Old West Food Preservation & Cooking Ever wonder as we scramble around today attempting to find the most economical and safest way to preserve our garden harvests how they did it back in the “ole days” prior to mason jars, dehydrators, freezers, food savers and zip lock bags? How did they feed themselves when the …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Self Reliance a Crime? (8 links) Is it really becoming a crime to be self-reliant? Most of us have heard or seen the news reports of some really surprising court orders in the recent past encroaching on what we have in the US, anyway, have always assumed were our …
When Not to Set a Broken Bone The example given in the featured article of how and when a bone can be broken when medical assistance is not readily available and might not be for a while is a good one that I know has happened more than once to various people of various skill …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. No Sweat Survival Hacks We’ve packed our BOB’s and they are sitting at the ready by the front door ready to grab and get out of dodge on a moment’s notice. We have a get home bag and an accident bag in our vehicles. We have it all covered …
Ways to Use a DeLorme Atlas to Bug Out My own bug out route is relatively easy. A few turns in town and out on the road without another turn for several hours. That is of course assuming that the disaster that I am leaving because of hasn’t blocked that exit, isn’t jam packed with …
Turn Salt Water to Drinking Water If you live near a body of salt water this could be an important process for you to learn! Drinkable water is one of the first necessities that we humans must find in a crisis scenario. The human body must have water within three days to survive, sooner to …
SHTF Burn Treatment If we have a long-term grid down situation, fire will become a major part of our daily lives again. With that change we can expect to have more burn accidents then we are accustomed to. Another change we would have to adjust to, is that medical care won’t be as immediately available …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Communication After the World Goes Silent Immediately after an emergency situation as soon as we know we are for the moment safe from the initial event in today’s world our second priority tends to be contacting friends and family to assess not only our own situation but to reassure …
DIY Water Purification System Water, water and more water! I know to those of you, like myself, who have been prepping for some time, are probably tired of hearing about the need to store, acquire, or purify water! But even the aggregated pages like us can’t stress enough the need for this as part of …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Living in Your Car Successfully Living in your car is not a situation that most of us ever expect and certainly don’t aspire to. No child that I have ever heard says “I can’t wait to grow up so I can live in my car!” It isn’t even comparable to those …
