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If you've always wished you could put that awkward space between your fridge and the wall to good use, here’s...

Reasons to vanish Maybe it's the fact the we are inherently a corrupt race. Mankind in and of itself is...

By Anne Pickle season is here, and my favorite thing to pickle is cucumbers. This recipe is simple, it’s done...

By C. Nelson In the USA, or any other advanced economy, it’s now easier to get food than it’s ever...

My grandma always made the best canned foods…. Now, if you’ve never heard of this vegetable spread, let me tell...

by Bob Do-It-Yourself camouflage with spray paint is easy to do, inexpensive, requires no fancy gear, and doesn't require a...

Now that summer is over, I bet you’re looking for the best of all tomato sauce recipes to can. Well,...

Making cheese has been an art for nearly ten thousand years beginning in Europe, then spreading around the world. There’s...

Gel testing was made famous by the FBI. They used ballistic gelatin to test a wide variety of rounds and...

When it comes to prepping food for survival after the collapse, honey is one of the must-haves on the list...

If you don’t have space and your chickens are cooped up in small coop, or even if you need some...

Nature provides us with everything we need. The problem is that most people have long since lost the skills and...

Usually, when someone thinks of bread in a can, they imagine the unnaturally spherical, molasses flavored, and oddly textured store...

Keyhole gardens were first developed as a concept in Africa to help to grow food in dry areas. They are...

Homemade pine syrup is a great natural supplement that promotes overall good health and disease prevention. It's also a simple,...

Editor's Note: This article was gladly contributed by one of our readers. Mark Sharp got his Commercial Pilot’s License at...

Guns are mechanical machines. Machines that are designed and crafted by human hands, so we know they can fail, they...

In terms of plant growth, the pH of the soil the plant is growing in can have a massive impact...

Editor's Note: Lisa Farland is a content writer in Happy to Survive – a blog that will help you thrive...

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....

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

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

A gun is the most effective and easily available weapon, so in a disaster scenario, it’s obvious that gunshot wounds...

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

Today we find added sugar in almost anything that we eat or drink. It might sound unbelievable, but the average american...

I think just about everyone who's been in the prepping movement for any time wishes they had a bug out...

There are thousands of people and corporations who make knives in the U.S, but there are only 120 blade-masters. Bob Kramer...

Knowing how to find the North Star is one of the most basic survival skills. This skill is important because...

If you have been moving in this direction for a while now, or if you’re just starting out, it’s important...