How To Build a 3 Drum Rain Collection System Did you know the average roof collects 600 gallons of water for ever inch of rainfall? There are laws in many states now that do limit both what you can use caught water and how much you can catch before the state will intervene. …
10 Tips For Better Home Security Your home is your safe haven, keep it that way with some tips on home security from Bio Prepper. Although the tips tend to be for “normal” times, they are so important in a SHTF scenario for those of you bugging in or for those who haven’t yet been able …
Space Saving Furniture Makes 1 Room Into 2 or 3 Most of us live in average sized homes or apartments. With the price of real estate these days downsizing is often the only way to own property anymore. Those building or creating a bug out location know it is especially difficult to create a safe …
Bugging In? Tips to Fortify Your Home In an emergency situation or just part of everyday normal life we all want our homes to be our castles and as safe as possible for ourselves and our families. Our home should always be our safe haven from the rest of the world. In a SHTF scenario …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Perennial Vegetables You Only Need To Plant Once Having a wonderful survival garden is imperative in times of crisis and saves you funds today as well. One nice thing about perennial veggies as well as berries and fruit trees is that if you must bug out, when you return …
DIY Air Conditioning If you have no air conditioning, want to cool a small space, and have no small children (I feel it’s unsafe to have water and electricity in such close proximity to each other around young children) you could build this DIY air conditioner and have a cool room this summer. The flicker hacker who made this one, wrapped the fan with copper tubing and …
DIY Solar Water Heater From Plastic Bottles See how to make a solar water heater from plastic bottles and save on your water heating bill! Jose Alano is a retired mechanic that lives in Brazil. Jose invented a solar water heater from a pile of plastic bottles and cartons. This is great for the environment as …
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 …
Bugging In – Got a Plan? Not everyone plans to bug out! Many plan on bugging in. Some are physically unable, some have no where in particular to go and some will stay and defend their homes. I believe that unless it is something I can out run… I am better off here where …
DIY Ultra Compact PVC Compound Bow We found an interesting video on making an ultra compact bow. If you decide to make this please be very cautious! This bow may be compact, but it’s just as dangerous as the larger version. Bows can be especially useful after a long term SHTF. Arrows can be retrieved and reused and are easier to …
