Tag: Preparedness

Survival Myths VS Facts

Survival Myths VS Facts Sometimes honestly some of the myths seem to make sense, right? A cactus must have some moisture to survive, getting the snake venom out is the first thing that comes to my mind if I am bitten by a poisonous snake. But that they do seem to make some sense is …

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MIY Salt from Seawater

MIY Salt from Seawater Ok, I admit when I first saw this article, I thought… “Well, you just gather the saltwater and let it sit, until it the water evaporates… duh” But then I thought a little longer and wiser and realized just because its seawater doesn’t make it pure by any means! I wouldn’t just …

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BOB Maintenance

BOB Maintenance As the seasons and the world changes so should your bug out bag. Batteries need to be checked, charged, and replaced. Clothing and footwear need to be updated, sized and seasonally appropriate for your area. What you could be facing will change as the world does. It wasn’t too long ago that worrying …

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DIY Wet Pot Irrigation Systems

DIY Wet Pot Irrigation Systems (Video + 2 links) I had personally not heard of a wet pot irrigation system. I’ll be honest and admit I have my own DIY irrigation system, so I hadn’t paid much attention until I came across this one! See how it works at the video below   Well of …

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Stop Shopping and MIY Items

Stop Shopping and MIY Items I know I have removed more than 5 items from my own shopping list by MIY (make it yourself). If you make it yourself, I am sure you have too! But if you’re new to the MIY process, then these might be the first 5 items you too could scratch off …

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Famine Menu-Limited Storage Plan

Famine Menu-Limited Storage Plan Again, we are using a phrase that appears to be an oxymoron. When there is famine how can you have a menu? Because you prepared! The menu featured in the linked article is a bare subsistence nutritionally balanced survival mode daily intake allowance. To stay alive, you must have fuel and …

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Standing Your Ground Prepping

Standing Your Ground Prepping Some of those who choose to have a bug in option as their plan A find they sometimes feel like the outcast within the prepping circles. They are called naïve by some, stubborn, and trapped by others. My personal stance is that if the SHTF event we are discussing is one that …

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DIY PCV Gravity Aquaponic Garden

DIY PCV Gravity Aquaponic Garden Aquaponic gardens are becoming more and more popular. I always say they are mini little eco systems and they are! So actually, aquaponic gardening has always been around, but we are just beginning to bring them into our small corners of the world… our homes and gardens. But building one …

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Your Trash is Talking

Your Trash is Talking (Video) One thing often overlooking when talking about and thinking about OPSEC is today’s trash. In normal times unless we are trying to live green and recycle etc… or the garbage men and women are on strike we don’t tend to consider our rubbish as a big deal. But when faced …

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Alternatives to Potassium Iodide

Alternatives to Potassium Iodide I personally can attest to the shortage of potassium iodide after the Japanese tsunami and the nuclear fallout disaster. Here on the west coast of the USA where it was coming ashore, you couldn’t find iodine anywhere in any form for months after. Then we had the North Korean threat of nuclear …

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