Protecting Your Home During Adverse Conditions Under normal circumstances home security is enough of a challenge. But add freezing cold, blistering heat or some other natural or manmade disaster and it becomes a real issue. Many unsavory characters out there lay in wait to take advantage of any sign of weakness. Add the pack mentality …
10 Tips to Make Your Home Your Fortress Our homes were always intended to be our safe havens. With crime rates rising, disastrous weather brewing and the ever-looming possibility of a major SHTF event to keep our homes our havens we must begin looking at them as our own little fortresses. Of course, building a …
Lessons Learned During Long-Term Power Outages How sure are you that you and your family are ready for a long-term power outage? I find there are always little things that turn into big things when you have forgotten them in advance! In only my personal opinion just shutting off the power for a day or …
DIY Water Wheel Generator If you are looking for alternative energy sources a water powered generator may just be it for you if you live or bug out to a location near flowing water. Unlike solar or wind power the water wheel doesn’t rely on the current weather and can operate day or night in the …
Prepping with Zip Ties Video Sometimes the smallest of items can make the difference between making something work or not. Zip ties are extremely versatile and I use them at home and in my garden for a number of things but Team switch via the Organized prepper has come up with 19 survival uses …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Using a Snowstorm to Your Advantage The disadvantages of being caught or trapped in a snowstorm are relatively obvious! I grow up in the northern portion of the Midwest so I have seen a lot of snow! I have actually had to climb out a window in order to …
Using Sugar on Wounds Before the time of drug stores and mass production of pharmaceuticals people were still injured and had medical issues. Some of the modern day drugs, ointments and lotions were developed from their less modern basic ingredients. One of those was sugar! Sugar has some seriously impressive medical properties. For more information …
Harvesting Rainwater Off Grid Almost twenty years ago, I set up this rainwater collection system out in the woods. Using about three hundred square feet of metal roofing to catch the rainwater, the water is run through a very coarse filter as it exits the gutter. Before flowing in to the two thousand (US) gallon …
Foraging During Winter The tendency when we think of foraging is to assume it’s a spring and summer activity. But that isn’t so. Foraging can be accomplished year round regardless of climate if you know what you’re looking for and where it can most likely be found. Although the yields are much higher and more …
Garbage Post SHTF One of the everyday tasks that will have to change for individuals and groups alike during and after a SHTF event is taking out the trash. Whether you make regular trips to a public dump or have garbage service either will probably stop being a viable option. If you are hunkered down …
