How To Can Meat Products
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If there are words to describe preppers and homesteaders, they are likely Do It Yourself. Backdoor Survival has always been about DIY. From designing your own water catchment to canning meat and more, we have the info you need to meet your goals and get the most out of your preps.
General Articles
How to Build a Simple Faraday Cage for EMP Survival
It Takes a Village: 33 Awesome Projects for Preppers
Cooking, Canning, and Pantry
Knowing how to add value at home by processing and storing foods is a very important part of prepping for hard times. Look below for posts on how to make everything from cooking oils to soda, canned meat, and more. We can also help you save money by roasting your own coffee at home.
How to Make Cooking Oils from Scratch
How To Make Your Own Delicious Crackers at Home
How to Make Sausage and Smoke it Too: A DIY Guide
How to Make Your Own Seltzer and Soda
Roasting Coffee And Storing For Long Term Use
The Perfect Homemade Biscuit Mix from Food Storage
Easy Peasy DIY Berry and Fruit Liqueurs
How to Seal Food in Mylar Bags
Survival Basics: How to Build a Fire in a Rocket Stove
Survival Friday: DIY Hardtack for Those Really Hard Times
Health and Personal Care
Some of the best remedies and personal care products are the ones you can make yourself. While we are not doctor’s, Backdoor Survival is a strong believer that essential oils and botanicals can help us be healthier and offer relief to some issues many people suffer from. From healing salves to antiviral sprays and rubs for coughs and congestion to making your own lip balm.
How to Make Cold Pressed Aloe Vera Soap
How to Make DIY Hand Sanitizer With Essential Oils
DIY Miracle Healing Salve: Wild Plant Edition
4 Amazing Skincare Products To Make Using Essential Oils
Make an Awesome Cayenne Salve for Pain Relief
DIY Simple Salve: An All Purpose, All Natural Ointment and Carrier Oil
How to Make Your Own Dirt Cheap Soft Soap
Make Your Own Healing Lotion Bars
DIY Antiviral Sanitizing Spray: When Hand Sanitizer is Not Enough
DIY Liquid Castile Soap “Wonderful”
Survival Buzz: Make A Gel Ice Pack On the Cheap
12 Wellness Reasons to Include Elderberries in Your Preps
DIY Healing Vapor Rub for Coughs & Congestion
How to Make an Awesome Healing Body Butter
General Household DIY
Knowing how to stretch your resources is a valuable skill. Knowing how to make some of the things you use often makes it even better. Natural cleaning supplies can be made from very basic ingredients as can a variety of glues. Do you like to cook over charcoal? We can show you how to make a large supply of charcoal to have on hand.
The Best Glue Alternatives and Substitutes
15 Cinder Block Ideas For The Prepper Homestead
How to Sharpen Razor Blades for the Long Term
DIY Laundry Detergent for Pennies per Load
How to Recharge Alkaline Batteries
Prepper Checklist: DIY Cleaning Supplies
Clean Your Toilets Naturally with DIY Toilet Bombs
Survival Friday: DIY Wire Saw from Scraps
Gardening & Water Catchment
There is a lot of joy and good meals that can come of growing your own food and making the most of your water resources.
13 Best Staples to Consider for a Survival Garden
How to Grow Herbs in Small Spaces – A Primer
Best Garden Structures That Help Extend the Growing Season
20 Strategies and Tips for Creating a Rainwater Catchment System
How To Build A Worm Bin the Cheap and Easy Way
Best Greenhouse Kits for Backyard Gardening
Best Cold Hardy Fruits To Grow At Home
How to Grow Mushrooms and Preserve Them
The Prepper’s Guide to Aquaponics: Urban and Soil-less Food for When SHTF
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20 Strategies and Tips for Creating a Rainwater Catchment System
Living in the desert has taught me not to take water for granted. Unlike the Pacific Northwest, I am not footsteps away from streams, ponds, or a vast sea just waiting for me to collect and purify for personal use.
In a continuing effort to educate our readers on the finer aspects of self-sufficiency, I have invited Dan Chiras to share his best strategies and tips for creating a rain catchment system that works. Learn what you need to know about building a rainwater catchment system.
How to Make Cold Pressed Aloe Vera Soap
Late last year I put out a call for topics that would enhance your ability to become self-sufficient. One of the topics that was suggested over and over again was step by step instructions for making soap from common ingredients that could be stored as part of our long-term preps.
As part of the Backdoor Survival “doing it my way” initiative, I put a call out to colleagues who had not only made soap themselves but were will to share their experience so we could learn ourselves. In this article, experienced prepper and soap-maker, Carmela Tyrell teaches us how to make cold pressed soap safely and easily using common ingredients plus gel from the Aloe Vera plant.
How to Make DIY Hand Sanitizer With Essential Oils
Hand sanitizers have their place in our lives, especially in the sick room where alcohol-based sanitizers rule. On the other hand, many hand sanitizers currently on the market deliver a chemical brew that results in a sticky, nasty mess along with ingredients such as triclosan and other anti-bacterial ingredients that are now suspected to contribute to the creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Given that plant-based essential oils are some of the strongest antibacterial and anti-microbial substances around, I have chosen to make my own day-to-day hand sanitizer. I use this hand sanitizer to supplement good old fashioned hand washing with plenty of soap and water. This recipe uses 100% organic, cold-pressed Aloe Vera gel, organic coconut oil, and a mix and match blend of essential oils.
Survival Buzz: Make A Gel Ice Pack On the Cheap
Have you priced gel ice packs lately? They run $10 to $15 each and as you know, one is not enough. You need to have a backup pack to use while a melted pack is rejuvenating itself in the freezer. When I turned to the internet for help, oh my gosh, I found hundreds of recipes for DIY gel ice packs. Here is the one I settled one. Total cost? About $2 each.
How to Make an Awesome Healing Body Butter
Have you wondered about the hoopla surrounding body butters? A body butter is like a salve except it does not include beeswax and has a creamy, silky feeling when applied to the skin. Here is my version, including instructions for making a body butter version of “miracle healing salve”. You are going to love it!
12 Wellness Reasons to Include Elderberries in Your Preps
Did you know that there are 7 species of Elderberry in North America? That makes them easy to locate and forage which is important because of their health and wellness benefits. Here are 12 to start with plus directions for making your own elderberry tincture and syrup.
Clean Your Toilets Naturally with DIY Toilet Bombs
Everyone dreads cleaning toilets and using toxic chemicals does not make the process any more pleasant. In a quest for self-sufficiency, I have learned to make natural, chemical free toilet bombs using simple, inexpensive ingredients. I won’t say that cleaning toilets is now fun, but it sure is a lot easier. Give these DIY Toilet Bombs a try – you will not be disappointed!
DIY Foaming Hand Soap
Making your own foaming hand soap is so easy and the results are so good that I can’t believe I have not done this before now. In this article, learn how to make your own DIY Foaming Hand Soap for $1.12 for a full, 12 ounce bottle. I love saving money this way, don’t you?
4 Amazing Skincare Products To Make Using Essential Oils
When it comes to skincare products, the sky is the limit cost-wise. Why not make your own using pure, natural ingredients with names you can pronounce. Whether you make them for yourself or for gift giving, here are 4 amazing skincare products to make using essential oils.
Make an Awesome Cayenne Salve for Pain Relief
Learn how to make an awesome cayenne salve for pain relief. Easy to make and inexpensive. Why spend money when you can make it yourself?
DIY Emergency Lights from Solar Yard Lights
When it comes to emergency lighting, flashlights and lanterns rule. The problem, however, is that they require a power source, be it batteries, propane, or some other type of fuel. … Read More