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 …
Top Guard Dogs Even small dogs can be very protective (the one pictured is a peekapom, not very big but furiously protective) . Your loving pet can be an asset to protecting you, your family, your home, and your preps. Most often love of their human master is all the training they need to bark and attack when they feel …
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 …
5 Water Storage Tips You Should Know Second only to surviving the event and finding shelter is the need for safe water for you and your family. Water purification is deadly important. After you have found or created safe water, storage becomes a whole new priority! Having the water you put the effort into insuring was …
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 …
Life After a Disaster Lessons from a Hurricane and a Tornado This particular article was written in 2013 however, the lessons learned from the experiences are valid today and year after year as tornado and hurricane seasons reoccur year to year. There is no better teacher than the past and no one better to teach it …
Simple Weed Can be Used To Improve Health & Make Beer The stinging nettles grow in the wild virtually everywhere in the world. This weed can easily be found during a hike in the woods or along the roadside. The primary nutritional value the plant is often heralded for is its fiber and calcium content. Strong …
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 …
Some posts may contain affiliate links Natural Techniques to Keep Pests Out of Your Garden It’s that time of year! Planting season. But with planting season comes the critters who want to share in your seedlings. Keeping pests- insects, pets, wild animals- out of your garden can be hard work, especially if you don’t want to use …
How To Propagate Aloe Plants It is easy to propagate Aloe Vera plants so you can have a living growing natural First Aid burn treatment source nearby standing by when needed. Aloe gel is made from the center part of the aloe leaf that is a semi firm gel that liquefies with fingertip heat and …
