Solar panels on the roof. We are seeing them pop up on more and more buildings across the nation – and for good reason. Solar is truly affordable, energy efficient, and when eventually the SHTF it will be the way to have power when the rest of the world is without electricity! But there are…

Deciding to create your own homestead is a monumental decision for most people. It takes a lot of planning beforehand, reliance on prior experiences (in person, on the internet, in magazines) and a ton of both flexibility and resilience. Part of the planning process includes collecting as many tools, materials, and supplies as you can…

We cannot tell you how often we’ve had to remove ticks from pour poor dog, principally around Summertime. He always manages to get chewed on by the little pests at least three or four times during the warmer weather. However, lately, we’ve noticed a couple embedded ticks, even now that it’s cooling off. What is…

A common saying in the Boy Scouts is “A sharp knife is a safe knife.” This is because a sharp knife will seldom slip from its task and embed itself in your hand or leg. The same can be said for an ax or hatchet. Too many people allow their axes to become far too…

We have shown you many things over the months, things you should and should not pack into your bug-out bag. Granted, everything has a use at one time or another but, when you think about surviving in the wilderness, the last thing you really want is an over-weight bag on your back. Any prepper, camper…

Post-collapse, one reality is that there will be a ton of abandoned vehicles due to the severity of an earthquake, hurricane, EMP, or another SHTF event. Abandoned vehicles can provide a lot of survival materials, tools, and more that people can use to their advantage. However, before taking all that you can from a car…

Watching the news today, it’s often a wonder how S hasn’t already HTF. With that said, more and more people are realizing this and are preparing accordingly, stocking up on food rations, supplies, and figuring out their best routes to survival from urban areas. However, there is one area that many new preppers are often…

SHTF normally focuses on short-term survival situations where after a prepper is done getting over the initial shock, it’s only hours or days before the situation is over. However, not all SHTF situations will be temporary. How can you know for certain that when the grid goes down that it won’t be permanent? It’s hard…

When SHTF, having the right tools to get you and your family through the tough times ahead is going to be what sets you up and apart from the rabble who will be scrambling to get their acts together when they’ve failed to plan for the inevitable. You may know what some of these tools…

No. We are not talking about the professional wrestler. This is about the common rock, found in woods, backyards, driveways and pretty much everywhere else. For as long as human have been scurrying around the planet, we have used rocks as tools, weapons, even as pets! Yet, in today’s amped up survival tool market, the…

Don’t you hate it when you’ve worked hard to acquire the nice things in your life only to have those things stolen by those who refuse to earn an honest living? Thieves are getting craftier and craftier, and every time you think you have the one up on them by hiding your valuables in a…

One of the key components to efficient survival is being able to get multiple uses out of a single survival tool. While this idea is extremely beneficial to packing a bug out bag (the less crap you pack, the less you have to carry), it is also a useful mindset when it comes to crafting…

If a prepper is living off the grid when SHTF, here is how he can use a stone made out of a soda can! As preppers, we not only need to stockpile enough food, water, and supplies for if we need to live off the grid. We also need to know how to use just…