Debunking Expiration Dates – What You Need to Know
When going through your food stockpile, you may observe that some foods are past their expiration date even though you have...
When going through your food stockpile, you may observe that some foods are past their expiration date even though you have...
Cattails (Typha latifolia) are one of the most versatile plants on Earth. It is called the “Supermarket of the Swamp”...
This post was gladly contributed by Kathy Matthews. We bought a lot of food and brought it home. Then I...
Making glue out of pine resin is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to bind something together when you’re...
The pine tree is one of the most overlooked natural resources as it has multiple survival uses. The entire tree...
A time wracked with suicide and fear the great depression was a holly terror on the nation. Many people exclaim...
Stockpiling food is a key part of being prepared. Even if you have the skills and space to grow your...
Protecting your property is a challenge, especially if you live in a rural area. If there’s an intruder the police...
As a survival substance, potassium permanganate is arguably one of the most beneficial. The 4 oxygen atoms in the compound...
One of the best and tastiest ways to conserve meat is to smoke it. The meat is delicious, and if...
If you do find yourself in the wilderness and need food, there are a lot of ways to fill the...
I think we should make a comprehensive list with the foods we prefer to store (price, quantity, shelf-life, flavor). We'll all...
Dehydrated potato flakes are a highly portable, convenient source of nutrition. They are fairly easy to cook, don’t weigh much...
Because people around the world spend so much of their time in vehicles, if an EMP were to happen, there’s...
In an extreme and long-term survival situation, many items we take for granted today will be highly prized. If you...
ORAC stands for ‘oxygen radical absorbance capacity.’ It is a unit of measure to determine the antioxidant capacity of a...
No post-apocalyptic movie is complete without the stripped hulks of a few cars lying around. They’re the perfect disaster scene...
The quiet war that will be waged after any catastrophe will be that of an invisible killer. While the fires rage...
Prepping is about facing the future and whatever it might hold. For many preppers their priority is to make sure...
We all know the name. Its synonymous with crime and robbery. As you will come to see there was a...
by Chris Byrne Even though there are many different SHTF situations possible, there are general-purpose tools and equipment that every...
by C. Giurgi Earthen ovens have been in use for thousands of years and are made of a clay–sand mixture...
Modern surveillance technology can be scarily effective, and it’s getting better all the time. The first night vision device I...
This article takes into consideration only the effects of a nuclear EMP, not a solar flare. A solar flare would...
Technology shrinks. Technology becomes more and more available. This is a constant. We have started down a technological track with...
By Marc Stern Whenever there's a blizzard and super cold, it seems like stories always pop up of people marooned...
Whether expelled from the sun or emitted from a high altitude nuclear blast the electromagnetic pulse has become one of...
Foraging wild food requires practice, knowledge, and experience on your landscape. Notice I used the word your land. What you’ve...
Would you believe that this powerful propellant, that has changed the world as we know it, was made as far...
Today you’ll find some “little” survival tricks popular in the early 1900’s. 100 years ago Gallaher Ltd printed a short...
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