Swedish Fire – An All-Night Campfire with Only One Log I love a Swedish torch! But as I have admitted before I haven’t ever actually built one myself. I will now! If you are a camper for fun or because of an overnight hike or hunting trip you know how unpleasant it can …
Smell is One of Your First Lines of Defense Sometimes we humans forget that we are a member of the animal kingdom. We were given sensory gifts genetically. We can touch, taste, smell, hear and see. Too often we rely on the ability to see and hear as our primary senses and don’t appreciate …
Grow Your Own First Aid Kit The first rule of using herbal medicine is to never replace your doctor’s advice with such remedies. Then insure that any herb used is cleared by your physician to avoid side effects or drug interactions. Just because it’s herbal doesn’t mean it’s safe. Our modern day medicines are often …
Last Minute “Panic” Prepping Shopping Guide The first bit of advice I would give you regarding the subject featured in today’s post is not to be one of those shoppers! But there are new preppers, non-prepping, and even some long term preppers who could find themselves in panic mode and doing some last minute prepping …
The INCH Bag No-Nonsense Guide An INCH Bag is an abbreviation for I’m Never Coming Home Bag. A sad concept and a situation that we all hope will never be ours. It’s a bit different than a Bug Out Bag aka BOB, Our BOB is prepared with the expectation that some time in the future …
Why You Should Re-think Your Survival Plan *If you would choose the picture from above on the left …. this is for you! I am actually relieved that I made the choices I did when forming my best living for today and combined survival plan. Over the years I have also come to the conclusion …
Finding the Cash to Prep Finding funds to keep up with today’s economy is hard enough. Then we tell you to prep to secure your future! It seems impossible. But there are little ways you can squeeze your budget. Our featured article below from Organic Prepper gives you a list of 30 budget cuts you …
How a Massive Cyberattack Could Happen We know it is just a matter of time until we have a massive cyberattack. Many of us have fallen victim to a computer virus, or have been hacked or been a customer of a company that was attacked and hacked. I know I have. We also know that …
Why Preppers Should Learn More and Spend Less If you are a long time reader, you know I am a bit of a gear junkie. I know I can’t be an expert at everything! But how do I choose my equipment needs? By first learning what I am good at and what I struggle with. …
Non Fear Based Reasons to Prep There are a lot of fear-based reasons to prep. Natural disasters, manmade disasters, political disasters, economic crisis, and personal to your own situation SHTF events. I don’t think the featured writing from the Modern Survival Blog is talking about the terror kind of fear that we can feel while …
