would be doable but we haven't gotten to it. A stream, acre pond, sauna, large garden, and we have been renting the other two...

Okay, I've searched for this topic but I can't quite find what I'm looking for. The hubs and I are hoping to find a piece of land, build a house, and prep for whatever comes our way. We're really still in the planning process and I'm thinking about trees or plants we should invest in to put on...

Hi all! I just came across this site and am pretty excited. I am wanting a piece of land to go camping on. I'd like to build a small cabin and use the place to get away from it all every once in a while. Plus, I think it would make a darn good BOL if necessary. The plat I am looking at is just...

I hope this is the right forum for this thread. I came across this company, Revolutionary Realty It is for the Northern Idaho region. I am currently deployed to Afghanistan and looking to buy property like this when I get home to homestead on, not to escape to. I have to stay in the St. Louis...

This is not about TAKING other peoples property. Anyone thought about using abandoned/empty properties as a bug out location. It'd seem like a waste to leave some secure out of the way house or facility abandoned during a shtf event especially if it has a well and/or defensive capabilities...

To truly be a survivalist requires far more than merely stockpiling food and weapons. Useful and necessary skills include hunting, fishing, gardening, canning, and raising livestock such as chickens. One needs to know how to butcher and prepare animals for food. One must know how to make their...

Ok we are aware of the SHTF and we are aware of bad times to come but are we really understanding SHTF right? For me the fan might get poop on it tomorrow if the stock market callasped and my business went under, I would need a place to live and a place to call home where the cost of living...

I’m planning to relocate and shopping for property on the internet. I have most of my criteria pretty well thought out with one exception. Defensive capability. I am so ignorant on this topic that I’m not even sure what search terms to use to research it. I want to be able to evaluate the...