Hello Everyone! # Homesteading Resources That Are Handy! Note: This post is a work in progress. If you think something should be added here please put it in the comments section so that it can be reviewed. Entries can be posts made to Hive also... so please if it seems relevant share it! Also please note that I intend to create more sections that cover other various homesteading related topics such as farming, gardening, livestock and permaculture to name a few. Please feel free to suggest topics for inclusion. # **General reference materials:** **CD3WD Project** is a multi language wealth of knowledge on how to do stuff. *Note: Not all documents have translations but many are in:* *English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Italian.* http://www.cd3wdproject.org/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM http://www.cd3wdproject.org/ **Low-Tech Magazine** contains a wealth of knowledge on low tech solutions: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ **Low-Tech Magazine in multiple languages** is also available. *Note: Not all articles have translations but many are in:* *English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Polish, Italian, and Portuguese.* https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/low-tech-magazine-in-spanish-french-and-other-languages.html # Water Resources! Spring catchment SKAT manual: https://skat.ch/book/spring-catchment/ Ram pump explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_ram Gravity-Fed Water System for Developing Communities: https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_gravityfed_activity1 Rules of thumb for gravity fed systems: https://peakd.com/homesteading/@jacobpeacock/some-of-what-i-learned-recently-doing-passive-gravity-fed-water-systems A very simple spring water catchment system: https://peakd.com/off-grid/@jacobpeacock/a-simple-spring-water-capture How To Build A Simple Check Valve: https://peakd.com/diy/@jacobpeacock/how-to-build-a-simple-check-valve Dam and reservoir building: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@johndoer123/it-s-about-dam-time Compost Water Heater With The Jean Pain Method: https://waldenlabs.com/compost-water-heaters-from-jean-pain/ Water from air machines: https://h2omachine.com/ Water from the atmosphere: Video: [Warka Tower.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLjMbbFCTdo) The Persian ice house making ice in the desert: https://www.fieldstudyoftheworld.com/persian-ice-house-how-make-ice-desert/ How to build a water Tank Stand: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@vickoly/how-we-build-a-water-tank-stand-oror-to-store-more-water-ahead-of-the-coming-drought Earthbag water cistern: Video: [Off-Grid Rainwater Harvesting Cistern With Dirt.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajjzgIZ-A90) Drip Line Irrigation Example: Video: [Drip Line Irrigation.](https://peakd.com/hive-181335/@cahlen/gddigppq) Barrel (Drum) Rainwater Filter: Video: [DIY Rainwater Filter System.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgF0o9n_Sn4) Permaculture water systems 1: Video: [Slowing, spreading and soaking water into land.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYGS5pLRZg) Permaculture water systems 2: Video: [Design for Wildfire Defense.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_HEHlE-_dE) Permaculture water systems 3: Video: [Permaculture Ponds: Why, Where & How.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AadLCOqalFk) Permaculture water systems 4: Video: [Integrated Water Harvesting Earthworks, Restoring Ecosystems with Permaculture Design.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4iSy4tTXc) Permaculture water systems 5: Video: [Farm Scale Drought-Proofing: Water Harvesting for Land Regeneration with Permaculture Design.