Home Defense Tips Home invasions are quite different from home robberies or a burglary. The perpetrators in an invasion are doing just that invading your home not with the purpose of simply taking away goods and valuables. But with the intent of doing you the occupant harm. I am giving away my age here, but I …
Commercial Canned Goods a Rip Off? Vey very few of us don’t have a single commercially canned product of sort in our cupboards. Most homesteaders and preppers prefer home canned goods from their own gardens and to supplement with commercially processed items that either we are short of or can’t be grown in our location. In …
Scavenging Items After a SHTF crisis eventually most of us will have to do some scavenging. We are aware of the obvious things to look for like fuel, generators, batteries, canned goods etc.. However there are other less obvious things we should also consider. After such an event becoming adaptable and resourceful will be your …
DIY Building with Papercrete Papercrete is a simple green building material perfect for homesteaders and preppers. It is easy to make and inexpensively recycles cardboard and other paper. It is primarily used at this time by those off grid due to code issues in urban areas. But after a major SHTF event those concerns will …
MIY Alcohol Fuel After a major SHTF there will be no international trade and the flow of gasoline will cease. Even if you reside in a country that produces gas.The refineries will stop operating as those that ran it will be busy trying to survive just like the rest of us. For awhile we will …
DIY Storm Glass Weather Prediction Okay can’t you simply look out a window or step outside to see what the weather is? Why would you need a storm glass? Both of these simple obvious steps can be taken to tell you what the weather is right now. But if you’re in a bug out situation …
Bus Conversion to RV For vacationing purposes and even for bugging out an RV could be a blessing if you are able to afford the price tag for all the options you want to include. One must remember that in a SHTF scenario that custom parts for custom built RVs will not be readily available. …
MREs to Prep Must Have or Pass? Years ago the idea of civilians purchasing MREs was unheard of. The fact that they were issued to our soldiers was deemed near cruelty no matter how easy they were to carry in the field. It was determined by the upper ranks that nutritional value was the matter at …
Setting Up a Community Post SHTF Although we talk a lot about small like minded folks forming survival groups now in normal times, are they really the right choice for the long term? Over a period of time a larger community will have a better quality of life. Even if only based on sheer numbers the more …
3 Urban Survival Necessities Even the most rural of us must at sometime or another enter the urban environment. Mother Nature waits for no one to get ready before striking. By design most man made disasters are intentionally created during a time frame when the perpetrator thinks we will be at our least prepared. So whether you …
