Category: Camping

DIY Bug Out Trailers

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Bug Out Trailers What is cooler than having a bug out vehicle that is specific to you and your needs? Not everyone can afford to have a custom trailer built to their specifications. Although ordering one to your specs is awesome if you can do it, but there …

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DIY Flying Pest Trap

DIY Flying Pest Trap Mosquitos and other flying pests can make your outdoor space unusable and miserable to be out in. Not only are they unpleasant but dangerous. They carry illnesses and for some their bites are extremely uncomfortable. If you spray, you not only spread toxic chemicals all around your home but breath it …

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DIY Flower Pot Tandoor Oven

DIY Flower Pot Tandoor Oven The tandoor oven is a traditional clay or metal oven that cooks with radiant heat within the oven itself. Usually powered by wood or charcoal. This oven is can be left burning when used often, so that the heat remains consistent for baking. If properly insulated it can reach temperatures of 480 degrees or above. …

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Campfire Bacon & Eggs Sack

Campfire Bacon & Eggs Sack It’s the first thing in the morning and you crawl out of your tent hungry. The campfire has burned down to ambers and is perfect for making a breakfast in a sack. With no clean up afterward and the added benefit of re-stoking the fire to begin your day this …

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Charge Electronics with Campfire Power

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Charge Your Electronics with Campfire Power Charge your small electronics with fire and boiling water! In a long term SHTF crisis power may not be available, batteries will wear out and die, solar power can fail in inclement weather or the panels broken in all the chaos. With this charging method you connect …

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Weekend Projects For Preppers

Weekend Projects For Preppers Buzz Feed provides us with 11 weekend projects recommended by the Mountain Man. Some of these projects are ones that can be done at home, but most require you get out of the chair and get out there and try them! I grew up in Minnesota and I have to admit that …

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Awesome Uses For Drinking Straws

Awesome Uses For Drinking Straws A straw as a survival item? Yes! There are actually tons of uses for a drinking straw besides drinking out of them. Watch the video below to see some of the unusual ways an ordinary drinking straw can be used. Then let us know if you have additional uses that …

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Fire That Lasts All Night

Fire That Lasts All Night

Fire That Lasts All Night No matter why you have built the fire, if its to keep you warm during the night whether, camping, backpacking, bugging out or even bugging in your fireplace or wood stove the last thing you want is to be getting up every couple of hours to tend the it. Or worse …

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Farson Blade Survival Tool Review

Farson Blade Survival Tool Review As preppers and homesteaders, we hear a lot about tools. But which tool is worth the investment? Will they really work as advertised? Are they dual purpose? Do they really save the time and energy they claim, or would the purchase be a waste of time and money?  The featured article gives …

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101+ Dehydrating Recipes

101+ Dehydrating Recipes Dehydrating and drying of your foods is an excellent method of preserving in a way that is much easier to save and store than traditional canning or smoking. Much lighter and smaller to fit both in your pantry and in your backpack or BOB. I even keep a few in my accident …

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