Left Your Survival Can Opener Behind Yet Again? Whether you’re a prepper or not, chances are that you have some canned goods stored in your pantry. And like most people, you probably open them with an electric can opener because: a) It’s fast and convenient. b) You don’t own a manual can opener or can’t find […]
Off-Grid Living: The Next Big Thing for Survivalists?
We often hear about people going “off-grid.” What does that mean exactly? In fact, what grid are we even talking about? The grid originally referred to the power grid. During the late 19th century, power systems were extremely localized. A generator might be connected to a few hundred lamps within a neighborhood. As these localized […]
Going Off-Grid – Three Questions to Ask Before You Take the Plunge
Okay, so you’re convinced that you want to move away from public utilities and become more self-sufficient. Great! But before you start buying up solar panels, you should take some time to plan out exactly what you hope to accomplish, in what time period you want to accomplish it, and the best way to reach […]
Off Grid Energy Costs: Are the Cost and Benefits Worth It?
How Much Are the Off Grid Energy Costs? The answer is…well, there isn’t one. The amount you will pay to ditch public utilities for off grid energy is based on a ton of variables. Although it may be a difficult question to answer, let’s take a look at some of the basic cost considerations of […]
Survival Food Never Tasted Better: How to Build a Survival Garden
A lot of time has been devoted to the subject of food storage in the prepper/survivalist community. While food storage is a vital part of your preps, a survival garden lasts year after year. In a long term survival situation (think extended grid-down scenarios, prolonged social disorder, disruptions in transportation and distribution systems, or a […]
Survival Gardening: Extended Season and Cold Weather Tips
A steady supply of fresh vegetables for as much of the year as possible is a good thing in the best of times. In a long term crisis it can be the difference between simply surviving and thriving. There are several methods to extend the traditional growing seasons well into if not all the way […]
Raising Fish for Food: Backyard Fish Farming for Survival.
Raising Fish for Survival Food Raising fish for survival food has gained popularity in recent years as more people seek to provide a healthy food source for their families. Due to the overwhelming evidence of chemicals and impurities in foreign raised fish, raising fish at home is a safer alternative than buying fish from the store. […]
How to Choose the Best Survival Garden Seeds and Avoid Dangerous GMOs
Survival Garden Seeds – Start Your Survival Garden Now So you’re ready to start survival gardening, but where do you begin? Step one is to adjust your mindset. Don’t think of it simply as one of your preps, but as a new part of your “normal” life. Survival Seeds are great to have, but if […]
How to Cook Food Without Power
Top 7 Alternative Ways to Heat Food If you’re stuck in a post-disaster situation without power to fire up the stove, you only really have 2 choices: use the alternative heating source that you’ve acquired for just such an emergency, or go without coffee and eat cold spaghetti rings. Needless to say, one option is […]
Sanitation and Hygiene In a Disaster
Oh No! The Toilet Won’t Flush! Maintaining Sanitation and Hygiene without Running Water One of the biggest sources of disease and food-borne illness is contact with human fecal matter, or, as many of you may prefer to call it, pooh. That’s right. This may not be a pretty topic, but unless the words dysentery, cholera, […]