Tag: off grid

HexHog ATV for Wheelchair Users

HexHog ATV for Wheelchair Users Being or becoming disabled and being confined to or needing to use a wheelchair doesn’t have to put an end to your outdoor life! You can still be as adventurous as you want to be, I myself spent about a year recovering in a wheelchair. It was during that time that …

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Thin Flexible Material Turns Surfaces Into a Solar Panel

Thin Flexible Material Turns Surfaces Into a Solar Panel

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Thin Flexible Material Turns Surfaces Into a Solar Panel As you know I am a big fan of renewable alternative energy sources. So I find this news very exciting and hope that this product will hit the market at a reasonable affordable price for consumers. I do find it …

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DIY Survival Cement/Cob Bricks

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Survival Cement/Cob Bricks In almost any SHTF crisis this will be handy knowledge to have! Concrete or cement will be difficult to obtain due to the amount of structural damage done to buildings and structures, or in a total TEOTWAWKI scenario, is simply won’t be produced any longer. …

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Herbal Wound Care

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Herbal Wound Care   In a crisis scenario of any kind, man-made or natural disaster, there will be injuries of some sort. Whether the situation is local or national medications and medical assistance will be more difficult to obtain. In this type of crisis a simple injury could become …

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Hmong Squirrel Stew

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Hmong Squirrel Stew   Many of the world’s population eat squirrel meat. It is easy game to hunt and use. I have tried it myself. It does not taste like chicken! 😛 If there is a SHTF event many more people will find squirrel on their menus. When I …

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Navigating Solar Panels

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Navigating Solar Panels Navigating your way around solar panels can be a mind boggling process! With tax credits, supporting parts, incentives, to lease or purchase options, PPAs, loans, power buy backs, etc.. it can be confusing and costly. Let Mia Nakaji Monnier over at The Simple Dollar untangle some of …

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Learn the Art of Pioneer Cooking

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Learn the Art of Pioneer Cooking  We have discussed scratch cooking along with it’s pros and cons and I think the majority of us agree that it is if nothing else a skill to learn for a time when store bought ingredients won’t be available. I am sure when …

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Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps by Nat Geo

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps by Nat Geo National Geographic has come up with a great program for outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds from photographers to hikers to get detailed topographical maps at their finger tips. This is also good news for preppers who may have to bug …

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Things Our Grandparents Did When “Green” Was Just A Color

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 17 Things Our Grandparents Did When “Green” Was Just A Color Back when our grandparents were the generation of the day, things just got done! There weren’t the distractions of technology everywhere all the time back then.  People were extremely resourceful and self-sufficient, and self-reliant. The attitude was more …

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The Practical Skills Mega-List

The Practical Skills Mega-List

Some posts may contain affiliate links. The Practical Skills Mega-List We know there are a lot of skills necessary to make our way in the world today. In a post SHTF world there are even more! Ones we aren’t taught in any public school and too often not at our parent’s sides either. Not because …

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