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DIY Base Camp Trailer
DIY Base Camp Trailer If you have priced RVs or pop up trailers of late you know they are pricey even without any customization. So build your own! This neat little trailer allows you to bring your base camp with you as you travel. Not only a great idea for vacation travel but if the …
What is Prepping and Who are These People?
What is Prepping and Who are These People? Outsiders often just don’t understand our community. Who can blame them with our strange language, abbreviations, and too often poor representation in public forums? Television shows like Doomsday Preppers inferred that they are representative of us and our community. They so aren’t! But much of the public …
DIY Ammo Box Grill
DIY Ammo Box Grill I do like the recycling and reuse of an ammo box. They just seem too sturdy and useful to toss away if not being used as originally intended. I have seen them repurposed to faraday cages, storage boxes, and even a mini bar. This post has it’s reuse to being a …
Set Up PACE Comms for Survival
Set Up PACE Comms for Survival Communications and how you have planned to use them in a disaster can make all the difference between surviving and/or seeing your family or group make it through together. Presetting comms is a priority prep. Right now, most of use a primary unit for our comms solutions. We are …
What Will You Do If…?
What Will You Do If…? The whole ideology of prepping is to prepare ourselves for the what if’s in life. What and how we prepare for these events is shaped by our experiences and watching those of others and determining what we would do in that situation. There are always situations and scenarios however, that …
Prepping a Wild Medicine Cabinet
Prepping a Wild Medicine Cabinet Now is a great time to learn about and stockpile natural medicine for a time when traditional western medication might not be available. Always check with your doctor before using any natural remedy to insure there isn’t a known interaction with medication you take or an allergy to the ingredients. …
Eating Lilacs
Eating Lilacs Lilacs are one of my favorite blooms. I have several bushes in my yard. But I wondered… Are they edible? is this a plant that will benefit my family should we have to forage or eat only what we grow? I didn’t have an answer, so I went searching for blogs that would …
Gear to Bear-Proof Your Camp
Gear to Bear-Proof Your Camp Bears are like most critters, beautiful and majestic creatures in their own environment.. It’s not until our environments collide that they become terrifyingly dangerous. It’s up to zoners and environmentalist to curb our growth into their territory to prevent the onslaught of bear issues in our neighborhoods as human kind …
Finding Survivalist Friends
Finding Survivalist Friends We all need to socialize, it’s part of human nature. Some require it more than do others. But it is a basic human need. If you’re a prepper by nature or nurture you may be a bit more independent than the rest of your community, however this applies to you as well. …
Common Driveway Weed is One of Nature’s Most Powerful Survival Plants
Common Driveway Weed is One of Nature’s Most Powerful Survival Plants Preppers, Survivalists and frugal foragers all spend a lot of time searching for the perfect survival plant. We want one that has nutritional value, medicinal properties, grows in a number of climates, is easy to cultivate, easy to harvest, easy to locate in the …