DIY Rainwater Catchment Cistern A while ago, one of our followers on our Facebook asked a question regarding her defunct cistern. One end had been breached by tree roots and the property owner before her had begun to fill it with odds and ends including concrete bricks. Her question to the group was should she …
Post SHTF Dumpster Diving Many of us stockpile so that until we can get a sustainable source of fresh food we won’t have to go hungry, stand in a hand out line or stoop to dumpster diving. Our featured blog in this post challenges that thinking. In all honesty the thinking behind the recommendations make sense. …
Cooking With Mud Sounds horrible doesn’t it? Cooking with mud sounds really unsanitary. But if you do it right, it’s actually not. Cooking with mud was probably the advent of pottery to begin with (just my ponderings) It gets hard and then when done you break it away from the food. There is a bit …
Could the Survival Bike be Your Bug Out Vehicle? Years ago, when I was young, broke, and living in Germany. I had a moped for several years rather than a car. It was much less expensive. (Why is it that the good ole days aren’t good until later when the really cool things aren’t a …
Rancher Turns the Tables on Government Surveyors We have all at one time or another experienced government bureaucracy, fees, permits, and red tape. This is especially true if you are dealing with wildlife of any kind. One Oregon rancher received a request from the department of fish and wildlife to survey his property in regards …
Folding Canoe I came across this awesome canoe on Design Boom in their DIY section. Now this DIY section is for designers and not us everyday Joes. So, there are no step-by-step directions, actually no directions at all. This project was submitted by an Israeli designer Ori Levin. Who created this prototype in his own …
Amish man faces 68 years prison for mislabeling his natural product – W/Update The Amish have been doing their own thing forever! Life has changed very little for them over the last century. Although they do take advantage of more technology then they as a culture like to admit. But for the most part “The English” …
10 Things You’ll Really Miss If TEOTWAWKI Some things that will be sorely missed after TEOTWAWKI are obvious like hot water from the tap, being able to purchase toilet paper, and bigger things like talking to friends and relatives who are long distances away any time by just picking up the phone. But there are other things that …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Rainwater Harvesting Harvesting rainwater has become more and more important as we are seeing more contamination of our traditional supply. Which could add to the overload we are already seeing in areas where water is rationed during the summer months. If you chose to go off grid or are …
Off Grid Limitations No One Talks About Living off grid just brings on the image of returning to the simple life of the generations before us and saving the world while we do it. I had a distant relative who never went on the grid to begin with. Believe me her life was anything but …
