Awesome Uses For Drinking Straws A straw as a survival item? Yes! There are actually tons of uses for a drinking straw besides drinking out of them. Watch the video below to see some of the unusual ways an ordinary drinking straw can be used. Then let us know if you have additional uses that …
Disaster Aftermath: What to Expect and How to Prepare Statistically the majority of the population is not ready for any disaster lasting over 72 hours! Not that most are actually prepared for the 72 hours but can hold out that long before the fear and desperation factors begin to set in. Once they bulk of …
Evolving As a Prepper We all followed our unique paths to becoming homesteaders, off gridders, and/or preppers. For some it was seeking a simpler more self-sufficient lifestyle, some of us just wanted out from under the big corporations and the ever concern of the grid collapsing, and the majority of us because we either witnessed …
Vantablack: Synthetic Black Hole Material Vantablack is a synthetic material that absorbs 99.965% of light. Which basically means it makes whatever it covers almost totally invisible to the human eye! The uses are uncountable! Pictured is crumpled aluminum foil, which appears even to the camera lens to be a black hole in the aluminum hiding the …
Why Your 72 Hour Bag is Urgent! Although the 72 hour bag may be “old” news to long term preppers, for new comers a list for the 72 hour bag is a great help as a starting point. For those who have been prepping for longer periods of time a refresher is always appropriate! We need to …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Edible Cactus Health Benefits & Recipes Foraging isn’t just for the woods! Desert plants can be nutritious and edible as well. The most common of those is the cactus. The edible cactus has been on the menu in many countries for years but it only in recent years gained …
Homemade Dry Dog Food If you want to save money now on dog food, make sure your pet has a supply during a SHTF event, have your pooch on a special diet or just want to make sure your best friend eats healthier this recipe is for the dog lover! My own little guy won’t …
22 Sap Producing Trees and How to Tap Them Adding bit of sweetness in your life naturally is nice contrast to all the processed sugar we find in just about everything store bought. Maple tends to be the first tree that we think of when we think of homemade syrup but it really isn’t the …
Conflict of Federal and State Law Over CPLs Catches Citizens In-between As laws change both state and federally there is bound to be some overlap. Which law should the police concern themselves with and which should the average citizen accept as the “right” law to obey? For some this particular clash of laws is governed …
You Can Plant Veggies in July July is definitely not too late to start planting veggies! July is also a good month to put in a second (or third) sowing of certain crops, such as carrots, radishes, kale, and lettuce. It is also the perfect time to start planning the fall vegetable garden — fall …
