Some posts may contain affiliate links. 18 Alternatives to a Root Cellar Before or after a SHTF event we need a method of storing food stuff. Most of us currently have a power operated system like our refrigerators and freezers. What is your plan if the grid goes down and those appliances become inoperable? Even …
12 Wild Medicinal Plants You Should Harvest This Fall Our featured link today is a great little article about 12 plants that you can harvest this fall.. If you haven’t investigated the world of wild medicine you are missing out on a skill that could eventually, in the event of a disaster, save you and …
What Foods can be and How to Store Them Underground Not everyone has the space or financial ability to install and maintain a full fledged root cellar. But you can still preserve foods from your harvest or hunting adventures underground to store for later use. Native Americans and other cultures have and continue to do …
DIY Vertical Garden Planter We all know the value of having a garden. Having a small space, a bad back, poor knees, limited mobility, children, or pets doesn’t have to hamper your ability to have a garden. You just need to do it a bit differently! Vertical gardening is one option. In this post we …
This Man Has Lived Off the Grid For 20 Years—Here’s How A lot of us would like to save on utilities and live life a bit simpler than we do today. I am not sure I really want to go completely off grid myself, I feel I am a little too old to begin again …
The “Simple” Life VS Simple “Living” Living simply is something we talk about a lot in the prepper world. We maintain it’s a life style not a hobby or even a matter of control in what could be an uncontrollable situation. What we don’t discuss often enough is the difference between living simply and the …
8 Ways To Quickly and Frugally Build Up Your Food Stockpiles or Pantry We all know we should have a stockpile of at the very least basic food and other necessary supplies on hand. Most government programs recommend 72 hours and we recommend at least 6 months. It’s really easy for me to set behind …
Clay Packs Therapeutic, Hot, or Cold Clay packs are something I had little to no knowledge about and frankly thought they were the thing my daughter puts on her face to scare her brother, that is suppose to make her skin clear and beautiful. I didn’t know they had so many other truly useful purposes! …
DIY Biodiesel If you use diesel fuel, you know the costs. Did you know that you can make your own? I don’t personally have a diesel engine myself, so I haven’t tried this. But initial reports are that it works well. Now I wouldn’t consider this a beginner DIY project and would recommend some personal trials …
Off Grid Appliances Being off grid as stated in the featured blog from Practical Self Reliance linked below, doesn’t have to mean being returned to the stone ages. There are different levels of appliances and convivence. The appliances talked about in the featured blog are of the higher level. For the most part they are …
