7 Mistakes To Avoid When Harvesting Rain Water

Storage of emergency water is essential to any system of preparedness. Your ability to access and clean water sources will assure you have the water your family needs in...

How to Keep Eggs Fresh for a Year with Isinglass

There are many ways to preserve eggs when you're lucky enough to have a surplus of them, but in general, each one has its own weaknesses. Pickling eggs when all...

How To Tell The Difference Between The Healing “Queen Anne’s Lace” And Deadly “Hemlock”

The edible and healing Queen Anne's Lace is a member of the same family as the poisonous Hemlock and the plants and are similar in appearance. When using a...

The Lost Pioneer “Flu Shot”

Are you familiar with camphor and the healing properties of this essential oil? Used for its medicinal and aromatic properties since time immemorial, camphor's health benefits are not only well-known...

15 Survival Uses for Plastic Bottles

Plastic bottles are non-biodegradable. They are photodegradable which essentially means they break down into smaller plastic fragments. From rivers to soil pollution, the fragments then accumulate contaminants that pollute...

Do Seeds Really Expire?

We've all heard the news reports of seeds discovered in ancient tombs that germinated when they were planted; even the seeds you purchase are labelled with dates of expiration...

20 Foods You Can Preserve in Pantyhose

Wearing pantyhose is something that with the traditional 9 to 5 has gone more or less by the wayside, but you just shouldn't throw your favorite pair of worn-out...

13 Myths and Facts About Canned Foods

When we think about preparing for survival, one of the first things that come to mind is storing away food and for most people what comes to mind first...

25 Survival Uses For Leftover Bacon Grease

If you regularly eat bacon and sausage, you are likely to begin collecting excess bacon grease. Bacon fat is a convenient and flexible provision and you'll want to save...

How To Make Dandelion Honey Butter

Birds chirping, grass turning green, people gathering outside, moods seem to be rising ... all signs mean it's spring! Yeah, and let's not ignore one of the most visible...