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7 Unexpected People to Add to Your Survival Group for the New Year
I know the topic of who to include in a survival group has been tackled elsewhere many times. Usually, the advice is to include obvious skill-sets such as doctor or nurse or EMT, somebody with law enforcement or military experience, a mechanic or handyman, an outdoorsman or hunter, and so on. These are the “easy” ones to…
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How to Make a DIY Diversion Safe from a Vegetable Can
I got this idea of making a diversion safe from a video but instead of using a larger can and mason jar I decided to use a typical vegetable can (green beans) and a pill bottle. The project went rather quickly and turned out pretty good. Here’s how I did it: Take any common vegetable…
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This is the REAL Beauty of Freeze Dried Foods
If you’re not on-board with freeze-dried foods (no matter who you purchase from) you really need to do so. While there are many great reasons to include them in your food storage, perhaps the BEST reason to include them is that they allow you flexibility when planning and making meals. For instance, my wife wanted…
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Preparing a Survival Kit for Your Car Can Help You in Everyday Driving too! (Guest Post)
Cars offer the extra feeling of safety because they have a shell that can protect you. However this shell cannot help you when you are stranded in the middle of nowhere unless you packed a survival kit in it. A few small things that you keep in your vehicle can sustain you for a long…
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Twas the Night AFTER Christmas… Prepper Style!
‘Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that there would be food in there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of a meal danced in their heads; And mamma in…
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7 Disaster Awareness Tools to Bookmark
While you’re having a good time thinking about the holidays, I figured I would compile a list of the most useful disaster awareness tools you can and should make use of, all of which are listed in my Hazard Risk Assessment Tools page. 🙂 The following can be used to track ongoing or potential upcoming disasters…
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Rainwater Harvesting: Why You Should Do It And How! (Guest Post)
Storing water almost always ends up at the top of a prepper’s checklist of essentials during SHTF situations, and understandably so as it is the most important aspect of a person’s survival. Having water in your body could spell the difference between life and death. Always remember that a person can last only three days,…
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THRIVE Freeze Dried Chopped Spinach
My wife decided to make some vegetable quesadillas but didn’t have any frozen spinach and so we choose to use some of our Thrive Freeze Dried Chopped Spinach instead: Here’s what it looks like directly in the can: After a few minutes of rehydration this is what you get: Added to the rest of the…
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Be Your Own Handyman… When You Can
It seems to me that one of the MANY skills we’ve lost as a culture–especially as a result of our “disposable” goods mentality–is the ability to fix things and otherwise to make do with what we have. Don’t get me wrong, if I could honestly afford to always call a repairman to fix things for…