Get a Get Home Plan Bugging out is secondary to getting home! Most of us don’t have a lovely isolated rural fully stocked bug out location. Although we often dream of them! We get in our vehicles and we drive off to work every day and then jump back in them and head home at …
Sheltering in Place for a Pandemic Update: The featured article was written during the ebola scare in the United States. Mercifully, the outbreak was contained and a pandemic avoided in this country. However, some other countries did not fair as well. A lot has been learned since about how the virus can be spread ie… it …
Ultimate BOV‘s The Pros & Cons Even if your plan A is to bug in, plans may have to change in a moments notice in a real crisis situation. Planning on a primary or a backup mode of transportation is imperative. A BOV is the prepper term for bug out vehicle and some take that …
DIY Flower Pot Tandoor Oven The tandoor oven is a traditional clay or metal oven that cooks with radiant heat within the oven itself. Usually powered by wood or charcoal. This oven is can be left burning when used often, so that the heat remains consistent for baking. If properly insulated it can reach temperatures of 480 degrees or above. …
Lessons Learned on Storing Food Wisely To past generations the fields, barns, gardens, and the woods were the food producers. Your own pantry or root cellar was the grocery store. How you stored what you gained from your production made the difference between your grocery store shelves being empty or unusable and being able to walk in and …
Man Does Time for Water Collecting Water collecting laws in Oregon land a local man in jail for collecting too much rain water and water run off. He has been using the rain and run off to fill his own reservoirs on his privately owned property. Oregon officials insist that his massive water collecting efforts deny the near by city of …
Creepy Caterpillar Creating Chaos This creepy crawly little critter known as the Asp or Puss Caterpillar caused chaos in Texas emergency rooms in previous years. They fall from trees, bushes and even buildings leaving their victims no doubt that they have encountered the critter. Their sting is said to inflict pain a hundred times worse than any wasp. …
Is Black Seed a Cure All? A friend recently told me she was trying black seed as an herbal remedy for a particular very difficult health issue. I had never heard of it before, so she directed me to the article linked below and I did a little more research of my own. Although studies …
The Basics of Survival Medicine When I saw this article, I knew I had to share it with you. So often survival medicine is about first aid and staying safe from a pandemic. It really is so much more than that. Once the wounds are dressed, new set of issues arise. Dehydration, malnutrition, preventing infections, …
Healthy Garden Soil If you are starting a new vegetable garden, or already have an established garden, you may wonder what the best soil for growing vegetables is. Things like the right amendments and the right soil pH for vegetables can help your vegetable garden grow much better. In general, the ground for your vegetable …
