An Upscale Herb Garden from Recycled Materials Instructions Build your own herb garden from recycled materials. 1st you take a piece of scrap wood and cut to your specifications. Sand the cut edges, stain with your chosen color and coat with a sealer. (Eventually some water will be spilled!) Add hangers to the end you …
It’s Garlic Season! Start With a Single Bulb The months of October and November are prime planting season for garlic. Although they can be planted in the spring as well. Not everyone knows that you can grow pretty much unlimited garlic from just a one bulb! It’s a very easy crop to grow and requires very little care. …
Beginner’s Prepping Guide If you have medical, auto, home owners or life insurance you are already preparing for situations that you can’t control. None of us can control the actions of others or of nature. But we can strengthen our chances of surviving them. Through self-reliance and self-sufficiency we can insure that our personal and family’s recovery is …
25 DIY Prepper Projects 25 great DIY prepper projects to help you get more self sufficient and off the grid one project at a time. All of these projects are fairly inexpensive and shouldn’t take longer than a couple of days to complete. Some could be done in just a couple of hours! If you are having a tough time financially, …
DIY Non-Electric Refrigeration The Zeer Pot After a disaster or a major SHTF event we could be without power for days, weeks or much longer. Safe food storage will still be an important consideration. If you don’t have a root cellar a zeer pot is a good option for keeping those fruits and veggies at …
DIY Earthbag Dome/Shelter There has been a lot of web chatter and even mainstream news coverage on the building and living in what is called “a hobbit hole“. They can make awesome root cellars, storm shelters and for some even inexpensive housing. For Prepper‘s they could be a plausible and affordable bug out locations. Earthbags are …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Remove Mold & Mildew Naturally Tea tree oil is a natural anti-bacterial and has anti-fungal properties as well. Mainly used for health and beauty products but it can also be used for cleaning purposes! Ordinarily I would never recommend you put anything used in a cleaning product on your …
First Garden or Updating? 3 Things to Consider This year’s gardening season is nearing in most areas of the world. So if you have decided this year you’re going to plant your first garden, if your garden this past year didn’t produce as well as you had hoped. or your garden last year was so awesome you want …
Make Your Groceries Last Longer Everyone wants to save some money! Stretching your grocery budget, keeping your home grown produce and sale goods fresh and usable longer will do just that. Some of these tips can also help stretch your preps in an emergency situation when a trip to the store simply isn’t possible. Our …
DIY Path lighting Here is an easy DIY path lighting project that can make a big statement at your next BBQ or summer party. You may already have all the pieces you need to make your own pathway lighting! You can use a plant stick as a pole or if you prefer recycle an old …
