Prepping Basics – Emergency Preparedness Checklist May 4, 2021May 4, 2021Pat Henry Comment Follow me Have you always thought it would be wise to be better prepared for emergencies but don’t where to start? This prepping [...]
How to Keep Food Cold Without A Fridge April 12, 2021April 12, 2021Guest Contributor Comment Follow me In truth, we simply can’t think of living our daily lives without electricity. With the refrigerator working, preserving food, even at [...]
How to Build a Simple Potting Bench April 12, 2021April 12, 2021Mike McGroarty Comment Follow me The potting bench that you are about to read about is not fancy, but very functional. It is also very easy [...]
How to Get Rid of Standing Water in Your Yard March 8, 2021March 8, 2021Mike McGroarty Comment Follow me Do you have one or more areas in your yard that hold water after a rainfall? This is a common problem, [...]
Is your area’s water supply prone to fluoride hacking? February 11, 2021February 11, 2021Ethan Huff Comment Follow me The Florida town of Oldsmar recently had its water supply hijacked, resulting in “potentially damaging levels” of sodium hydroxide (lye) being [...]
Going Off Grid? How to Prepare for Your First Year September 14, 2020September 14, 2020Will Ryan Comment Follow me If you’re looking to start your first off-grid homestead, try to keep your expectations in check. It could take years for [...]
Smart Survival: This is How You Find Water When There Is None To Be Found July 24, 2020December 18, 2020TESS PENNINGTON Comment Follow me With water being one of your main survival priorities, you want to know multiple ways of procuring water in an emergency [...]
How to Grow Tomatoes May 6, 2020May 6, 2020Sue Sanderson Comment Follow me You can’t beat the flavour of home-grown tomatoes straight from the vine – and they’re so easy to sow & grow! [...]
The $50 disaster prep you definitely need, but likely don’t have. April 16, 2020April 16, 2020Creek Stewart Comment Follow me When it comes to storing items at home to ready your family for a potential large scale disaster (or worse), the [...]
Basic Survival Skills April 10, 2020April 10, 2020Filip Tkaczyk Comment Follow me There is so much information on basic survival skills that you might be asking “Where to start?” Here are 6 primary [...]
Urban Gardening: Grow Anywhere! April 6, 2020June 8, 2022TESS PENNINGTON Comment Follow me Just because you live in an apartment, does not mean you have to live without the joys of fresh, homegrown garden [...]
4 Sustainable Practices That Will Make Big Changes! January 8, 2020January 8, 2020Sara Tipton 1 Follow me Whether we are climate change activists or skeptics, we can all agree that we should all be doing our part to [...]
Making a Raised Bed Garden October 31, 2019October 31, 2019Home Garden Comment Follow me Soil in a raised bed can drain sooner and warm up faster in spring, enabling you to plant earlier in the [...]
Composting the Easy Way October 28, 2019October 28, 2019Mike McGroarty Comment Follow me Having an ample supply of good rich compost is the gardeners dream. It has many uses, and all of those uses [...]
DIY MRE Alternatives October 6, 2019October 6, 2019R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me MRE’s enjoy unending popularity within prepper folds, although sometimes the issues – weight, waste, size, and expense – lead us to [...]
10 Health Benefits of Sea Salt September 21, 2019September 21, 2019TESS PENNINGTON Comment Follow me Sea salt contains the essential trace minerals that your body needs in order to stay healthy. Learn about the 10 health [...]
The Benefits of Hydroponic Gardening: An Infograph September 8, 2019September 11, 2019TESS PENNINGTON Comment Follow me In the aftermath of a event where going outdoors could be dangerous or life threatening, this gardening technique could be your [...]
Do you have a safe source of water for a SHTF situation? Top 5 water purification mistakes October 26, 2018tpd Comment Follow me erybody knows that you need water to live. Without it, you’d be pushing in as little as 72 hours. What isn’t [...]
Grid Down: How to Get Water From Your Well When There is No Power October 18, 2018Jeremiah Johnson Comment Follow me One of the problems faced with an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) is that your well will not be pumping water into your [...]
Grid Down: How to Get Water From Your Well When There is No Power April 27, 2018tpd 1 Follow me One of the problems faced with an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) is that your well will not be pumping water into your [...]
5 Easy Ways to Start a Fire Using Water December 4, 2017tpd Comment Follow me Starting a fire with water may seem counterintuitive, but water is actually a very useful tool for starting fires in emergency [...]
This 54-Year-Old Woman Was Kicked Out Of Her House For Living Off-Grid July 24, 2017July 24, 2017tpd 1 Follow me Robin Speronis has gained national notoriety for her highly public battle to live off-grid. Although it’s impossible to be certain, it [...]
6 Ways to conserve water and money when watering your garden July 19, 2017tpd Comment Follow me You might think that there’s nothing in this world simpler than watering a garden plant. However, there actually are proper ways [...]
10 Best Water Filtration Systems … and Terrorist Dangers to Our Nation’s Water Supply June 8, 2017tpd 1 Follow me How Safe is Our Drinking Water Supply? By now it’s pretty clear that our drinking water supply isn’t always safe and [...]