Reducing Your Need to Store Power Storing the energy you have created with alternative methods is not an easy task and is fraught with waste losing power both when converting it to be stored and then again when converting it back for use. The featured article gives some tips on making some simple changes to your …
DIY Tri-pod Water Filter After finding yourself safely away from what ever SHTF scenario has caused your being in a survival situation and protecting yourself physically from the elements particularly extreme cold or heat. Your very next priority has to be water. Without water you can not survive no matter how much ammo or other …
Reconditioning & Re-Seasoning Cast Iron Cookware Cast iron has been a favorite of cooks all over the world for years. Long before things such as Teflon coatings were ever even thought of. They are a particular favorite of preppers and homesteaders because they can be used in the oven, on the stove top, and over …
6 Important Things to Know How to Improvise We live in a modern world and many of the items we use day to day are based upon that world. But tomorrow we know the comforts of that world could disappear before our very eyes. In order to comfortably survive the loss of those items and …
How To Clip The Wings on Your Chickens Once the coop has been set up, a routine is in place for feeding and watering, the chore of cleaning out the droppings has been assigned and being carried out on a regular basis and you’re pretty well set to sit back and collect eggs! However one …
The E-Z Baby Saver Especially as the tempatures rise the danger increases for children inadvertently left in vehicles by overburdened, overwhelmed and busy parents and care givers. My children always fell asleep almost as soon as the vehicle began to move and it is not impossible that a harried parent running late with a number …
Bio-gas at home- Cheap and Easy This amazing method of making an alternative energy called bio-gas from animal waste, garden waste and kitchen scraps (almost any organic material works) was recently brought to my attention. Even though not as tidy per-say as solar it is less expensive, recycles waste, and would work year round. No worries …
Harvesting Rainwater for Residential Water Security Water next to shelter is the most important of human needs. It is topped by shelter only if you’re in an area where the environmental elements will do you in before the need for water. The human body can go only three days without water, and during those three …
DIY Plumbing Pipe Firewood Holder We feature a number of outdoor firewood sheds, bins, etc. But this one is for use indoors. It appears to be a fairly easy DIY project using plumbers pipe and best of all it’s on wheels! Not only would it fit into just about any style of home, but it …
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 …
