Literally Building a Dirt Cheap House These homes won’t pass muster with most countries building codes and laws. But after a SHTF scenario if it is a long term event your home may be gone, confiscated, or so damaged it’s unlivable. A house structure built with the materials around you literally including dirt is fair game for temporary housing while …
Category: Prepping
Getting Started: Survival Basics
Getting Started: Survival Basics We all have to start somewhere, even our troops. But there are so many considerations. So where to start and how? What is most important and what do I have to buy? What can I make on my own, which knowledge is the first I should obtain? Lack of what skill …
MIY Cleaning Product Recipes
MIY Cleaning Product Recipes (2 links) Making my own cleaning products was one of the first ways I began prepping! I didn’t even realize it was prepping at the time. My thought process was that I didn’t want a bunch of unknown chemicals flying about my home in the air nor did I want to …
Why Eat Bugs? & Bug Recipes!
Why Eat Bugs? & Bug Recipes! Ok, I have seen many pages on Facebook posting about eating bugs but never any real people saying they have tried them. Today you get to see REAL people eat bugs and telling you what they think in the video linked below. It’s not for the faint of …
DIY Raised Garden Beds
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Raised Garden Beds Raised garden beds are just fantastic, they produce a better yield as the soil is better heated giving the roots an advantage. Easier to tend because they require less stooping and the weeds do not spread between beds as easily as they do on level ground …
DIY REUSABLE Furnace Filter
DIY REUSABLE Furnace Filter As you begin preparing your home for the colder months, don’t forget the furnace filters! Properly maintaining your furnace will not only make it last longer ,clogged filters cost you money making your furnace work harder to produce the same amount of heat. Clogged filters hold all the dust and pollen …
Prevent Frozen Pipes
Prevent Frozen Pipes No matter what time of year it is, it is never to early to prevent frozen pipes! As I write this winter weather is just beginning in my part of the world and winterizing begins. It is wise to do so now, the parts are easier to obtain as not everyone is …
DIY Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder
DIY Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder I am sort of building a bit of a flock of a variety of birds for SHTF purposes with my bird feeders. At least that is how I justify insuring they have feed! I find that the birds do seem to recall just like my pets, where the food came from and …
First Aid Kit Check Lists
First Aid Kit Check Lists (5 links) Almost everyone has a first aid kit in their vehicles and medicine cabinets, but does it have all the items recommended? What’s left to get? What do you think should be added? Do you or anyone in your group require special first aid items? What items are you …