Trading Your Skills: Jobs In High Demand In A Post SHTF World
There’s no way of telling quite how different life after a major disaster or serious collapse of society could be, but humans are remarkably resilient,...
Category: Self Sufficiency
Could This Be the Perfect Generator for Preppers?
For most preppers, finding an independent source of energy is one of the biggest priorities we have, right behind food, water, and protection. While clean...
Survival Food Series: 25 Survival Seeds You Need For Your Garden
Living off the land sounds as inviting as Christmas dinner. But many have hardly had adequate experience being “farmers.” In fact, many have had no...
Best Skills And Items You Can Barter With In A Post- SHTF World
The concept of private barter and alternative economies has been so far removed from our daily existence here in America that the very idea of...
How To Make Survival Cement For Your Off Grid Home
What are you going to do if someday you lose your home in a large-scale disaster of some sort and you have to build a...
8 Survival Skills Your Great-Grandparents Knew (That Most Of Us Have Forgotten)
Our modern society is highly dependent upon the “system.” Not only do we rely upon utility services to bring us electricity, water and natural gas,...
10 Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago
In the late 1880s, cigarette manufacturers began inserting stiffening cards into their paper packs of cigarettes to strengthen the containers. It wasn’t long before they...
Outdated Skills That Could Actually Save You Money
Modern living means that people have access to convenient ways of getting things done. We buy our food at the nearest grocery store and...
Meat Preservation:The Lost Ways Of Curing And Smoking
Before refrigeration people relied on salt and smoke to preserve their meat. Most people lived on family farms and the “smoke house” was as familiar...
Fallen Leaves: Bag Them, Don’t Trash Them!
Do you know why the Americans use the word Fall when they’re talking about Autumn? Yes, you got that right: almost all the leaves fall...
4 Things To Consider Before Going Off Grid
For many, living in a home entirely self-sufficient is a dream come true. As society edges closer to a word of complete sustainability, there are...
10 Great Vegetables for Fall Gardening
The heat of summer seems like it will never end… and then suddenly, there’s just a hint of a cool breeze in the air.
When the SHTF – Gardening Afloat
I wrote about our bug-out plans aboard our yacht when the SHTF. Today I am going to review some details of how we plan to...
Hunkering Down: Convert Your Home into a Long-Term Survival Base
The basic necessities of life—those things we all take for granted every day, are always what becomes most important to us when faced with a...
21 Things You Should Be Stocking RIGHT NOW!
As a prepper I am always looking for items to stockpile and give my family the best chance of survival not just in an economical...
Beneficial Companion Plants for Tomatoes
Companion planting, when applied throughout the garden or landscape, is an effective form of pest management, allowing nature to do its’ job. Companion planting...