Alternatives to Potassium Iodide I personally can attest to the shortage of potassium iodide after the Japanese tsunami and the nuclear fallout disaster. Here on the west coast of the USA where it was coming ashore, you couldn’t find iodine anywhere in any form for months after. Then we had the North Korean threat of nuclear …
Field Dressing a Deer Almost everyone who talks about post SHTF food sources refers to foraging, gardening, and hunting. Hunting is not a pretty thing to see or do. It’s not a far-off shot and that is it, you go home and feed your family this foreign food that magically appears after the gun shot. …
Straw Bale Gardening Here is some info on this gardening method from a Joel Karsten out of Minnesota. From the pictures it looks like this works well. Looks like he puts about 3 inches of potting soil on top the Straw Bales to start Seeds in. Straw Bale Gardening is a simply a different type …
MIY Pine Pitch Glue After a SHTF event things we use every day and don’t even think about will become scarce. Things like tape, glue, thread, water proofing sprays, etc… If said disaster causes you and your family/group to be homeless building a new shelter will require some water proofing and more than likely a …
DIY Solar Furnace Heat is necessity in most parts of the world for several months of the year. This DIY furnace project can save you cash today in normal times and could save you literally in times of crisis. This particular furnace would heat an average room only, but if you are handy and want to …
DIY Oilskin Tarps From Sheets! Oilskin tarps tend to be much lighter than their heavier dense polyester counter parts and hold up better than the plastic knock offs. So, if you’re planning on bugging in or out the light weight plus water proofing of these tarps makes it much lighter to store and if necessary, …
Convert Weed Eater to 12V Generator If you have an older no longer useful weed eater this could be a good way to recycle it to a new useful repurpose. Later if the SHTF you have to think of which purpose would be more useful to you… a functioning weed eater or a 12V generator! …
DIY Solar Air Heater My first thought was what would I use a solar air heater for? Then as my mind clicked about randomly, I began to realize there are a number of excellent uses for a project like this one! Anything that uses warm air can by accomplished with this DIY heater. You could use …
Personal Camouflage Good camouflage has more to it than just wearing camo pants and shirt! There are more considerations to think about from shine to smell. If you’re in a hunting scenario you learn these tricks when your prey avoids you and you realize you must do something different. But if you’re in a SHTF …
Re-Learning Survival Methods From the 1800s Many believe in a worldwide disaster that could be considered a TEOTWAWKI event will throw mankind back into the 1800s. In some ways I believe they could be correct. If such a horrific event were to occur, humans would suddenly be without the modern methods they are accustomed to …
