MIY Ink For crafts, as a hobby, to be frugal, or just for fun, making your own ink is an interesting project! In a SHTF event, ink will be the least of your worries for the first few years in my opinion. But it could also be a good skill in that event as well. …
Amazing Wood Pallet Fences To keep outsiders out, toddlers in, animals in or out and generally mark your territory takes a fence. A good fence can cost you a pretty penny and I can attest to that! When I think of homemade fences, they aren’t necessarily an attractive visual. But these ideas for using pallets …
Preparing for Unemployment Most of us “old timers” call this concept poverty prepping. Some in the younger generation have never had to deal with the worst of the worst of a recession. But most of us have at least seen the ramifications of an unexpected layoff during a time of widespread unemployment. It can be …
45 More Signs that You Might Be a “Crazy Prepper” ! OK, OK, they got me this time! (LOL) I do indeed know how to make a fire via several different methods… But I don’t want to!!! So, I do have a case of lighters in my cupboard! My BOB has a fire starter, but …
30 Signs That You’re One of Those “Crazy Preppers” The featured article from our friends at Organic Prepper’s made me giggle more than just a bit! Because in all truthfulness who is to say how prepared is too prepared? When does one cross the line between responsibly insuring your and your family’s standard of living …
Four Essentials Of Off Grid Solar An off-grid solar (photo-voltaic) electric power system is an ideal prep for modern survival in that it can partially or totally relinquish you from dependence upon other systems, which themselves are vulnerable to disruption or breakdown. Off-grid systems also enable the ability to live away from the mainstream, …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Amazing Uses For Hydrogen Peroxide I was amazed to learn all the uses for hydrogen peroxide! I had always seen it only as the wound disinfectant that not only burned when used but burned badly enough to make my little brother scream when we were children! Like most households …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 10 First Aid Uses for Bentonite Clay I am totally shocked that I have never heard of Bentonite clay before I came across this article! In this article it details 10 topical first aid uses for this clay but in my search for further information, I found that it …
Smoked Coffee Jerky INGREDIENTS 1 cup brewed strong coffee or espresso, cold… 1 cup cola 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon Morton Tender Quick® curing salt (optional) 1-1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon hot sauce 2 pounds trimmed beef top or bottom round, sirloin tip, …
Easy Off-Grid Projects I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am of an age that as much as I would like to do it all myself and get off-grid, I can’t do it alone and all at once! Perhaps you are in the mist of raising a young family, caring for a …
