Need to Know Now Aluminum Foil Hacks Aluminum foil is gold in my home! It is also one of the first supplies most of us grab to pack up when heading off to camp or picnic. It’s strong, versatile, and disposable… what more could you ask of a roll of foil! It turns out much …
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Wall Gardens Maximize Growing Space
Wall Gardens Maximize Growing Space Many many of us don’t have a lot of space for gardens and even those that have large gardens can often misjudge how much they would need to feed their families when or if the local market could no longer provide supplemental foods. Wall gardens could be the answer to …
Zore-X Revolutionizes Firearm Safety
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Zore-X Revolutionizes Firearm Safety Firearm safety is everyone’s concern. Even if you have gone to the classes, the range and followed all the manufacture’s instructions. You can still find your firearm a danger to your safety. There are concerns about curious children, teenage angst, and intruders who want what …
Inexpensive Foods With a Long Shelf Life
Inexpensive Foods With a Long Shelf Life Storing extra foods isn’t cheap. You want to get the best of your limited dollar. This means you need to stockpile inexpensive foods and ingredients that have a long shelf life. Just make sure that you know how to use these foods, that you rotate your stock and …
Growing, Harvesting And Preserving Echinacea
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Growing, Harvesting And Preserving Echinacea Echinacea is one of my favorite herbal remedies! I always have several bottles on hand. But in a long term SHTF scenario that could not only run out quickly but be impossible to replace via retail outlets. Knowing how to grow, harvest, preserve and …
Can Benadryl be Used as a Local Anesthetic Post SHTF?
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Can Benadryl be Used as a Local Anesthetic Post SHTF? I had never considered injectable Benadryl (not your regular over the counter Benadryl) at all for any purpose. But the idea of using it as a local anesthetic actually makes some sense having used oral Benadryl a number of …
Reasons For a Possum Mentality to Survival
Reasons For a Possum Mentality to Survival The opossum aka the possum is the only surviving marsupial in north America. They have survived hundreds of years with little to no major defense mechanisms. They aren’t the biggest, fastest, strongest, or armed but they manage to figure out how to survive with whatever resources are available. …
DIY Self Watering Wicking Garden Bed
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Self Watering Wicking Garden Bed Gardening is the corner stone of independent living and therefor of preparedness. That doesn’t mean insuring your food security has to be back breaking work! A raised garden bed can make gardening much easier for those with bad soil and or bad backs! …
Six Survival Uses For Animal Bones
Six Survival Uses For Animal Bones As most of you know, I am a stanch advocate of using every bit of any creature you hunt. The animal’s life was taken for your benefit and that sacrifice should be honored. So whether it is bones from your hunt or bone that you happen upon in your …
Lethal & Non-Lethal Protection Plans for Home & Abroad
Lethal & Non-Lethal Protection Plans for Home & Abroad Everyday carry used to mean concealed carry and that just isn’t the case any longer. As the prepping community grows and changes, civilians are excepting more and more responsibility for their own survival. This requires both lethal & non-lethal protection plans. How you can defend yourself …