Who Will Become Frenemies After the SHTF? Frenemies, we all have them. Know it or not! They are a little easier to pick out of the herd these days. With social media, cell phones, texts, and cameras on every device we have, someone somewhere posts or records just about every word said. But what about …
An Open Letter to the Single Parent Prepping Many preppers are single and many of those that are single are also parents. Often times they feel that they are seen as “less than” because they are alone in society and in preparing. I found that during my years as a single parent prepping that I …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Escaping From a Sinking Car Accidents are called accidents for a reason. No one intends for them to happen. Yet every day someone dies an accidental death. Many of these are preventable while others come completely out of the blue. Being prepared and accepting that you could be the victim …
Use Birch Oil to Fight Arthritis, Muscle and Joint Pain As we age we all develop those little aches and pains which we know will in all likelihood will only increase. One method of easing some of the discomfort is birch oil! This tree has a lot of healing and pain relieving properties. Never replace …
Homemade Condiments: Mayo, Mustard, & Ketchup One thing that is almost always mentioned in the comments whenever people talk about what they will miss after a major SHTF event are condiments. It didn’t take much thought on my part to realize I would actually really miss them as well. Mustard is available in dry form …
Post SHTF Dumpster Diving Many of us stockpile so that until we can get a sustainable source of fresh food we won’t have to go hungry, stand in a hand out line or stoop to dumpster diving. Our featured blog in this post challenges that thinking. In all honesty the thinking behind the recommendations make sense. …
Wild Game Jerky Who doesn’t love jerky? We have a number of recipes for various sauces and flavorings on the site. But I don’t think that a whole lot of us have tried to many wild game jerkies. Here in my local area the common jerkies are made from beef, turkey and deer. But if …
Cooking With Mud Sounds horrible doesn’t it? Cooking with mud sounds really unsanitary. But if you do it right, it’s actually not. Cooking with mud was probably the advent of pottery to begin with (just my ponderings) It gets hard and then when done you break it away from the food. There is a bit …
Awesome DIY Picnic Table Constantly inspired by the creativity of the DIY-ers! If I could have or build every awesome design I see my deck would need a deck to hold the deck I had all the awesome creations on! 😛 I can always imagine the wonderful parties, picnics and bbq’s with each new design. …
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 …
