Preserving Meat in the Wilderness The video below is a tutorial on preserving meat by jerking/dehydrating while in the wilderness. You will not always have your oven or dehydrator especially if you’re in a survival situation! Your body needs protein in normal times and even more so in a survival situation where you are burning extra calories and using more muscle …
Open Locks with a Soda Can In “normal” times this trick should ONLY be used on your own property! If you have forgotten the combination or lost the key this can save you the cost of a locksmith. . In a long term emergency scenario is when knowing how to open these locks could be …
10 Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago Many of the old ways are how the ‘new’ ways were developed! From backing up an attacking dog, removing splinters and even homemade fire extinguishers! Old lifehacks can be applied to today’s situations when modern methods aren’t available. Check them out at the link below 10 Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago This …
MIY Natural Ginger Ale Ginger has been used for thousands of years by the Chinese and is known to have many healing properties by almost all cultures in most countries. Ginger ale was one of the first sodas. This natural version uses a fermented ginger culture and brings back that old fashion soda taste. To get …
110 of the Best DIY Hacks Ever If you’re a homesteader, an avid carpenter or just have the impulse to tinker, to putter, to do it yourself instead of buying it or paying someone to do it for you—Richards and Dullam share that mindset with millions of do-it-yourselfers. Sometimes economic necessity drives this impulse, and …
How to MIY Pectin Homemade pectin is usually made from apples or crab apples, both of which have an abundance of pectin. Making homemade pectin is one of those things you can do to save some money and to learn as a self-reliance skill. If there was ever a time when the stores are closed …
Cuba‘s DIY Inventions From 30 Years of Isolation The video below is in Spanish with English sub-titles and it gives credence to the saying necessity is the mother of invention! Cuba has been isolated from the technological advances of the rest of the world. So Cuban’s have had to make due with the resources available to …
7 DIY/MIY Badass Weapons First and foremost never use any of these ideas during “normal” times, they are intended for a long term SHTF and “there are no authorities” situations. If you pre-make them, box them up and put them away in a locked area… but know that pre-made in a bad situation could = …
DIY Cob Oven Many folks love having an outdoor kitchen or barbeque oven and simply go out and purchase one. But there are those who want to be off the grid and a cob oven can do just about anything that an indoor conventional oven can do. After a SHTF event most kitchens could end up being outdoors …
Some posts may include affiliate links. Hack Outdoor Solar Lights for Emergencies Solar lights are cheap and VERY east to get a hold of, these can be used to create a ton of different re-purposed things. Prephappy.com shows you 6 ways you can turn a solar light into a survival tool. You can use them in …
