Category: Off Grid

HexHog ATV for Wheelchair Users

HexHog ATV for Wheelchair Users Being or becoming disabled and being confined to or needing to use a wheelchair doesn’t have to put an end to your outdoor life! You can still be as adventurous as you want to be, I myself spent about a year recovering in a wheelchair. It was during that time that …

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Solar Powered Salt Water Distiller

Solar Powered Salt Water Distiller Water security is an important issue for everyone world wide, not just preppers and no longer just in third world countries. This simple solar powered salt water distiller can change the lives of those who live with the daily struggle to find fresh drinking water. The featured article is about putting …

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Thin Flexible Material Turns Surfaces Into a Solar Panel

Thin Flexible Material Turns Surfaces Into a Solar Panel

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Thin Flexible Material Turns Surfaces Into a Solar Panel As you know I am a big fan of renewable alternative energy sources. So I find this news very exciting and hope that this product will hit the market at a reasonable affordable price for consumers. I do find it …

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DIY Lard

DIY Lard

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Lard (Link+video+infographic) Most of us have heard all the dangers involved with ingesting too much saturated fat. But lard still has it’s uses in our households. If you’re living off grid alternatives may not be available. Lard is actually easier to digest and less hard on your body …

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20 Pioneer Westward Bound Recipes

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 20 Pioneer Westward Bound Recipes You might see the pioneer westward bound push almost like a bug out of sorts. They headed off into the wilderness with hopes of finding safe haven and a more prosperous future at the end of their journey. The modern conveniences of today were …

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DIY Survival Cement/Cob Bricks

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Survival Cement/Cob Bricks In almost any SHTF crisis this will be handy knowledge to have! Concrete or cement will be difficult to obtain due to the amount of structural damage done to buildings and structures, or in a total TEOTWAWKI scenario, is simply won’t be produced any longer. …

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Long Term Water Solutions For Hunkering Down

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Long Term Water Solutions For Hunkering Down   Survival sites talk a lot about bugging out in a crisis. But from my own research, I have found that the majority of us at least hope to be able to hunker down and ride it out on our property in …

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Herbal Wound Care

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Herbal Wound Care   In a crisis scenario of any kind, man-made or natural disaster, there will be injuries of some sort. Whether the situation is local or national medications and medical assistance will be more difficult to obtain. In this type of crisis a simple injury could become …

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Navigating Solar Panels

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Navigating Solar Panels Navigating your way around solar panels can be a mind boggling process! With tax credits, supporting parts, incentives, to lease or purchase options, PPAs, loans, power buy backs, etc.. it can be confusing and costly. Let Mia Nakaji Monnier over at The Simple Dollar untangle some of …

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Learn the Art of Pioneer Cooking

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Learn the Art of Pioneer Cooking  We have discussed scratch cooking along with it’s pros and cons and I think the majority of us agree that it is if nothing else a skill to learn for a time when store bought ingredients won’t be available. I am sure when …

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