DIY Cob Building In today’s housing market more and more people are building their own much smaller homes than those just a generation before. Cob built homes have been around centuries. They are inexpensive and green to build. They are also quite easy to maintain and withstand all kinds of weather. This could be the answer to …
Growing Micro-Greens Micro-greens are a great way to increase your nutrient intake, and can be grown year round. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Maryland found that leaves from Micro-greens actually have more nutrients than the mature leaves of the same plants. Micro-greens are the first true leaves produced from …
DIY Hot Water Produced by Compost! Whether you are prepping for a grid down scenario, trying to cut back on your current utility expenses or simply trying to make our planet a better, less polluted. less over stressed by human demands upon our resources place. This is an awesome project to consider. We are well aware …
Becoming Digitally Grey In the majority of disaster scenarios becoming the grey man as detailed in this article >> Being the Gray Man While SHTF is a critical concept to deploy to protect yourself and your group both from the physical dangers of the event and retaining the safety and security of your location and supplies immediately after …
Some posts may contain affiliate links The Incredible Plantain – Not Just a Weed! I can’t think of anywhere I have ever lived or visited where I didn’t see this little weed growing somewhere! It’s known among the Native American‘s as an earth healing plant. It tends to grow most often where the earth has been …
Some posts may contain affiliate links DIY Mini Root Cellars Not everyone has the space, financial ability or physical ability to build their own root cellar. But everyone does want to save money and keep their stored goods fresher longer. Once you understand the basics of how a root cellar works you can improvise on …
Opening Cans W/Out Can Opener Whether you’re bugging in or out there is always the possibility of losing a portion of your gear or having it become dysfunctional or unusable. Under these circumstances finding or having canned food would be a God send, unless what you lost or broke was the can opener! Then it could …
Penny Battery Power A bad penny, penny candy, take a penny leave a penny all old penny adages that don’t hold much value today. Only one penny saying still is worth the cost of the governments production of the penny.. a lucky penny! In a SHTF situation those worthless little coins could have lots of …
There’s been a lot of talk about getting and living off the grid lately; Not just from Preppers and survivalists, but others as well. It seems that people are starting to wake up to the idea of how dependent we are on the massive infrastructure we’ve built and are getting tired of paying their monthly …
Convert Washer Motor to Wind Generator Wind turbines are devices that convert wind driven energy to electrical power. Homesteaders and preppers both want an alternative power source for off grid living. Whether you believe the next crisis will result in the power grid being disabled long term and want to be prepared or just want to …
