Category: Survival

DIY Solowheel Pack

DIY Solowheel Pack

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Solowheel Pack We have talked a number of times about the weight of our bug out bags and the difficulty of carrying them over rough terrain. This could also be the answer for some of us older folks or those with disabilities or young children who can’t carry …

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Downloadable U.S. Marine Corp Winter Survival Handbook

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Downloadable U.S. Marine Corp Winter Survival Handbook The fact is seasons change. No matter when a major SHTF event happens knowing how to survive the winter that is certain to come in most parts of the world and honestly is becoming harsher and harsher in normally warm weather locations …

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Caring for a Baby Post SHTF

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Caring for a Baby Post SHTF Even if you don’t have a baby, don’t plan on having one, don’t have grandchildren, or don’t even like babies, this is still something you should consider. I am not saying prep as if you have or are going to have one. But …

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The 9 Most Dangerous Plants in the World

Some posts may contain affiliate links. The 9 Most Dangerous Plants in the World These plants are scary to say the least! The featured article actually shows a Australian host “testing” to see if the rumored pain caused by the Gympie plant is as bad as he had been told. Please, Please, don’t repeat his error and …

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10 Survival Uses for a Chocolate Bar

10 Survival Uses for a Chocolate Bar

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 10 Survival Uses for a Chocolate Bar When I saw the words survival linked with chocolate bar well of course I had to check it out! Seriously, who doesn’t love chocolate? However, I must admit two things; if I was foraging and scavenging for supplies, and found a any kind …

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Edible Landscape: Eating Hosta

Edible Landscape: Eating Hosta

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Edible Landscape: Eating Hosta Perhaps you have little interest in gardening, gardening has become too arduous for your lifestyle, you don’t have the space for a garden, or your HOA won’t allow vegetable gardening on your property. This could be worrisome if there should be a SHTF event that disrupts …

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13 Toxic Wild Plants That Look Like Edibles

11 Toxic Wild Plants That Look Like Edibles

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 13 Toxic Wild Plants That Look Like Edibles Foraging is something that we talk about learning to do safely often. There may come a day when it is our only option. But in all honesty that concerns me less than the newer forager who mistakes one plant for another …

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DIY Activated Carbon

DIY Activated Carbon

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Activated Carbon Awhile back we featured an article on activated charcoal and its benefits. Then came the question I couldn’t answer! How do you make it yourself? I promised the members of our Facebook page who asked that I would do some research and see if I could …

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Tips for Blending in from a Counterintelligence Agent

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips for Blending in from a Counterintelligence Agent Blending in is more than becoming grey in your environment. It is almost a step up per say, rather than sliding out of a situation unnoticed or being a person whose preparations have been done without drawing attention to oneself, blending …

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What We Can Expect Based on the Canadian Recession

What We Can Expect Based on the Canadian Recession As the rest of the world watches Canada has been experiencing some serious financial repercussions from the fall in the value of the Canadian currency. Prices have skyrocketed and ordinary people are now scrimping to get by. Not to the level of the Venezuela crisis but another …

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