Grow A Camouflaged Food Forest The public food forest is popping up in urban areas all over the western world. Why not plant your own in your corner of the world? Not only are they incredibly easy to upkeep but can be easily camouflaged to prevent uninvited human grazers. There is an art to planting …
The Letter: A Loving Gift of Preparedness Most people don’t write a letter anymore. They send a text, an email, leave a voice message, or make a quick call. But there is just something so personal and permanent about a hand written letter. The gift of preparing to care for yourself and those you care …
Friend or Foe? How do You Know? Who is the person next to you? Do you really know? Who will they become if put to the test under the stress of a crisis? If you’re bartering how do you tell if it is time to accept the deal or if the person you’re talking to …
Where and Why: Recommended U.S.A. Retreat Locations Everyone wants to be in the right place at the right time. Or perhaps in this case it would be better said as the right place at the wrong time! There is no right time for a major disaster. But you can often even if it is only …
Who Will Become Frenemies After the SHTF? Frenemies, we all have them. Know it or not! They are a little easier to pick out of the herd these days. With social media, cell phones, texts, and cameras on every device we have, someone somewhere posts or records just about every word said. But what about …
In Field Wound Care The 6 Hour Rule Accidents happen. Doesn’t matter if you are in the process of bugging out due to an urgent SHTF scenario or enjoying the day in your own back yard. You or someone with you can suffer a serious wound in a matter of seconds. How you handle the …
DIY Outhouse ‘Easy Empty’ Composting Toilet (Parts 1 & 2) (2 links) One of the things I recall most clearly about my grandparents farm is the outhouse! It is one of my least favorite memories too! I don’t recall them closing the old one and opening a new one, but I can’t imagine it …
How and Where to Drill Your Well Video If you don’t live near a moving body of fresh water or if getting to that fresh water could be an issue at your bug out location. You will want to drill/dig a well. This process could actually be life saving someday and if the water is …
An Open Letter to the Single Parent Prepping Many preppers are single and many of those that are single are also parents. Often times they feel that they are seen as “less than” because they are alone in society and in preparing. I found that during my years as a single parent prepping that I …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Native American Survival Lessons The Native American people knew a lot about seasonal survival and daily survival skills. But it wasn’t just the native Americans that knew the ways of surviving harsh climates, droughts, floods and the entire range of mother nature’s wrath. The indigenous people of all continents …
