Organic Pest Control – Companion Planting THE BEST WAY TO GROW ORGANICALLY We’ve had many Families this year that have had Squash Bug and Borer infestations. To put so much Love and care into nurturing your Squash and Zucchini plants along, and then to have this happen, is a bit hard to take. You don’t want …
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MIY Crock Pot Soap
MIY Crock Pot Soap As a teenager I began making homemade soap as a neat little gift for friends and family. Even back then I realized the benefits or all natural products and understood the value of handmade goods. I liked the idea of producing something unique and different from the store bought and mass …
DIY Key From a Plastic Bottle
DIY Key From a Plastic Bottle Have to wait until pay day to get a duplicate key made? Or a long term SHTF scenario has happened and you need extra keys for your group. You can make those keys yourself from a simple plastic bottle as the video shows below. I personally would use a …
Tiny House Truck
Tiny House Truck It doesn’t matter if you want a mobile live in bug out vehicle (BOV), a tiny vacation spot, a really awesome versatile recreational vehicle (RV) or choose to live off grid in a tiny home this is an awesome version to check out! I would love to go about the country and …
Stocking Fish Antibiotics for SHTF
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Stocking Fish Antibiotics for SHTF I have seen a lot of survival and prepping sites discuss the use of fish medications for humans after along term SHTF event that leaves us without appropriate medical care. I use herbal treatments myself and I am still undecided if aquarium medications are wise. I know …
Survival Sewing – Including Tips on Tarps
Survival Sewing – Including Tips on Tarps Most of us have seen the little emergency sewing kits as pictured above. But they won’t cut it in a long term real emergency situation! Great for minor repairs on the run, they aren’t versatile or tough enough for the long term. So what should you put in …
Hand Powered Deep Water Pump
Hand Powered Deep Water Pump In times of drought even our own home dug water wells can go dry! The deeper you dig your well the more likely you are to be able to keep the water flowing. But another fact of water wells is that the deeper you go down the more power is …
DIY Mini Bio-gas Unit
DIY Mini Bio-gas Unit You can produce your own cooking gas from your cooking waste! What an awesome way to recycle those kitchen scraps. garden waste and a bit of the organic materials left behind by your animals with the exceptions of bones, onions and egg shells just about anything organic in nature can be used. …
Healthy Herbs You Can Grow Yourself
Healthy Herbs You Can Grow Yourself If you don’t have Garden space, or it’s late in the year, you will find that it’s not that hard to grow healthy herbs in your home. In addition to flavoring up your favorite dishes, herbs are filled with antioxidants and essential nutrients. “Half of the nutritional value of …
Primitive Traps & Snares
Primitive Traps & Snares In a long term SHTF scenario we have to be prepared to do without the modern technology of today. Human’s existed long before supermarkets, butcher shops and restaurants. We can find nutrition in the plants and trees around us and even set up a garden or on a larger scale a farm …