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4 Fats: How and Why to Include Them in Your Food Storage Plan

4 Fats: How and Why to Include Them in Your Food Storage Plan

Take a minute and reflect on what you have in your food storage. There are probably areas of strengths and weaknesses, things that have been overlooked and items that have…

Prepping With Disabilities: A Guide For The Disabled and Caregivers

Prepping With Disabilities: A Guide For The Disabled and Caregivers

There are plenty of people out there with disabilities. This can make it challenging to prep or be more prepared. I try to make sure to mention and include some…

Guide to Trapping for Beginners

Guide to Trapping for Beginners

If you’re bugging out to the wilderness, or if you’re bugging in near the wilderness, trapping can be a great source of food. The major benefits are that once you’re…

Best Essential Oil for Bee Sting

Best Essential Oil for Bee Sting

For thousands of years, people have turned to essential oils as a remedy for all kinds of ailments and injuries – bee stings are no exception. You’ll encounter plenty of…

Best Rain Ponchos For Prepping and Survival

Best Rain Ponchos For Prepping and Survival

A rain poncho is useful for a lot of things. beyond just being a coat to wear to keep dry. There are a lot of different options for best rain…

Best Tick Repellents and Preventatives

Best Tick Repellents and Preventatives

Ticks cause a lot of disease and discomfort but there are a lot of things you can do to prevent them that cost little or nothing. The best tick repellents…

Legacy Food Storage Review – A Hands-on Sampling

Legacy Food Storage Review – A Hands-on Sampling

Editor’s Note: This is an updated and revised edition for 2018. Legacy Food Storage has earned itself a spot in many prepper’s pantries, and the reasons are simple. Their food…

35 Reasons Coffee Filters are Survival Multitaskers

35 Reasons Coffee Filters are Survival Multitaskers

Have you ever considered adding coffee filters to your stash of multi-purpose preps? As you know, every prepper knows that multipurpose items save space and money. Because of this, we stash things like salt, duct tape, vinegar, and paracord like they are going out of style. Coffee filters are another inexpensive item to add to your list of versatile survival preps. Here are 35 reasons why!

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…

A Review Of The Go Ruck GR1 Rucksack

A Review Of The Go Ruck GR1 Rucksack

The Go Ruck GR1 is a high-quality pack made in the USA by hand. This type of craftsmanship is a rarity in today’s world. I was given a Go Ruck…

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…

Best Emergency Radios for Prepping & Survival

Best Emergency Radios for Prepping & Survival

A good emergency radio that can be run on a variety of power sources is something you should consider adding to your preps, so you can stay informed and entertained….

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…

How To Purify Salt Water for Survival

How To Purify Salt Water for Survival

Desalination can be done on a small scale with basic items. Pot distillers can make the process faster but you can also achieve desalination with salvaged items in a survival…