Avoiding and Surviving a Carjacking Locally the incidence of attempted armed carjacking has drastically increased. I am told this is not just an issue here but across the western world. The last two incidents I heard about involved women stopped at stop lights who were approached by a pedestrian who pretended to be using the …
Basics That Should be in Your Pantry How do I start building my survival food storage? What basics should I have? Why should I have those specific items? These are just some of the questions that preppers ask when beginning and adding to their pantry. One bit of advice is store what you eat and …
Fire Survival Tips For The Disabled What if there is a fire and you or someone you care for can’t run down the stairs and out of the engulfed building? One of the worst-case scenarios I can imagine is being trapped in a burning building. As we see more and more of our wounded warriors …
Common Mushrooms that can Poison Your Dog or Cat If you love your pet like I do, you will want to read the featured article to know which common mushrooms to get out of their curious reach. Many pets are treated each year for mushroom poisoning. I was unaware that dogs and cats even ate …
Foraging for Winter Wild Berries Did anyone else do this as a child? I vividly remember picking wild berries in open fields and along roadsides for my grandmother’s preserves as a child. I know I am aging myself by saying that! As this was back when it wasn’t a legal issue to do so. When I …
MIY Rum We have posted a number of times about the uses for our own distilled spirits in a SHTF scenario. Most of the recipes we share with you can be deemed illegal in some areas as is stated at the very beginning of the featured article. I feel it does indeed reduce the value …
A burglary is committed in the United States about every 15 seconds and 60% of those burglaries involve forcible entry. The more our economy struggles the higher the crime rate rises.
there are some basics that are if not the same very similar for each of us who want to live a sustainable or independent lifestyle
Keeping Your Safe Haven Safe Note that for the purpose of this post, home invasion is defined as any breach of your property. Home being your primary residence, bug out location, vacation home, or any space that you consider your own and invasion meaning someone unwelcome entering that location without your consent whether you are there or …
DIY Solar Distiller The featured article talks about building your own solar still. With a still you can turn undrinkable water into pure home distilled hydration. Purchasing one can be really pricey, even for a small distiller the asking prices are 200+. The uses can be almost unlimited from refilling lead-acid batteries in normal times to …
