Rainwater Harvesting Laws As we previously reported – Man Does Time for Water Collecting – The United States has implemented some rainwater harvesting laws (for a look at those see State Rainwater Harvesting Laws) and it appears those states that have these laws are not only getting stricter but are being joined by other states. Right now …
Medicinal Plants You Can Grow At Home One of the primary concerns for both homesteaders and preppers alike is self sustainability. The primary resources needed to survive are shelter, water, and food. Too often that isn’t enough! Medical care should be right up there on your list of must haves and frankly it is probably …
Food Storage Calculator How much food storage is enough? How long before we can become self-sufficient? How much do we need to make it through until then? How do we calculate this before the event actually happens? What if it takes longer than we anticipated to get back on our feet after a SHTF event? …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Layer Up for Warmth Especially for the spring and fall weather, layering properly is important. Most folks think of layering clothing for warmth during the winter months. But factually it’s the spring and fall months where it is more important to do properly. During the winter months you …
Night Vision Injections What if you didn’t need night vision goggles to see clearly at night? While this is still in the experimental stages that might be possible in the future! The featured article talks about what the researchers deem to be a successful trial run of an injectable substance put directly in the subject’s …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Basic Survival At Home Many silent preppers are planning on bugging in. Hunkering down by choice isn’t always as well documented or discussed on most prepping sites as is bugging out and sheltering in place on a temporary basis. There are a ton of reason people are choosing to ride out …
Grow Potatoes in Hay One of the biggest issues with my current property is that the soil is bad and extremely rocky. So much so that when we walked the “lawn” we picked up enough rocks large enough in size to create a pond with them! This was before ever turning a shovel in the …
1,000 Year Old Remedy Fights Antibiotic Resistant Bugs The featured article speaks to an old eye salve that is said to actually work wonders on infections like MRSA which are usually antibiotic resistant. Researchers at the University of Nottingham in the UK found the remedy in a 9th century they were translating in hopes of …
Avoid 6 Common Prepping Mistakes Like with most things in life prepping can be a live and learn proposition. However, unlike many other life lessons, you may not get the chance to change the plan or get a re-do as the only mistake could be the only one that mattered. So, in this instance we …
Budget Home-Defense Techniques from a Green Beret I recently read a post online from a woman who was hopping mad. Someone had put a rock threw her window in order to gain access to her home unaware that she was at home. She announced that she intended to sit and wait for this person to …
