How to Preserve Any Fruit or Vegetable at Home Knowing How to Can, Freeze, Dry and Preserve Any Fruit or Vegetable at Home is a not only for homesteaders, survivalists and people on a budget should be doing it too. I have been canning for years, I love doing it. It’s never a chore and I call …
State Rainwater Harvesting Laws Is your state one of the states with legislated laws on how much, when , or what you can harvest rainwater for? At this time none of the states ban rain barrel collection of rain water for personal use… but should something provided by nature that falls upon your …
Salt Survival Purposes If you were to find yourself in a survival situation salt would be a valuable commodity, one might even say, a lifesaving commodity.Your body needs salt (sodium chloride). Your body does not produce it. Sodium and chloride is required for blood, sweat, digestive juices and efficient nerve transmission. In many countries iodine is added to …
Considerations When Burying a Cache A cache is actually less a thing and more a place. A secret hiding place where valuables are hidden with the assumption that you will come back at some point to retrieve them. Caches do not have to be buried in the ground necessarily. But burying survival supplies makes sense in most situations. …
What You Didn’t Know About Bugging Out Here are some things that you might never experience if you haven’t strapped your gear on your back (more properly, your hips) and traced your planned bug out route. You can’t know for sure what will work and what will not. You can’t choose to add or remove items from …
DIY Hidden Pivot Bookcase (Two links! 1 for the complete DIY’er and 1 for the DIY’er kit) One universal issue shared by all those that prep, have children or low square footage homes, is storage space! How and where do we find more space and if possible can it be hidden in plain sight? Also quite popular with …
Some posts may contain affiliate links Canning Hacks Make Canning Easier Whether you can a little or a lot, anything that can make that job easier is always appreciated! In addition to the pictured infographic hacks we have also included some of our links that relate to the canning process. I know I work too hard …
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DIY: Pallet Smokehouse Smoking your meat and hunted game is a great way to preserve it both now and after the SHTF. Using recycled materials like pallets makes it even a better method reducing building costs of your smokehouse significantly. The maker of the videos says he was able to build his with a …
28 Brilliant Garage Organization Ideas One issue for most households and even more so for preppers is storage! These awesome organization ideas can help you make the best use of the space you have! Nothing makes me crazier than to need something and not be able to locate it without a search. I surely don’t …
