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?)
When asked where they should start their survival preparations, most people answer food storage. Wrong. In fact, food isn’t even in the top three survival priorities. The most important elements of survival are oxygen, shelter from extreme … [Continue reading] about How To Make A Homemade Water Filter
No doubt many of you have read about various improvised and homemade traps in one of the many outdoor survival books and thought, Wow, what a great idea—I could do that. Indeed, many of the ideas and diagrams shown are ingenious, and a few of them … [Continue reading] about How To Build A Live Animal Trap (An Easy Illustrated Guide)
by Randw My recent gift/purchase of a Les Stroud SK Mountain, Ultimate Survival Knife by Camillus, gave me an opportunity to do a review on a product that at first glance seems rather contrived and panders to the “Survival/Prepper community” by … [Continue reading] about Les Stroud SK Mountain Ultimate Survival Knife Review
by BCtruck - YouTube Hi folks, I'm going to give writing an article, another try. While reading the rules for the writing contest I noticed where MD was encouraging people to submit articles, the words "we all have something to offer" struck a … [Continue reading] about How to Drive On The Interstate And Survive (Maybe)!
by Lake Lili None of us really ever want to believe that our lives will end. We prep so that we have covered our bases for our survival and that of our loved ones. Most of us hope that we have put things right with our families and right with … [Continue reading] about We Are All Going To Die! Here Is How To Prepare For It.
by Marc White All hell has broken loose. Society has crumbled. Your front lawn is filled with zombies. You might be wondering how this happened. That’s not the point. The zombie apocalypse is here and unless you plan on getting eaten alive, you … [Continue reading] about How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse