How to Grow Potatoes in Shopping Bags for an Extended Harvest

Not only is the harvesting of your potatoes in bags a smart way to grow them in small spaces, it can also prolong the harvest time. Additionally, keeping pests...

Building The Three Bucket Bio-Water-Filter

Abundant clean water is commonly known as one of the top priorities for survival, with most survival instructors stating that for drinking and cooking, you need at least a...

How To Pickle Meat

Brining has been a common method of preserving meat, at least as far back as the 18th century, to ensure it did not go to waste. Due to its...

9 Scary FEMA Camp Facts You Must Know

Over the last decade or more, FEMA has become one more federal agency that everyone loves to hate. I wouldn’t say that it’s hated anywhere near as much like...

7 Survival Foods Made by Soldiers During WWI

Sing me to sleep, the bullets fall Let me forget the war & all Damp is my dugout, cold is my feet Nothing but biscuits & bully to eat. Popular soldier’s song, circa...

Dental Care after SHTF

Despite SHTF, you'll still have teeth. When it comes to preparing, we think instantly about the more obvious items we need on a daily basis - like food, water, shelter,...

Survival Water From Your Water Heater

In a post-disaster situation potentially the first thing any of us can consider is the lack of electrical resources. The second thing we'll probably note most is that there's...

How to Plant a Perennial Food Garden – Fruits & Veggies That Will Keep...

Perennial plants either live through the winter and produce the next year again, or they may die every winter and grow back from the roots, or sometimes from seeds,...

What the Pioneers Stockpiled To Survive Winter

What does your food supply mean for winter? Likely not much. You won't see any fresh produce supplied locally, but modern global supply networks can cope with that. If it is...

How to Avoid Being Targeted by Looters During a Period of Civil Unrest

There is not anything that any of us can do to avoid the occurrence of a natural catastrophe or doomsday style scenario in our towns and cities. All we...