Survival Knowledge

Smoking is one of the tastiest and oldest ways of preparing food. When the lights go off and don't come...

Repurposing containers is one of my favorite things to do. Some people may give little thought to this idea which...

On October 29, 1929, the US Stock Market crashed, surging the country into what we know as the Great Depression....

Improvisation is an essential skill for survival. Almost any day-to-day item can be utilized for certain emergency purposes. Things like...

We all have our food storage for when SHTF. Some of us can live on our supply for years without...

How much is a cow or a chicken worth? Most of us will answer that question in dollar terms. But...

Both when you are prepping for a disaster and when you are in the middle of a survival scenario, finding...

Since the isolation we have come to appreciate the idea that ‘our home is our sanctuary’ and we can do...

Do you prefer fresh coleslaw to Sauerkraut in winter? Here are some ideas on how to use available resources, reduce...

Just like when we harvest an animal, when we harvest a tree, it is best to use every usable part....

If you are anything like me, you are constantly looking for ways to improve your stockpile of supplies and gear....

Cold exposure can kill you, or leave you miserable all winter long. So why don't you just turn up the...

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and many families are looking forward to spending some well earned time together. Turkeys...

The current state of the medical system is cause for alarm. No matter where you are in the world now...

It is 12:30 am and suddenly I awake! It’s pitch black but I know the power is out because I...

The oceans hold 97% of all earth's water, but don't bother moving your homestead to the coast if you're looking...

Even though the western world seems to be moving away from the proliferation of single-use plastic drinking straws, they are...

There are many ways to be prepared for when SHTF. One way is to plant your own garden. Another way...

For thousands of years, alcohol has been consumed for its recreational and medicinal properties. Ancient people of northern China began...

Any prepper is going to have many needs that can be filled by gasoline. There are tools, cars and generators...

There was a time when you could purchase good jerky, but not anymore. Today it is illegal to sell jerky...

Knowing how to preserve your harvest even without refrigeration is an important way to deal with surpluses and avoid waste,...

Fall has officially arrived, and with it comes many of my favorites such as trees changing colors, football, chili, a...

If there is one thing that 2020 has taught us, it is that life is unpredictable. Society has been on...

I’m sure many of you have either lived by, or heard great stories from the grandparents, about using or consuming...

For a very long time I’ve been looking for a seed kit to start a small medicinal garden in my...

One of the major tenets of prepping is the repurposing of items that would normally be discarded after use. Soda...

Building a bug out bag has got to be one of the most widely discussed prepping topics there is, with...

This article was written by Michael Snyder and first appeared on The Economic Collapse. I’m just going to be very blunt with...

We call them zip ties, zap straps, or cable ties, and sometimes it seems that much of our modern life...