Some posts may contain affiliate links. Forgotten Plants our Ancestors Used to Eat Out of the thousands of edible plants on the earth, humans at this time choose only to consume and cultivate 500 or them! The featured article talks only about 5 of those most common and now forgotten plants that humans have for the …
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5 Reasons a Knife is Deadlier than a Gun
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 5 Reasons a Knife is Deadlier than a Gun I never understood why I have always been a bit more spooked by the idea of someone wielding a knife than by some crazed gun man. I always assumed it was because a knife attack seems more personal and definitely …
Skills Needed After Economic Collapse
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Skills Needed After Economic Collapse After an economic collapse there will be a whole different economy that emerges based upon skill sets rather than financial success. I believe those with some financial security will hold out longer than those without the financial backup because in the beginning the system …
Modern Bunker Design For Family of 6 or Connect for Community
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Modern Bunker Design For Family of 6 or Connect for Community Back during the days of the cold war, bunkers were a luxury item based on very limited variety of cookie cutter plans and dug into the home owner’s back yard. These bunkers were top notch 1950’s design and usually were made to house a family …
Survival Tips if Lost in the Woods
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Survival Tips if Lost in the Woods For Adults and Children This post could be of particular interest to those who plan to have camping, hiking, or foraging trips this summer and to those whose SHTF plans A or B include bugging out. I know we try extremely hard …
Raising Baby Chicks on a Budget
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Raising Baby Chicks on a Budget If you have the space and means chickens can be a great starting point for your self reliant food source! It used to be deemed your ‘duty’ to raise your own food, now days it seems as though the government and laws are …
Wilderness Self-Reliance DIY Projects
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Wilderness Self-Reliance DIY Projects You can’t become proficient in bush craft without practice. Most of us don’t have time to spend day and night in the wilderness learning. So we need some simple projects that we can learn from and that will actually provide useful knowledge that will teach us self-reliance skills. Survival Sherpa …
Could Your Bug Out Bag Get You Killed?
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Could Your Bug Out Bag Get You Killed? Could the very bag you so carefully planned, packed, and repacked to save yourself in a time of crisis, be the very same bag that gets you killed? How could a harmless, mindless, inanimate object, cause you to fail in your …
More Than 400 Meal in a Jar Recipes
Some posts may contain affiliate links. More Than 400 Meal in a Jar Recipes Meals in a jar are appropriate for a number of reasons! Maybe you’re a busy parent who wants to feed your family home cooked meals even on those days when time is sparse. Pre-building meals in a jar when time is available …
Avoiding Conflict When SHTF
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Avoiding Conflict When SHTF The best way to survive any conflict is to avoid it in the first place. This never applies more aptly then in a crisis scenario. Depending upon the SHTF event conflict could be and probably will be coming at you from all sides. From random …