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How and Why to Grow Elderberry

How and Why to Grow Elderberry

There are quite a few good reasons to grow elderberry; those range from the many medicinal benefits to the culinary delights such as elderberry syrup, jams, and it is even…

How to Forage and Use Purslane & Stinging Nettle: Two Super-Foods for Spring Foraging

How to Forage and Use Purslane & Stinging Nettle: Two Super-Foods for Spring Foraging

Editor’s Note: This is an updated and revised edition for 2018. Editor’s Note: Special Contribution by Donna “All good things are wild and free.” – Henry David Thoreau 1. Purslane…

Why and How to Grow Kohlrabi

Why and How to Grow Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi is a highly prized plant in home gardens and hales from Germany where the name means turnip cabbage. In fact, you can think of Kohlrabi as odd cabbages with…

Prepping the Body: Physical Fitness for Men

Prepping the Body: Physical Fitness for Men

As a preparedness-minded person, it’s easy to get tunnel vision on bug-out bags, stored food, solar panels, and all the other supplies we stock to help us feel like we’re…

Top 9 Health Benefits of Aloe Vera

Top 9 Health Benefits of Aloe Vera

Do you have an aloe vera plant sitting on your kitchen window sill or on your patio? If you do, it is likely you use it for when you burn…

Exploring The Best Survival Watches

Exploring The Best Survival Watches

While a survival watch may seem like a quaint idea, you need to think about how tough it actually might be out in the bush or during a SHTF situation….

Best 5 Ways to Warm a Cold Frame

Best 5 Ways to Warm a Cold Frame

Where I live in California, the growing season is generally from mid-March until Mid-October. This has more to do with the intensity of the light which shifts around the fall…

Apple Cider Vinegar: Essential to Have in Your Health Preparedness Arsenal

Apple Cider Vinegar: Essential to Have in Your Health Preparedness Arsenal

If you are paying attention to “trends”, you may have noticed that Apple Cider Vinegar is quickly becoming a “trending” home remedy, even though it has been a staple home…

Best Uses For Activated Charcoal & How To Make It

Best Uses For Activated Charcoal & How To Make It

Activated charcoal or carbon has a lot of valuable uses for preppers. From treating poisonings to making black drawing salve and treating skin conditions, this post will show you why…

The Guide to Prepping for Pregnancy

The Guide to Prepping for Pregnancy

A lot of things change once you get pregnant and prepping should be one of those things. You’ll need to be prepared if there’s a possibility you or your wife…

Pleasure & Poison: A Guide to Safely Foraging, Processing, and Enjoying Pokeweed

Pleasure & Poison: A Guide to Safely Foraging, Processing, and Enjoying Pokeweed

Introduction to Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) Pokeweed is a perennial plant that grows commonly throughout roughly the eastern half of the United States, but is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United…

Top 12 Essential Oils Used for Anxiety and Stress

Top 12 Essential Oils Used for Anxiety and Stress

What are essential oils anyway? They are simply natural aromatic compounds that have been extracted from bark, seeds, stems, roots, resins and flowers (aerial parts) of plants. We’ve all experienced…

Health Benefits of Garlic: The Medicinal Use of Garlic

Health Benefits of Garlic: The Medicinal Use of Garlic

History of Garlic Garlic (Allium sativum) originated someplace in Central Asia and has since spread and diversified throughout the world. So what’s so special about garlic?  We all know about…

Top 9 Best Essential Oils for Burns

Top 9 Best Essential Oils for Burns

When skin is exposed directly to dry heat you can be certain that it will let you know. Burns are one of the most common injuries sustained in the household,…

Spring Foraging: DIY Guide to Using Dandelions for Everyday Purposes

Spring Foraging: DIY Guide to Using Dandelions for Everyday Purposes

“For people who wish to harvest, process and use their own herbal medicine, I can think of no better introduction than the dandelion.”  Gregory L. Tilford, herbalist There are already…

Guide to Edible Bark: Using Trees for Medicine & Food

Guide to Edible Bark: Using Trees for Medicine & Food

When people think of edible plants, trees and bark are probably not very high on the list of what comes to mind. Sure, using bark as a major food source…