DIY Cook Top From a 55 Gallon Barrel This project is just awesome! We have seen barbeques and wood stoves for heating made from barrels and now one with a cook top. I personally love it. If cooking off grid on a permanent basis for any length of time and I would desperately want a …
New Prepper’s Guide to Preparedness Everyone of us was a newbie to prepping at one time or another, even if it is a life style we grew up in. We took those things for granted and lived by our parents examples preparing for the most likely SHTF scenario in their opinions. Today’s world isn’t the …
Low-Cost Alternative To Semi-Automatics Semi-automatics are preferred by preppers for their quick fire, but they are expensive! In some areas of the world they are also very difficult to obtain legally. So many are seeking lower cost alternatives. Information on low cost alternatives is available at the link below The Low-Cost (But Effective) Alternative To …
Turn Waste Paper into Heating Fuel Probably everyone at one time or another has burned paper in a fire. As you saw it didn’t last long or really put off enough heat to do much of anything. More of a fire starting material than an actual heating fuel. Before this special project anyway! This make …
10 Reasons Not to Bug Out I personally am a hunker down prepper for my own family/groups plan A. We do however, have a bug in prep plan B and 2 forms of bug out back up plans. I believe that having a choice depending upon the circumstances of the disaster that has befallen us is …
Choosing a Wood Burning Stove There are a lot of things to consider when you decide to purchase or build a wood burning stove. Where you’re going to install it, what its primary purpose will be… heating or cooking? What kind of wood or fuel will be your primary source? How much smoke will be produced …
Protecting Your Home During Adverse Conditions Under normal circumstances home security is enough of a challenge. But add freezing cold, blistering heat or some other natural or manmade disaster and it becomes a real issue. Many unsavory characters out there lay in wait to take advantage of any sign of weakness. Add the pack mentality …
10 Tips to Make Your Home Your Fortress Our homes were always intended to be our safe havens. With crime rates rising, disastrous weather brewing and the ever-looming possibility of a major SHTF event to keep our homes our havens we must begin looking at them as our own little fortresses. Of course, building a …
Food Storage Mistakes You Could Be Making Sometimes we get so caught up in the bulk of our supplies that we overlook some of the complexities of food and water storage. I am in the mist of reorganizing my pantry and supply area because I have recently noted some duplicated purchases that were not necessary, …
Simple Steps For a Backyard Garden Not everyone needs, can afford, or can physically maintain a large garden. Some of us simply don’t have the space, the time, the money or the physical ability to care for an acre of garden. But if you make the best use of what you do have, what you …
