DIY Soil Test Testing your soil before gardening can help answer a multitude of questions that you may not have even realized you should be asking. For the new gardener… where should I place my garden for the best soil? What plants grow best in the soil I have? Do I need to fertilize before …
Foods that Need to be Repackaged Prior to Long Term Storage Everyone knows the whys of food storage. We know we will need these stored goods one day, whether it’s due to a lack of funds, an illness that keeps us from moving about while ill, a disaster that interferes with supply lines, civil unrest …
Long Term Storage Opened 30 years later Who hasn’t wondered if they purchased long term storage products if they would actually be usable when the time came? I know I did. I purchased some long term storage items from a company that no longer exists over 10 yrs ago. I decided to try them out …
Shooting Accuracy: Essential Tips to Make You a Better Deer Hunter Guest Author To become a pro deer hunter, you need skills and information to help you strike every other buck within your target range. Back in the day, our forefathers used bow and arrow among other tools before the emergence of deer hunting …
Tree Bark Flour Basics Plus Birch and Pine Bread Recipes Flour is a staple in just about every country in the world. It isn’t always the most stable though to store. You can store it longer if you dry can or freeze it prior to storage. However, no matter how much you are able to …
Survival Trapping 101 No matter how well you have prepared or how large your stockpile is, during a long term event your supplies will eventually run out. Hunting will be necessary for larger prey, but it is a time and energy consuming task which requires several skills to be successful. Trapping is less time consuming …
Bedding Down Survival Gardens for Winter How do you prepare your garden for the winter? Do you cover it ? Set up items for reuse? Or do you garden year round? This article discusses bedding down for the winter and the processes involved in doing that. See it linked below from The Prepper Journal. Survival …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms Foraging is one way to add to your food supply today without increasing the grocery bill. Mushrooms are a favorite of skilled foragers all over the world. Chicken of the woods mushrooms are among the top finds for any mushroom hunter. Although I disagree …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 25 Edible Wild Plants Everyone whether they admit it or not, whether they actively prepare or not, has some idea how they might at least get home during a disaster. Especially if you’re among those that don’t actively prepare and plan, you may find yourself walking a long distance …
Trapping and Prepping Skunk for Eating Hunting post SHTF will become imperative for the majority of us. Game will become scarce in some areas and frankly beggars can’t be choosers. Skunk was nowhere on my list of edible critters until reading the featured blog from Survival Cache. I apparently wrongly assumed that they were not …
