Some posts may contain affiliate links. Gardening Planting Using Jeffersonian Principles The Monticello gardens are exquisitely beautiful in their simplicity and productivity. Jefferson‘s love of his Monticello property and the hours he spent working the soil there are well documented. A producing garden doesn’t have to be a rectangle plot with neat little rows it …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Non Food Items to Stock With Your Supplies All preppers spend the bulk of our prepping dollars and attention to food products, and all that goes along with that. How to cook, heat it, wash it, grow it, and preserve it. It is also important to take a lot …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dandelion Recipes More and more people are rediscovering the lowly dandelion as much more than an annoying weed but rather a viable sustainable food source. Even tasty if you know what to do with them! Although you could simply pull them out of the ground rinse them and start …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 5 Need to Know Techniques When Caring for the Wounded One thing for sure we can count on for just about any and all disaster events is that there will be wounded. It is very unlikely that there will be enough trained medical professionals in the right areas at …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. 5 Methods for Storing Meat Off-Grid Making good use of meat when it is available is important in any SHTF scenario whether long or short term. It is the best source of protein we have. We can obtain protein from plants, but the amount required to not just keep …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Genius Tip for Making Chopping Wood Easier I love the sound of the crackling wood burning in the wood stove, watching the shadows of the flames dance on the walls of the fire place and especially the warmth provided by a campfire. Chopping the wood to make those moments …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Mini Metal Foundry This is one of those projects that could be a major boost to your SHTF plans. Think of all the things you could provide your group with if you have a foundry! However, it is also one of those projects that could be quite dangerous. (See …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips For Locating a Safe Campsite It doesn’t matter why you are out in the boon docks, planned or unplanned you could end up there overnight. Hiking, backpacking, hunting, camping or most dire bugging out. Weather can play a large part in choosing your safest site for setting up …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Methods of Lighting a Campfire Without Matches Especially in a survival or bug out scenario being able to light a fire is paramount to staying alive. Even if you are just backpacking or camping with your family and have forgotten the matches it can make or break the trip …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Dry Curing Meat SHTF preppers, homesteaders, and poverty preppers are always looking for new or in this case, old ways to preserve foods especially meat. Everyone need protein intake to survive. The primary form of protein in the majority of people’s diets is meat. Today’s featured article tells …