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIhJ_oYYMNk) # Electricity Resources! #### Hydro-Electric Resources: Hydro electric turbines: https://www.powerspout.com/ Vortex hydro electric turbines: https://www.turbulent.be/ Twin Micro Hydro Turbine Experiment: https://peakd.com/diy/@jacobpeacock/twin-micro-hydro-turbine-generator Micro Hydro Turbine Array Experiment: https://peakd.com/diy/@jacobpeacock/this-is-a-micro-hydro-electric-turbine-array-that-i-have-been-experimenting-with Micro Hydro Turbine Array Experiment Update: https://peakd.com/diy/@jacobpeacock/micro-hydro-electric-turbine-array-update #### Solar Resources: Outback Power solar component manufacturer: https://www.outbackpower.com/ Aims solar component manufacturer: https://www.aimscorp.net/ Genasun solar component manufacturer: https://genasun.eu/ DC MICROGRID: https://livingenergyfarm.org/what-is-a-dc-microgrid/ Daylight Drive system: https://livingenergylights.com/daylight-drive/ Basics For 12 Volt Electric Generation: "The Easy Way" https://peakd.com/diy/@jacobpeacock/basics-for-12-volt-electric-generation-the-easy-way How to fix broken glass on a solar panel: https://peakd.com/off-grid/@jacobpeacock/how-to-fix-broken-glass-on-a-solar-panel Video explanation of how to fix broken solar panel glass: https://peakd.com/off-grid/@jacobpeacock/video-explanation-of-how-to-fix-broken-solar-panel-glass #### Other Electricity Generation Resources: Thermoelectric Generator Systems for woodstoves: https://www.tegmart.com/thermoelectric-generators/ Human powered electricity generation: https://k-tor.com Small wind turbines: http://pacificskypower.com Hydrogen powered generators: https://www.altergy.com/products/fuel-cell-engines/ Industrial hydrogen powered generators and fuel production: https://www.fuelcellstore.com/hydrogen-equipment/industrial-hydrogen-generators #### Miscellaneous Electricity Resources: Inexpensive off-grid devices: https://peakd.com/off-grid/@jacobpeacock/inexpensive-devices-that-i-use-living-off-grid Earth batteries explained: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_battery Nickel Iron batteries: https://ironedison.com/shop/batteries/nickel-iron/nickel-iron-ni-fe-battery/ Load Dump, Dump Load, Diversion Load Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_dump Switch Mode Power Supply Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supply Living energy farms technologies: https://livingenergyfarm.org/lef-technologies-what-how-and-why/ # Shelter Resources! Building with earthbags: https://www.earthbagbuilding.com/ Hyperadobe Step-by-Step: https://www.earthbagbuilding.com/articles/hyperadobe.htm "Shelter" By Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton Book: (Must be purchased) https://www.shelterpub.com/building/shelter "The Hand Sculpted House, A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage" Book: (Must be purchased) https://www.cobcottage.com/node/82 The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book: https://archive.org/details/The_Fifty_Dollar_and_Up_Underground_House_Book_by_Chris_Royer/page/n101/mode/2up Inexpensive underground houses with Mike Oehler: Video: [Idaho modern oldtimer builds underground & solar $50 houses](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B6xR3T37gI) # Food Resources! #### Food Preservation Resources: Five Food Preservation Methods on The Homestead: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@gubbatv/vodzxnen Pressure Canning Raw Pack Chicken: https://peakd.com/hive-120586/@gubbatv/gcnfjlzk Making Chicken Bone Broth and Canning It: https://peakd.com/hive-120586/@gubbatv/rulrfvfm How To Freeze Dry Foods: https://peakd.com/hive-120586/@gubbatv/iwysqiac # Aquaculture Resources! #### Fishery Resources: Freshwater Fish Hatchery (Tilapia): https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@mnurhiver/freshwater-fish-hatchery-activities-in A Step-by-step Catfish Incubation and Hatching in Progress: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@apunawu/diy-a-step-by-step-catfish-incubation-and-hatching-in-progress Inducing The Female Catfish To Release Her Eggs: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@rheda/inducing-the-female-catfish-to-release-her-eggs Catfish Breeding Stock Chosen Based On Certain Criteria: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@rheda/my-catfish-breeding-stock-was-chosen-based-on-certain-criteria Making Fish Incubation Environment Look Good: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@apunawu/diy-making-fish-incubation-environment-look-good Spawning And Incubating Catfish Eggs After Fertilization: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@rheda/spawning-and-incubating-the-catfish-eggs-after-fertilization- # Communication Resources! Cellular signal boosters 1: https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/weboost Cellular signal boosters 2: https://www.wilsonamplifiers.com/ Amateur radio frequency allocations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_frequency_allocations