How to Make a Soup Can Forge
This video shows you how to make a simple and very inexpensive tabletop forge from a soup can and a plaster lining. The forge runs off...
9 Ways To Start a Fire Without Matches
At Doomsday Prep we are always scouring the net for great articles that encompass and bestow a great deal of knowledge in a timely manner...
Where There Is No Electric Heat
How many of you have electric heat in your home, as opposed to oil or gas heat? Given the winter season, for those of you...
Best Turkey Brine Recipe
Have you ever made a brine for your turkey? If you’re up to the challenge for this Thanksgiving Day, here’s a recipe to consider. For...
Are Marauders A Credible Threat To Preppers?
Since the premiere of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers season three episode ‘We are the Marauders’ there has been a lot of discussion on various blogs...
Firemaking Set From a Fan Palm
A while back, I wrote an article about the Fan Palm and its myriad uses. Amongst some of those uses, I mentioned Native Americans, at...
How to Start a Fire with a Fire Plough
The sh*# has hit the fan and the power is out. Despite all warnings, you didn’t stock up on matches, lighters, or a flint. It’s...
How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages
As I work on turning this one acre homestead into a self-sustaining Garden of Eden, I have two requirements for every single plant I consider...
How To Choose A Suitable Campsite
Selecting a comfortable and suitable tent or shelter campsite is a useful skill, regardless of whether you set up camp in a designated camping area...
How to Defeat Your Fear when SHTF
Fear, when harnessed properly, is an incredible survival tool. When you’re scared, your senses are heightened and your adrenaline is flowing. You’re more sensitive...
DUCT TAPE CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.
Modern duct tape, the kind easy to tear by hand yet strong and moisture resistant, was developed for use by the US Army in...
Top 50 Things To Disappear
The Top 50 Things to Disappear from Store Shelves during an Emergency. The following list is from our friend Tom over at Camping Survival.com, who...
55 Preparedness Items to get you thinking
There are countless survival preparedness items (preps) that you can store ahead of time (before potential disaster), for your use during and after the emergency...
6 Cooking Staples For SHTF
If the $hit hits the fan, there are many, many supplies (and know-how) that you will need to survive. In addition to all that, here...
One Size Doesn’t fit all when it comes to Prepper Plans
When we are planning for our family’s safety, preppers employ a wide spectrum of ideas, plans and approaches to getting their family out of danger...
5 Plants from the Kitchen for Your Health
It’s been known since ancient times that vegetables and herbs are crucial in maintaining health and improving your well being. But some of those common...