Category: Prepping

Clever Ways To Fish Without A Pole

Clever Ways To Fish Without A Pole Fishing is a mainstay for almost all cultures and will be even more so after a SHTF event. Fish are a good source of both proteins and oils necessary for a balanced human diet. Before, during and after a crisis event fishing gear may not be available to …

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Tick Borne ‘Powassan Virus’ Is Worse Than Lyme Disease

Tick Borne ‘Powassan Virus’ Is Worse Than Lyme Disease (3 links) Lyme’s disease took years to diagnose and has been extremely difficult to treat for those infected. Depending upon the severity of the infection symptoms can be mild to life devastating. Now doctors are telling us that there is another tick-borne virus we should be aware …

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30+ Uses for Borax

30+ Uses for Borax Multiuse products are a huge favorite of mine. They save money, time and space. Instead of stocking several different products for different purposes who doesn’t love a single product that can do it all? Borax is one of those awesome products. From cleaning to bug repellant all with Borax. See the …

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DIY Can Storage Cabinet

DIY Can Storage Cabinet No one ever turns down more storage space! This is even more true for preppers and homesteaders. Rotating your stored stock of canned goods is an important aspect to food storage. However, reaching the older stock first can mean constant rearranging of the pantry or lots and lots of extra storage space. Most of …

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Improve Your Rifle Marksmanship

Improve Your Rifle Marksmanship Practice makes perfect is what we are all taught when it comes to building a skill like marksmanship. However, before you begin practicing make sure you are doing it correctly to start. You want to make sure that you aren’t honing the incorrect method which could cost you later. The featured …

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9 Priority Post SHTF Steps

9 Priority Post SHTF Steps The worst has happened. Whatever disaster you have prepped for or worried about has come to be. Your first steps of course involve surviving whatever disaster has befallen you. What about your long-term survival what are the first priority responses and steps to take once the immediate threat has passed? …

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Store Fresh Vegetables For Months

Store Fresh Vegetables For Months Just about anyone can dig a hole. place a cover on it and call it a root cellar! But in order for it to work as a root cellar and keep our fresh vegetables stored safely for months it requires a little more than that. Humidity, temperature. air circulation, and …

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Edible Landscaping

Edible Landscaping We can’t all be homesteaders and some of us can’t even be true outdoor gardeners either. There are space limitations, time management limitations, and even HOA limitations. But the majority of us even those that rent do have the ability to contribute to the landscaping of the property in pots or in the …

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Do’s & Don’ts Ammo Storage

 Do’s & Don’ts Ammo Storage The value of storing ammunition goes without saying for a long term SHTF event and for even a short-term event for the purpose of self-defense if it becomes necessary. Nothing bugs me more than having spent my hard-earned money on something to have for a specific purpose only to find …

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Evaptainers Off Grid Cold Storage

Evaptainers Off Grid Cold Storage Unless you end up near a cold river after a SHTF event cold storage will be harder to do than will be heat based storage like dehydrating, canning, and cooking. Fire is easier to make off grid than is ice! But this evaptainer can change that. It works using only …

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