20 Edible Plants That Could Save Your Life

Sometimes, you have to think outside of the freeze-dried food paradigm. You may find yourself in the woods forced to run from your home or camp because of marauders with nothing...

Top 10 Foods to Grow for Survival

If the collapse happens and you are in survival mode, your long-term food requirements must be taken into consideration. Finally, whatever food you have packed away will run out...

When You Can’t Carry Food

Let’s face it, food can be heavy and bulky, even if it’s MREs or dehydrated. Other things may take precedence, like equipment and medicine for someone with special needs,...

Why You Should Build and Use a Root Cellar?

The American pioneers had to be very clever about food. The United States government was offering up 160 acres to the brave souls that migrated out west. That is...

39 Items You Can Compost

There are excellent reasons why you should make compost at home rather than throw the rubbish away. Finding landfill space is becoming a global challenge, and throwing away waste...

7 Prepper Food Storage Mistakes

1 – VARIETY Most people have inadequate variety in their housing. 95% of the people with whom I worked stored only the four essential things we listed earlier: wheat,...

24 Lost Gardening Tips from 100 Years Ago

While many things improve with age and advanced technology, there are some things that stand the test of time. What worked perfectly a century ago is still just as...

THIS Really Happens if You Eat a Bucket of Survival Food

Food: it seems to be the one constant in prepping. We start out buying food and many of us are still buying food, long after we think we’ve got...

52 Plants In The Wild You Can Eat

We all know our market vegetables and fruits are trusted edible species, but what about wild plants? Here are a few common (North American) goodies that are safe to...

Best States for Homesteading

Homesteading's best state depends on many factors, and might not be the same for everyone. Every state has advantages and disadvantages, so what's right for you will depend on...