There are two types of charcoal you should learn how to make before the SHTF – cooking charcoal and activated charcoal. Sure, you can buy commercially manufactured versions of both kinds of charcoal, but doing so will cost a lot more money than making either for yourself. Unless you have an unlimited budget and copious …
Beekeeping often feels like a never ending task that is often filled with copious amounts of trial and error. Beekeeping, like gardening and various forms of animal husbandry, often involves the receipt of conflicting information from both local and online “experts.” Some of the best intended bits of advice and tips will be useful and …
Bantam chickens – or “bantys”, as they are often called, are the best survival chicken breed a prepper could raise. This miniature chicken breed has value for survival homesteaders regardless if they live in a tiny plot of land, or copious amounts of acres. Bantam chickens are essentially a miniature breed. They are approximately one-fourth …
Building a chicken coop does not need to be an expensive process. You can build a chicken coop that is predator proof from scrap material found around most homesteads and a couple small rolls of fencing – or less than $100 worth of wood. Upcycling an old rabbit hutch into a chicken coop is an …
Preserving your own food by home canning it will help increase your survival stockpiles far more economically than buying commercially manufactured long-term storage food. There are two distinctive ways to home can food – water bath canning and pressure canning. Each method uses the same type of glass Mason jars, rings, and lids, but the …
Growing medicinal herbs indoors not only creates a portable and easily accessible food source, it also allows preppers to cultivate the potent ingredients needed to make healing home remedies. During a SHTF event, calling 911 is not going to be an option. Everyone who lived through the 2020 pandemic knows quite well that even going …
Rendering tallow and preserving it will allow you to create a valuable multi-purpose prep that can last for many months – even longer than a year on the shelf. Both tallow and lard were once popular kitchen staples, but after they got a bad rap from the health food industry, it is nearly impossible to …
Have you ever wondered who is going to be running the state, the county, or the town where you live during a pandemic? I will give you a hint, but if you lived through the 2020 pandemic in the United States you should already know the answer. It is not someone you voted to elect. …
Who Do You Think Is in Charge of Your Life and Economy During a Pandemic? Read More »
Every prepper who had not stockpiled morale boosters prior to the pandemic surely sees the value in them now. Keeping the mind and body active, as well as stimulated can make the time spent either cooped up in a small space in an urban or suburban area, or when having the daily routine entirely disrupted …
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Wild carrots, or Queen Anne’s Lace (latin name: Daucus carota), as they are often called, are both medicinal and edible weeds. Unlike its look-alike, poison hemlock, this plant can be used fresh and in dried form to make healing tea, herbal infusion, and sweet jelly. Queen Anne’s Lace was brought to the United States by …
