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Homestead Install #085: The No-Stove Supper

Oct 6, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #085: The No-Stove Supper

Try one meal before an outage makes the choice for you.

Ethan Archer
Ethan Archer

2026-10-05

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Homestead Install #084: The Ten-Minute Lint Check

Oct 5, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #084: The Ten-Minute Lint Check

The problem may be where the dryer’s air leaves your home.

Ethan Archer
Ethan Archer

Daily Install

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Homestead Install #083: The Soil-Cover Test

Oct 4, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #083: The Soil-Cover Test

Try a small cover before pouring in more water.

Ethan Archer
Ethan Archer

2026-10-03

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Homesteader Install #082: The Food-Pot Drain Check

Oct 3, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #082: The Food-Pot Drain Check

One hidden hole can decide whether the roots sit in water.

Ethan Archer
Ethan Archer

2026-10-02

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Homesteader Install #081: The Shade-Before-Heat Check

Oct 2, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #081: The Shade-Before-Heat Check

One window check can help you stop heat before it builds indoors.

Ethan Archer
Ethan Archer

fresh rebuild

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Homesteader Install #080: The Dry-Spot Rescue Kit

Oct 1, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #080: The Dry-Spot Rescue Kit

Set one small kit now. Keep a minor leak from soaking more of the room.

Ethan Archer
Ethan Archer

Daily Install

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Homesteader Install #079: The Three-Step Drain Walk

Sep 30, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #079: The Three-Step Drain Walk

A fifteen-minute water-path check that shows where the next hard rain will go.

Daily Install

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Homesteader Install #078: The One-Warm-Room Map

Sep 29, 2026

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6 min read

Homesteader Install #078: The One-Warm-Room Map

A fifteen-minute home test that gives winter heat one clear first job.

Daily Install

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Homesteader Install #076: The Battery Landing Pad

Sep 27, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #076: The Battery Landing Pad

A new group of lithium-battery recalls shows why the place you charge a device matters almost as much as the device.

Daily Install

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Homesteader Install #075: The Gutter Overflow Walk

Sep 26, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #075: The Gutter Overflow Walk

Heavy rain in the weekend forecast shows why the first puddle should be found before it reaches a wall.

Daily Install

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Homesteader Install #074: The Freezer Brick

Sep 25, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #074: The Freezer Brick

A new record for peak power demand reveals how two frozen jugs can store cold before the grid needs help.

Daily Install

Homesteader Install #073: The Downspout Spillway Test

Sep 24, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #073: The Downspout Spillway Test

A hard-rain forecast reveals the cheapest flood-control tool most homes already have.

2026-09-23

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Homesteader Install #072: The Three-Use Crop

Sep 23, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #072: The Three-Use Crop

A vineyard full of unsold grapes shows why growing food is only half the household plan.

2026-09-21

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Homesteader Install #070: The Cheap-Now Jar

Sep 21, 2026

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4 min read

Homesteader Install #070: The Cheap-Now Jar

A lower produce price only helps when the food lasts long enough to use.

Daily Install

Homesteader Install #069: The Source Card

Sep 19, 2026

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5 min read

Homesteader Install #069: The Source Card

Follow dinner one step beyond the farm name.

2026-09-17

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Depot Install #068: The Fix-First File

Sep 17, 2026

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3 min read

Depot Install #068: The Fix-First File

The model number may be the most useful repair tool you already own.

Daily Install

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Depot Install #067: Where Water Goes

Sep 15, 2026

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5 min read

Depot Install #067: Where Water Goes

A cup poured is not the same as a root watered.

2026-09-14

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Homestead Install #066: The Second Path

Sep 14, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #066: The Second Path

The safety tool is only one part of the system.

Daily Install

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Homestead Install #065: Count What Your Home Makes

Sep 12, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #065: Count What Your Home Makes

A harvest feels good. One tiny count shows whether it changed a real household need.

One Less Heated Step

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Homestead Install #064: Your Washer Has a Second Bill

Sep 11, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #064: Your Washer Has a Second Bill

The drum is easy to see. The heat behind the load is easier to miss.

The One-Patch Soil Cover

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Homestead Install #063: You watered it. Where did the water go?

Sep 10, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #063: You watered it. Where did the water go?

An old volcanic field holds a lesson for the bare patch in your garden.

energy resilience

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Homestead Install #062: The Manual Fallback Card

Sep 9, 2026

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4 min read

Homestead Install #062: The Manual Fallback Card

Hurricane Lowell's widespread outages reveal a homesteader rule: the household job matters more than the powered method. Give one useful job a manual fallback.

Substitution

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Homestead Install #062: The Second-Material Card

Sep 8, 2026

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6 min read

Homestead Install #062: The Second-Material Card

Oil markets are staying more resilient than the headlines suggest because supply can move through alternate routes. Your household can use the same design rule.

energy resilience

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Homestead Install #061: The One-Load Producer Card

Sep 7, 2026

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6 min read

Homestead Install #061: The One-Load Producer Card

A fresh distributed-energy signal reveals a homesteader rule: the house becomes a producer one useful job at a time, not by trying to replace the whole grid.

Household Skills

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Homestead Install #060: The One-Trip Dependency Card

Sep 6, 2026

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5 min read

Homestead Install #060: The One-Trip Dependency Card

Record diesel and high Labor Day fuel prices make one hidden household input easy to see: every store-bought solution also has a trip attached to it.

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