Some posts may contain affiliate links. Methods of Lighting a Campfire Without Matches Especially in a survival or bug out scenario being able to light a fire is paramount to staying alive. Even if you are just backpacking or camping with your family and have forgotten the matches it can make or break the trip …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Dry Curing Meat SHTF preppers, homesteaders, and poverty preppers are always looking for new or in this case, old ways to preserve foods especially meat. Everyone need protein intake to survive. The primary form of protein in the majority of people’s diets is meat. Today’s featured article tells …
What an Electricity Shortage Looks Like Power rationing in Venezuela As you are all well aware of Venezuela had an economic collapse. We have previously presented articles on how they are dealt with the food and supply shortages as the store shelves empty and are not restocked. Than they began rationing electricity. I have been …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Install A Bakers Salute Oven I came across this picture of the Baker’s Salute Oven awhile back and shared it with all of you. There was a ton of interest so I kept my eyes and ears open for additional information and here is what I found. The oven …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Household Tips From the Civil War Era After even a minor short term SHTF event, we could find ourselves at least temporarily unable to use modern day methods of doing simple but important household chores. If the event should be long term we could be using old methods for …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Wilderness Self-Reliance DIY Projects You can’t become proficient in bush craft without practice. Most of us don’t have time to spend day and night in the wilderness learning. So we need some simple projects that we can learn from and that will actually provide useful knowledge that will teach us self-reliance skills. Survival Sherpa …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 20 Skills to Barter When TEOTWAWKI Some skills are obviously going to be necessary in a total SHTF scenario like hunting and foraging. But there are other skills not necessarily considered bushcraft that will become of great value as well. What could be your hobby today could be a …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Build and Cook in a Steam Pit Building a steam pit isn’t easy! I have watched them being done in person and totally understand why when able they use the same Large pit over and over! This traditional method of cooking works extremely well and you can cook a …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. The 9 Most Dangerous Plants in the World These plants are scary to say the least! The featured article actually shows a Australian host “testing” to see if the rumored pain caused by the Gympie plant is as bad as he had been told. Please, Please, don’t repeat his error and …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY MicroCamper This is a really nifty minivan or SUV project. You maybe don’t want or can’t afford the big RV, but still want to do a bit of non-tent camping, or take a long trip. Perhaps with one driving while the other sleeps or just on our own without …
