Straw Bale Gardening Here is some info on this gardening method from a Joel Karsten out of Minnesota. From the pictures it looks like this works well. Looks like he puts about 3 inches of potting soil on top the Straw Bales to start Seeds in. Straw Bale Gardening is a simply a different type …
MIY Pine Pitch Glue After a SHTF event things we use every day and don’t even think about will become scarce. Things like tape, glue, thread, water proofing sprays, etc… If said disaster causes you and your family/group to be homeless building a new shelter will require some water proofing and more than likely a …
DIY Solar Furnace Heat is necessity in most parts of the world for several months of the year. This DIY furnace project can save you cash today in normal times and could save you literally in times of crisis. This particular furnace would heat an average room only, but if you are handy and want to …
MIY Yeast or Extend Your Supply (Recipe for extending yeast supply and link to making it from scratch) Yeast is a very basic supply needed to make a number of the foods we love and use daily. Foods that might not be available for purchase if the lines of supply are blocked or the stores cease to …
DIY Oilskin Tarps From Sheets! Oilskin tarps tend to be much lighter than their heavier dense polyester counter parts and hold up better than the plastic knock offs. So, if you’re planning on bugging in or out the light weight plus water proofing of these tarps makes it much lighter to store and if necessary, …
Convert Weed Eater to 12V Generator If you have an older no longer useful weed eater this could be a good way to recycle it to a new useful repurpose. Later if the SHTF you have to think of which purpose would be more useful to you… a functioning weed eater or a 12V generator! …
DIY Solar Air Heater My first thought was what would I use a solar air heater for? Then as my mind clicked about randomly, I began to realize there are a number of excellent uses for a project like this one! Anything that uses warm air can by accomplished with this DIY heater. You could use …
MIY Biltong Biltong is a variation of dried meat similar to jerky only the recipe is from the Dutch settlers to South Africa. The meat is dried in fillets rather than strips and cut after drying rather than before like jerky. It is another survival way of preserving meat over the long term and can …
Personal Camouflage Good camouflage has more to it than just wearing camo pants and shirt! There are more considerations to think about from shine to smell. If you’re in a hunting scenario you learn these tricks when your prey avoids you and you realize you must do something different. But if you’re in a SHTF …
Re-Learning Survival Methods From the 1800s Many believe in a worldwide disaster that could be considered a TEOTWAWKI event will throw mankind back into the 1800s. In some ways I believe they could be correct. If such a horrific event were to occur, humans would suddenly be without the modern methods they are accustomed to …
