A Good Recipe for Chili
Now I love beans, especially chili with beans. The last few days I have been working on a new recipe for a chili cook-off. I started out by cooking the beans and the chili separately. …
How to Protect Yourself From Wildland Fires
Every year about this time, I write an article on the dangers of Wildland fires. My hope is that people pay attention to it and make their homes fire safe. However, every year I then go …
Navigation for Preppers 101
Hypothetically, the worst happens. Your family is going to be immediately displaced due to invasion, an EMP, a hurricane, you name it. It’s looking bad out there. How do you deal with it? You grab …
How to Build Water Filter Systems Without Electricity
Water filters are perhaps one of the most overlooked, but most essential items you should be bringing with you in a bug out bag. If you homestead, you should have a half-dozen of these scattered …
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Survival Antibiotics: What Should You Get?
Antibiotics might just be the most important discovery in the last hundred years. They prove to be infinitely valuable at saving lives, staving off infections, and preventing diseases from ever occurring. That’s because we live …
Guide to Survival Fishing
We’ve been fishing as a species for longer than we’ve been doing almost anything else. Survival is in our genetic code, and when we couldn’t take down large game, we took to the waters to …
Freeze Dryer vs Dehydrator: What is Better for Long Term Storage
You’re preparing for the next natural (or manmade) disaster, and you have your sights set on one of the most important aspects of off-the-grid survival: food. Dried, brined, frozen and cured, there’s a ton of …
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Winter Survival 101: The Harshest of Seasons
Winter survival is what separates the true preppers from people who occasionally watched Survivorman. There is no harsher climate or more demanding atmosphere like a cold winter’s day with snow on the ground, and understanding …
Urban Survival: Everything You Need to Know
Urban survival refers to anything that isn’t living in the wilderness; it’s surviving in a town, city, or major metropolitan area throughout the duration of a SHTF situation. Urban survival suits a very different type …
Top 16 Items to Keep in Your Car in Case of an Earthquake
Earthquake kits for cars tend to miss the mark on the specific items that you should have on-hand. Earthquakes are unpredictable, dangerous, and above all else they’re very confusing. Every normal, consistent thing around you …
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