Tips On Reusing Containers For Water Storage Recycle, reuse, and renew! But when you do so to store water for the future do so with caution. Reusing plastic containers is good for not only your pocket book but our planet. Just make sure that you’re using the right plastic for the right job. For tips …
Could the Survival Bike be Your Bug Out Vehicle? Years ago, when I was young, broke, and living in Germany. I had a moped for several years rather than a car. It was much less expensive. (Why is it that the good ole days aren’t good until later when the really cool things aren’t a …
Why Another Great Depression Will Be Very Different Many of my generation know the stories of our parents and grandparents who lived through the great depression in the USA. I am no different, but my parents and grandparents had very different stories I was raised prepping because of those stories and the scars they left …
Recycle Swingset to Chicken Coop! Once again I am amazed by the ingenuity of the homesteader. If you have children, in all likelihood you either have or have had one of the triangle style swing sets in your back yard at some time or another. Now days they are much more complicated then the back …
MIY Whiskey Everyone knows alcohol is a great barter item. People are almost always willing to purchase spirits even in the roughest of economic times. Not just for drinking either! There are a ton of other uses for distilled beverages from making flavorings to medical treatments. Whiskey is prime for all of those uses. Before …
Talking About Martial Law I hear a lot about martial law. Mainly rumors. Most of us have never experienced it first hand. We hear about it from a friend of a friend who has been there done that. I know those stories take on a life of their own. So I have wondered just what …
Prepping Your Bug Out Location as a Geographical Battlespace It really doesn’t matter if it is your bug out location or your bug in location. You will want to do the very best you can at protecting that space. Your life depends upon it. As normal people we often don’t think of these spaces as …
Sow Bugs… Taste Like Shrimp? All survival and prepping sites at one time or another has talked about eating insects. I know they are considered almost a delicacy in some places. But for me they are desperation only food! Cheryl over at Homestead Off Grid Prepper decided since sow bugs are edible and she had …
Test Your Wilderness Survival Knowledge I know quizzes are not always the true test of knowledge. Circumstances can make a huge difference in what is the right and what is the wrong answer. But I also find value in them because they give us a jumping off point. If what I feel is the correct …
Why Some Preppers Are Going Public We all have our own reasons for prepping. Some of us have our reasons for doing so privately and they tend to be in the majority. Opsec is an important part of being prepared. So why are so many now choosing to go public? Bloggers and aggregators alike are …
