by Doc Wacholz In April 2011, we saw one of the worst tornado outbreaks ever in the Southeast. On April 27th alone, there were 208 tornadoes with four being EF5’s tearing across hundreds of miles of the countryside, killing hundreds of people and … [Continue reading] about How to Build an Underground Bunker on a Budget
by Andrew Skousen and Joel Skousen, authors, Strategic Relocation and The Secure Home Threats of the Cold: Every year people die during the cold and storms of winter because of lack of preparation. Motorists get stuck in blizzards and succumb to … [Continue reading] about What’s The Best Extreme Cold Weather Clothing?
By Joel Skousen Author, Strategic Relocation and The Secure Home Kentucky and Tennessee are a couple of my favorite states for relocation for those already in the East looking for safety. They are both in or beyond the Appalachian chain of … [Continue reading] about Is Kentucky a Good Survival Retreat Location for Preppers?
Well, folks, as they say, it's better late than never... well, yeah, they (people in general) do say that and it's true sometimes but not always but then that's another subject all to itself. Anyways, I should have posted this at the end of November, … [Continue reading] about Last Month On The Homestead
The text and illustrations of this article are from Organic Gardening and Farming; October 1973. By Philip and Joyce Mahan After some study and experimentation, we have set up a productive food chain– table scraps to earthworms to … [Continue reading] about How to Raise Catfish in a Barrel
The text and illustrations of this article are from Organic Gardening and Farming; January 1972 The new series of reader research projects starts with an exciting plan to turn grass clippings into organic fish. Dr. John H. Todd with Dr. William 0. … [Continue reading] about The Backyard Fish Farm
The Solar Greenhouse That’s Right for You (Text & illustrations for this web page came from the August 1978 issue of Organic Farming & Gardening) Here is a new gardening tool that produces fresh food when the snow flies. by JACK … [Continue reading] about The Solar Greenhouse That’s Right for You
Open-ended questions like these are often answered using personal experience or second-hand chatter. What is often ignored are the actual studies and verified results coming from these studies. For instance in the United States did you … [Continue reading] about What Is The Best Home Defense Weapon That Isn’t A Gun?
Most of us spend a lot of time in our cars, and I feel that it's necessary to have an emergency auto kit aka auto survival kit in every automobile we drive in addition to our every day carry kits (EDC) and concealed carry handguns. A handgun won't … [Continue reading] about Must Have Items for Your Car Emergency Kit (A Checklist)
Whether you are looking to be better prepared for a general short-term emergency like an extreme weather event or something more long-term such as an economic collapse or civil unrest it's important to have a sufficient food stockpile so that you can … [Continue reading] about What is The Best Long Term Survival Foods?
I first learned of Thermos cooking while reading Kurt Saxon’s The Survivor newsletter back in the late 1980s and have been using this thermal cooking method to save propane ever since. I have no way of knowing for sure, but I would estimate a savings … [Continue reading] about Cooking With A Thermos Bottle (Can It Really Be Done?)