Some posts may contain affiliate links. Charge Your Electronics with Campfire Power Charge your small electronics with fire and boiling water! In a long term SHTF crisis power may not be available, batteries will wear out and die, solar power can fail in inclement weather or the panels broken in all the chaos. With this charging method you connect …
Protecting Your Solar Gear from EMP Peppers and scientists worry quite a bit about how to protect electronics from EMP. We build faraday cages, convert old microwaves and buy faraday bags in hopes of saving our gear and being able to use it again either when or if the grid is restored or by our own …
Weekend Projects For Preppers Buzz Feed provides us with 11 weekend projects recommended by the Mountain Man. Some of these projects are ones that can be done at home, but most require you get out of the chair and get out there and try them! I grew up in Minnesota and I have to admit that …
DIY Root Cellar It wasn’t too long ago that every home had a root cellar. Before supermarkets and electronic cooling, a root cellar was how people stored their garden goods for the year to come. They had the dual purpose in some areas to serve as a storm shelter as well. Many of the self-sufficient …
How to Make Charcoal If there is a SHTF major event, the grid will go down and when or if it will be back up again is anyone’s guess. Old methods and skills will once again have new value. Making your own briquettes is one of those skills. It’s not as simple as just scooping up the …
Hobo Signs for Preppers The term “hobo” was coined in the US in the 1890s to describe an out of work migrant worker. Different than those that were back then known as tramps or bums. Tramps or bums were terms used to describe those who were known not to seek work and who were considered homeless and jobless by choice. The American hobo …
Solar Roof Calculator Determines the Solar Potential of Your Roof I am so excited by this new tool for determining how much solar power your specific roof could generate! It is a new application so it does still have some kinks and can take some time to tinker with your specifics. But is well worth …
Solar Charged Lawnmower Very few people actually enjoy mowing the lawn. However, imagine mowing with a solar powered lawn mower! No more trips with the can to the gas station to fill it up with a couple of gallons which in today’s economy isn’t cheap. No more tripping over the cord or unplugging yourself from …
What is Aquaponics? We keep hearing aquaponics is the garden of the future. But what exactly is it, how does it work and why should we care? Food is an essential to all of us It doesn’t matter what political affiliation you are, where you live, how much you earn or even how you choose to …
STARTING YOUR COMPOST PILE With all the rains we’ve had this Spring and early Summer, you should have quite a bit of “Greens” ( grass clippings and prunings from trees ) that you could add to some of the ” Browns ” listed below to ge…t your Compost Pile off to a early start. Anything …
