DIY Home Brewery to a Commercial Nanobrewery Whether you are brewing at home because you like a good home brew and enjoy the brewing process or you’re planning on brewing for trade in a future SHTF situation or trading in a group for skills now. Turning up the volume on how much you can brew in …
Apple Pie Moonshine Apple Pie? and moonshine? Oh must be too good to be true! Even if you aren’t currently one to have a cocktail now and again, spirits are a good barter item that will come in handy in just about every SHTF scenario as there will always be people to whom a good stiff drink …
Self-sufficient Goat Keeping Before deciding to raise goats, rabbits, chickens or any critter typically classified as a farm animal there are many things that need to be taken into consideration. Pygmy goats and miniature pigs have become to many like a household pet! They are not the same as a dog or cat or other typically domesticated animal. Just like any …
MIY Natural Ginger Ale Ginger has been used for thousands of years by the Chinese and is known to have many healing properties by almost all cultures in most countries. Ginger ale was one of the first sodas. This natural version uses a fermented ginger culture and brings back that old fashion soda taste. To get …
Mead Alcoholic Beverage Recipes Mead (honey based) wine is one of the best tasting homemade wines. It’s also very easy to do! Mead also known as honey wine is an alcoholic beverage created by the fermentation of water and honey. Mead’s alcohol content can vary greatly between mild and strong, and it can range between still and sparkling. …
Top SHTF Barter Items If the economy should collapse items and skills will immediately take the place of cash and credit. Trade will continue. No one has everything they could possibly ever need nor the skills and materials to make them themselves. Preplanning to barter in some cases (with inflation as it is today) could have a better return rate even if …
2 DIY Flower Pot Smokers Not only is smoked meat delicious, but smoking has been a method of preserving meat with out refrigeration for generations. You can purchase a large or small home smokers and change the flavor of the meat with the wood you use. But why spend that kind of money when you can …
Salt Survival Purposes If you were to find yourself in a survival situation salt would be a valuable commodity, one might even say, a lifesaving commodity.Your body needs salt (sodium chloride). Your body does not produce it. Sodium and chloride is required for blood, sweat, digestive juices and efficient nerve transmission. In many countries iodine is added to …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Post SHTF Insulin If you or a member of your group has diabetes you already know how important it is to include as much insulin you safely can in your preps. However should there be a long term SHTF scenario or should TEOTWAWKI occur knowing how to produce …
40 + Items to Barter Post SHTF-Updated to 100 Having extra food, ammo, first aid supplies, flashlights, batteries etc.. that you and your group can spare during a SHTF scenario especially if things are only going to get worse. These items will become more and more scarce and having those few extra will be extremely advantageous. Because …
