Tag: Survival

MIY Rum

MIY Rum We have posted a number of times about the uses for our own distilled spirits in a SHTF scenario. Most of the recipes we share with you can be deemed illegal in some areas as is stated at the very beginning of the featured article. I feel it does indeed reduce the value …

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Keeping Your Safe Haven Safe

Keeping Your Safe Haven Safe Note that for the purpose of this post, home invasion is defined as any breach of your property. Home being  your primary residence, bug out location, vacation home, or any space that you consider your own and invasion meaning someone unwelcome entering that location without your consent whether you are there or …

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DIY Solar Distiller

DIY Solar Distiller The featured article talks about building your own solar still. With a still you can turn undrinkable water into pure home distilled hydration. Purchasing one can be really pricey, even for a small distiller the asking prices are 200+. The uses can be almost unlimited from refilling lead-acid batteries in normal times to …

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Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well

Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well Imagine the frustration of a grid down scenario when you have a well but can’t power it to bring up the water! No one wants additional costs to installing their well and if your well was one that was installed back when we believed electricity was always …

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Identifying Little Hogweed & its Benefits From Giant Hogweed & its Dangers

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Identifying Little Hogweed & its Benefits From Giant Hogweed & its Dangers     Then I came across this article touting the benefits of Little Hogweed for human consumption including recipes! Obviously the difference between the two plants is more than just size. I sounds to me like Little …

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Build a Wilderness Fire Bed

Build a Wilderness Fire Bed Maintaining a survivable body temperature is imperative while in the wilderness. Hypothermia is more likely to do you in than any wild animal and will do so faster than even lack of water will. Especially helpful if you don’t have shelter in avoiding hypothermia is a fire bed. It works even …

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When to Run or Not to Run From a Shooter

Run or Not to Run From a Shooter Millions of people have watched the governments RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. ® video on how to escape harm from an active shooter. For the most part it’s a good video with reasonable rational good advice on avoiding the shooter. (if you haven’t perhaps seen it, it is included …

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Uncommon Items for Your Survival Kit

Uncommon Items for Your Survival Kit Most of you won’t find these “uncommon” items so uncommon to have in your survival kit. However, I found they did list some uses I was unaware of. I am a huge lemon fan, so I found that the uses in the featured article quite interesting. You may find …

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50 Questions To Ask the Non-Prepper

50 Questions To Ask the Non-Prepper I hate to admit it but some of the 50 questions asked, I hadn’t even thought of! The featured article from The Backdoor Prepper does indeed give us all food for thought, not just the non-prepper! We all tend to stay within our own little worlds when thinking of …

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Medical Survival Tips

Medical Survival Tips Medical tips are among my favorites. I am not an aspiring doctor or wanna be medic of any sort. But I do use a doctor regularly and figure if I do so do a lot of other people. Doctors, nurses and any kind of first responder experience will be a premium skill …

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