DIY Soup Can Forge The featured video shows you how to make a simple inexpensive DIY forge from a soap can lined with plaster! Operated by a torch the is fueled by a common fuel such as propane or if you make your own bio-gas, this could also be a fuel source for your torch. …
Survival Uses for a Tampon The simple tampon is a staple in many women’s pocketbooks. Have you ever thought of it as a survival tool? Did you know it is oft found in the USA military medic’s bag and that its use as a medical supply goes back years before its hygiene usage? To learn why medics carry them and what other …
The Basic Principles of Biogas Biogas is an old method of off grid power that is once again being used by many to replace the expensive mainstream alternatives. It recycles waste to make power and you can do it yourself! A small bit of set up can save you a ton of money over the …
MIY Aspirin from Willow Bark Long before we began getting our medications out of a bottle, people learned which plants and trees provided relief or assistance in over coming human ailments. In a SHTF situation this would be useful information to have and share. The pharmacies and the pharmaceutical companies may not be open or producing …
Fire That Lasts All Night No matter why you have built the fire, if its to keep you warm during the night whether, camping, backpacking, bugging out or even bugging in your fireplace or wood stove the last thing you want is to be getting up every couple of hours to tend the it. Or worse …
Reducing Your Need to Store Power Storing the energy you have created with alternative methods is not an easy task and is fraught with waste losing power both when converting it to be stored and then again when converting it back for use. The featured article gives some tips on making some simple changes to your …
Reconditioning & Re-Seasoning Cast Iron Cookware Cast iron has been a favorite of cooks all over the world for years. Long before things such as Teflon coatings were ever even thought of. They are a particular favorite of preppers and homesteaders because they can be used in the oven, on the stove top, and over …
When Should You Bug Out? Not only do we have to make the choice to bug out or bug in, but when to bug out if that is the option you have chosen. Before the storm? Once you know how bad the storm will possibly get? Is it a disaster you can run from? As …
The E-Z Baby Saver Especially as the tempatures rise the danger increases for children inadvertently left in vehicles by overburdened, overwhelmed and busy parents and care givers. My children always fell asleep almost as soon as the vehicle began to move and it is not impossible that a harried parent running late with a number …
Harvesting Rainwater for Residential Water Security Water next to shelter is the most important of human needs. It is topped by shelter only if you’re in an area where the environmental elements will do you in before the need for water. The human body can go only three days without water, and during those three …