Ham Radio For Dummies Cheat Sheet: https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/digital-audio-radio/ham-radio/ham-radio-for-dummies-cheat-sheet-207898/ MURS (Multi-Use Radio Service) Band Info: https://bettersaferadio.com/murs-multi-use-radio-service-band/ Family Radio Service (FRS/GMRS): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Radio_Service Direct phone to phone communication 1: http://www.servalproject.org/ Direct phone to phone communication 2: https://briarproject.org/index.html # Fuel Resources! Bio Fuels: https://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/BioFuel/biofuels.htm#CompostHeat Biogas digestors: https://tinylivinglife.com/pros-cons-of-using-a-biogas-digester-to-power-your-tiny-house-updated-2019/ # Other Resources! Doing land research: https://peakd.com/homesteading/@jacobpeacock/research-article-2-land-research-questions-i-ask Biochar production and by-products: https://biochar.international/the-biochar-opportunity/biochar-production-and-by-products/ Anaerobic digestion: https://www.appropedia.org/Anaerobic_digestion Making The Black Soldier Fly (Bsf) Love Cage Ready By Adding Water, Attractant, And Eggise: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@rheda/making-the-black-soldier-fly-bsf-love-cage-ready-by-adding-water-attractant-and-eggise Three basic methods of propagating rice: https://peakd.com/hive-114308/@monica-ene/three-basic-method-of-propagating-rice-introducing-another-year-of-rice-growing-season-rice-growing-season-with-monica-ene Hydraulic cement: Video: [What is hydraulic cement.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Warz0TqY) Trenching with compressed air: Video: [Example of an 'air spade' trenching tool.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CXC4jCuPWM) # Software, Operating System & Networking Resources! Operating Systems: https://linuxmint.com https://ubuntu.com https://www.edubuntu.org https://zorin.com/os Operating Systems that are geared towards low-end and older hardware: https://lubuntu.me/ https://kolibrios.org/en https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io https://antixlinux.com Networking Operating Systems: *Openwrt works on a plethora of routers and other devices:* https://openwrt.org/ *Zeroshell is depricated but handy for older hardware:* https://www.zeroshell.org Web browsers: https://brave.com https://www.google.com/chrome https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new https://librewolf.net Text based web browser: https://lynx.invisible-island.net 3D software: https://www.blender.org Audio editing and recording: https://www.audacityteam.org Image metadata removal: https://exiftool.org/ Image compression: https://github.com/tjko/jpegoptim Image editing: https://www.gimp.org Office suite: https://www.libreoffice.org Text editors: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit https://notepad-plus-plus.org Large directory of open source software: https://opensourcesoftwaredirectory.com ![woodbanner.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacobpeacock/6NFVJMeb-wood-banner.png) # Hive Community Resources! **Homesteading** A Community For Homesteading: https://peakd.com/c/hive-114308/created **HiveGarden** Supporting Hive Gardeners: https://peakd.com/c/hive-140635/created **Hive Gardening** A community dedicated to all the gardeners in the world: https://peakd.com/c/hive-147663/created **Hagro** A blend of hive and agriculture: https://peakd.com/c/hive-197995/created **Agricultural Mindset** A supportive Community that brings about gardening, homesteading, farming,animals and related articles: https://peakd.com/c/hive-150280/created **Succulent growers** For those who love to grow cacti and succulent plants: https://peakd.com/c/hive-183841/created **Natural Medicine** For Alternative Health Bloggers: https://peakd.com/c/hive-120078/created **Home Edders** For those home educating and home educated: https://peakd.com/c/hive-199420/created **Build-It** DIY community on Hive: https://peakd.com/c/hive-129017/created **DIY** DIY Community on Hive: https://peakd.com/c/hive-173726/created **ecoTrain** Together we're making your world a better place: https://peakd.com/c/hive-123046/created **Architecture+Design** Elevating Architecture and Design with Hive: https://peakd.com/c/hive-178708/created **Inner Blocks** Focused on all aspects of life. 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