MIY Dehydrated Potato Flakes Especially if you don’t have a root cellar this is an awesome way of storing your potato harvest. They can then be stored ready to make quickly and they take very little room to store. Yes, it is more work initially than just buying a box of potato flakes at the …
Why Everyone Should Have Nail Polish I am blown away with the creativity of this one. I have actually used a couple of these tricks myself and they did work. But I didn’t think to take it further! Perhaps there are a couple of tips here that you haven’t thought of yet either. Particularly inexpensive …
4 Easy DIY Fences Homesteaders can educate preppers on why being able to build fences is important. You may want to keep things in or out! Many free-range animals do require fencing to keep them from harm and honestly theft during hard times. Fencing marks territory as well and slows anyone who would breach that territory. …
Protecting Your Home From Fire Now is the time to prepare your property from the possibility of uncontrolled fires. Whether it’s a bush fire, a wildfire, or a house fire knowing how to keep your home safe and if possible undamaged is important. Fire moves quickly and can jump an extraordinary distance from fuel source …
Surviving In A Vehicle When It’s Freezing Many parts of the world are experiencing extreme cold combined with record snow fall. A vehicle breaks down or an accident in route to or from your destination can turn a simple trip to work or an event into a life and death situation. I grew up in a cold northern …
Doomsday Skills After a serious crisis event especially one that’s effects are worldwide there will be a certain skills sets sought out by almost every prepping group. Even if that group is only your own family, neighborhood or community. None of us are capable of being an expert at every needed skill. If anyone ever …
Protecting Your Home During Adverse Conditions Under normal circumstances home security is enough of a challenge. But add freezing cold, blistering heat or some other natural or manmade disaster and it becomes a real issue. Many unsavory characters out there lay in wait to take advantage of any sign of weakness. Add the pack mentality …
10 Tips to Make Your Home Your Fortress Our homes were always intended to be our safe havens. With crime rates rising, disastrous weather brewing and the ever-looming possibility of a major SHTF event to keep our homes our havens we must begin looking at them as our own little fortresses. Of course, building a …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips for Surviving A Home Invasion It used to be that the issue of home security other than a lock on the front door were the concerns of only the wealthy or those that live a lifestyle that could bring dangerous strangers to the doorstep. Now days that is not …
Salt And Smoke Cure Meat And Fish Preserving protein sources like meat and fish will be a crucial skill during a SHTF scenario. There are situations where pressure canning, freezing or dehydrating meats will not be an option, but you will need that protein desperately to keep yourself and your family or group healthy. The dietary …
