Survival Knowledge

Water is essential for life and there are many situations where clean water is not available. If you’re lucky, you can...

Updated: 13 March 2025 The survivors of a major EMP event are going to have to adjust to doing without...

Editor's Note: Jeremiah Johnson is the Nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best – Voltaire...

By Erin Donaldson A cereal is basically a grass which is cultivated for its “grain.” Most grains undergo a refining...

In an emergency situation you might have to leave your house and retreat as quickly as possible to a safe...

Your home is your castle, but it should also be a fortress, especially when times get tough. If society collapses...

It's easy to get confused about priorities. We do it all the time. But getting confused about priorities in a...

By Erin Donaldson It’s time!  The event has happened, your bug out bags are packed and loaded into your bug...

The power of the sun is really amazing and somehow underestimated. Here is the solar panels surface required to power...

Whoever said a disabled person can’t prep like a pro didn’t know what he was talking about. Indeed, if you...

Human beings have been using metals since Neolithic times, but the metals our ancient ancestors used were the type that...

When we think of the Wild West we often think of the old films with John Wayne or Clint Eastwood....

Have you ever come inside miserable with cold, wet feet? An Oregon Company has just released the waterproof socks that...

This is by far the simplest and easiest “no work” gardening method.  You plant directly into bales of straw, and as...

When talking about arrowheads, glass is not exactly the first thing that comes to mind. However, it’s a more widely...

The world is already struggling with food supply and managing crops. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted...

With the rising costs of food and people having less to spend, more and more of us are entertaining the...

When it comes to gardening or farming, our general perception leads us to a view of a farm with growing...

A reliable source of protein is always mandatory for long term survival. Those who have confronted the wilderness admit that...

Have you ever thought of how much you actually spend on heating during the winter? This original solution was created...

by Pat Bellew I always find it interesting that so many of the things, so many of the skills, and...

Candles were a common source of light in many colonial and pioneering era homes. While oil burning lamps burned cleaner...

Of all the potential disaster threats we face today, an attack by EMP is probably one of the scariest. Properly...

You probably have long-term supplies stored in a safe place, and you are taking every step to ensure that you...

In the likely case of a disaster situation, one of the first problems survivors will encounter is the lack of...

Chemistry is arguably the most practical of all the science subjects. Learning the discipline teaches you a lot of skills...

Everything nowadays depends on electricity, and most people feel lost and powerless when they suddenly discover their house doesn’t have...

By John Clinton People around me say I am old. I suppose they are right: my heart betrays me from time...

The making of butter goes back at least 4,000 years, with the earliest known reference to it written in the...