Smoked Jerky Marinade Jerking meat is one way to preserve it long term. Not only does it provide a ton of protein when needed but it tastes great and is easy to carry. After seasoning and drying, seal it up in an airtight container and it weighs only ounces more than the container itself. Makes it …
Prepped College Kid Stops Shooter Teaching Your Children can Pay Off with Their Lives We discuss being prepared at all times and as adults we are relieved as each day passes that we aren’t called upon to use those special skills and or preps. Even harder is teaching our kids to be prepared. School is …
Discouraged by Prepping Budget? Every new prepper knows this feeling, how do you make it through today with the economy like it is and still prepare for tomorrow? Besides keeping your preps small and multi-functional the article below gives other tips for keeping on track without breaking the bank. I personally always recommend you …
Mead Alcoholic Beverage Recipes Mead (honey based) wine is one of the best tasting homemade wines. It’s also very easy to do! Mead also known as honey wine is an alcoholic beverage created by the fermentation of water and honey. Mead’s alcohol content can vary greatly between mild and strong, and it can range between still and sparkling. …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Common BOB Mistakes We have all read articles about how much our BOB should weigh, how we should test the bag itself by carrying it along the path we will most likely travel in an emergency situation, etc… but this actually gives a little more information about what should be …
Build A T-Snare Trap Knowing how to trap in an emergency situation may be the key to surviving and having enough to feed your family. The T-snare trap is one of the easiest traps to make and is very effective for small to medium sized prey. Having the skills and the know how to build any trap …
DIY Air Conditioning If you have no air conditioning, want to cool a small space, and have no small children (I feel it’s unsafe to have water and electricity in such close proximity to each other around young children) you could build this DIY air conditioner and have a cool room this summer. The flicker hacker who made this one, wrapped the fan with copper tubing and …
A DIY Solar Ice Maker Perfect For Those Times When The Power Goes Out, Or Off Grid Living If you suffer brown outs during the hot summer months or have a power outage that will last some time during any weather being able to make ice via solar power could save your frozen goods or …
Medicinal Herbs to Grow at Home Some of these herbs are the basis for todays medications! I have personally taken Echinacea in pill form for years when as soon as I feel an head cold, ear ache etc.. coming on. They are a wonderful natural antibiotic. So I must wonder if that works so well, …
DIY Faraday Cages What are faraday cages? Why would you need one? What electronics can it protect? How would you build one and can you improvise one? There are a number of different ideas on the subject, Less about the effects of the EMP or even the cause because in today’s political arena we are all …
