Are You Ready For a Venezuelan Style Collapse? It is always said if we don’t learn from the past, we are bound to repeat the mistakes. This can be true when it isn’t your direct past. As the world watches the devastation of Venezuela after their total economic collapse, I can only hope that we …
Some Suburban Preppers are Ready for Anything Rural preppers often feel they have a foot up on the suburban preppers based strictly on location. Maybe they do. But with the preppers spoken about in the featured article linked below from Chicago Magazine are ready for just about anything. They are hidden among the rest of …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 14 Awesome Camouflaged Home Designs It doesn’t matter if you just want to live off grid, have the resources to put these homes on the grid, or are looking for a camouflaged but out location. There is no denying these are some pretty awesome homes! They are kind to …
Tips For Preparing Your Parents and Other Elderly Loved Ones You can’t be with those you love 24 hours a day everyday. As parents we try to teach our children how to keep themselves safe when we can’t be with them, just as our parents did us. But now many of us have aging parents …
Common Vitamin Deficiencies: Recognizing and Resolving We don’t always eat to live. I know that sounds odd, but it’s true. We eat because we are hungry but don’t always look at the foods we eat as fuel that breaks down to service our bodies. This means the different vitamins and minerals work toward the benefit …
Living in the Woods: Could You Do It? Many of us choose to spend a good part of our leisure time in the woods, hiking, camping, foraging, or even hunting. Many of us, including myself wish we had more time to spend in that environment. For the majority of us, it’s a pipe dream to …
Last Minute Hurricane Preparations It has been predicted that this year’s hurricane season will be busier than usual. Texas is still reeling from Hurricane Harvey. Before another hurricane hits this time perhaps in your area you need to be ready! What should your last actions be to protect yourself or your home before evacuating or …
Make It Yourself Rhubarb Cherry Wine Rhubarb is a tart veggie that often passes as a fruit. It blends wonderfully with sweet fruits like cherries and strawberries. Most often used in desserts and drinks. Just seeing it in the bottle pictured above makes my mouth water! The combination of the tart rhubarb wit the sweet …
Best Bug Out Vehicles Everyone has their own ideas on what makes a good bug out vehicle. My own dream Bug out vehicle (BOV) would include: Off road capabilities (road ways will be packed and dangerous) great on fuel (one of the first supplies to go will be fuel and fueling stations will be overloaded and therefor …
School Terror Drills and Children Bugging Out (2 featured links) When I went to public school, it was one of the safest places a parent could have their child! Now it can be down right dangerous in some cases and in other cases traumatizing to your child. When my own children were in school I …
