When to Plant Potatoes Potatoes are easy to grow, but like cool weather, so you should try to get them into the ground at the right time. You can order seed potatoes through mail-order garden companies or buy them at local garden centers/ hardware stores. You should be aware that supermarket potatoes are usually treated …
DIY Paracord Snowshoes Harsh wintery weather can be a SHTF event on its own. Being stranded in blizzard conditions even more so. If you know you’re going to be taking a trek of more than a few feet in deep snow and freezing temperature you definitely need to preplan and have snowshoes available to you. However not everyone …
DIY Firewood Rack Without Tools I get excited whenever I find a DIY project that doesn’t require tools. Not because I am not good with tools, I actually am. But because it usually means you are going to get to re-use or recycle some other object at the base of the project and I do …
SHTF Protein Sources There are folks who get upset when survival sites post how to catch, butcher, a cook meat, particularly when it involves animals that aren’t normally what you can buy in the grocery store. Everyone is entitled to their own feelings on eating meat and should follow through on their preference as long as they remain …
Clever Ideas for Gardeners No matter what season it is, it is never too early or too late to be planning your garden, what went wrong last year? What went right? Which plants need more light and which need less, what should you plant more or less of and where would that do best? With …
Space Challenged Storage Tips No home no matter how big has enough storage space! It seems the more storage space we have the more stuff we need to store! But some homes are more space challenged than others. There is a movement of late toward the tiny house. Storage is at a premium in any …
Prepping and Cooking Rabbit I realize that the idea of hunting a bunny is a bit repulsive to some. But when you are hungry and worse yet your family is, it becomes a matter of survival. Preparing and cooking rabbit correctly can mean the difference of it not just being palatable but actually safe to eat. Meat …
MIY De-Icer & Ice Preventative I don’t live in an area where there is a lot of snow or ice anymore. But I did grow up in such an area. So I do know how much time can be spent scrapping and chipping away at the ice on your vehicle windows. Under those conditions anything …
12 Easy To Grow Veggies For Beginners Every garden starts with the first planting and too many end there as well! For the beginner or someone who has recently changed locations figuring out which veggies will do well in that area with your climate and your soil can be a hit and miss proposition. Too …
Building With Plastic Bottles During normal times we in most 1st world countries have access to what we would consider normal building materials. However, if you are in a 3rd world country that may not be the case. The building pictured was built with sand filled recycled plastic bottles retrieved from the trash in Africa. …
