Free Solar Water Heating Designs In today’s economy anything that reduces your power bill is a plus. Being able to take a hot shower after a SHTF grid down situation will be priceless. Some of the designs presented in the featured article are historically the oldest types of solar water heating. Often going off the …
Aquaponics: Co-Mingling Fish & Garden Aquaponics is a subject relatively new to me, but it definitely has piqued my interest. A mini eco system co-mingling fish and garden. However, most of the systems I have seen are huge and well beyond my ability to build, purchase, or maintain. Until this one! This article gives …
Cheap Effective Tips To Keep Your Home Safe Even if you can’t purchase an expensive home alarm system you can still keep out those that would burglarize your home! It doesn’t even require an ugly scary barbed wire fence! Sometimes just being practical and using some easy inexpensive little tricks can keep the undesired …
Inexpensive Composting Toilet Human waste isn’t traditionally something we like to talk about or even think about but the attached video makes a lot of practical green living sense. There are several very nice bathroom composting systems on the market. But for the most part the prices currently are daunting and often the set up …
DIY Root Cellar and Storm Shelter Having a root cellar on the property is an awesome advantage for storing the years harvest or your preps. That it doubles as a storm shelter is just awesome! This is a really nifty design that is doable by just about everyone and can be done with lots of …
Earthquake Proof your Pantry So you have stored enough food and supplies to get you through just about any emergency situation. Now the emergency hits, a hurricane, a tornado, an eruption, or an earthquake and all you’ve stored is now broken, smashed, and or contaminated. After making sure you were prepared you find yourself just like …
3 Inexpensive DIY Greenhouses DIY Green Houses Lots of us are not fortunate enough to live in areas where year round planting is possible outdoors. But we all eat year around! So if we can extend our growing seasons we can put more food on the table now and later in a SFTF scenario. There …
25 Survival Uses For Duct Tape We have all heard the old handyman joke that anything can be fixed with either duct tape or WD40! “If it moves and shouldn’t use the tape and if it doesn’t move and it should it use the WD40”. However, there are many more uses in serious situations. It can actually be …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Turning Off Your Main Water Service In an emergency situation you may need to stop the flow of water to your home. Everyone always tells you to shut off the water at the main source but no one ever tells you how! Since it may take some time for …
DIY Paracord Survival Belt ER Uses for Paracord While paracord bracelets can be useful and fun, they simply do not contain enough cord for a real emergency! 8-12 feet can certainly be handy in some situations but think of what you can do with 50 feet! . Duel use items are a favorite of preppers, crafters, and survivalists …
