It is almost a given that if you have space and are the least bit concerned about our food supply in a survival situation, you grow some of your own food. If you do, it is also likely you try to compost as much organic waste as possible. While compost bins can be very elaborate…
Why You May be an Over The Top Survivalist (and You’re Okay With That)!
With the release of Ted Koppel’s book “Lights Out,” which details how vulnerable our grid is to a cyber attack and potentially weeks, even months of power disruptions, being survival oriented is suddenly becoming the “new thing.” For those of us who have always believed in being prepared for SHTF moments or survival situations, this…
Live in a Small Space? Here are Some Prepper Must Haves While Living in Smaller Quarters
One of the most pronounced challenges faced by any survivalist is finding the space for all the materials, supplies and equipment that is needed to ensure a smooth ride through a survival situation. A person could fill a small barn if they got everything they conceivably might need (as well as spend a small fortune),…
Check Out This Fire Hack You Can Depend Just by Using a Firesteel!
A firesteel is an excellent way to ensure you always have the ability to start a fire provided you have tinder that can ignite from just a spark. For some, it is as fail-safe as using other fire starters, including lighters; if you know how to use a firesteel, you can create a fire in…
Check Out These Useful Items to Add to Your Bug-Out Bag
The supplies covered in this post is not necessarily “survival” related, but there are a few items you can add to your survival cache or bug-out kit that will make life a little more pleasant if you find yourself in a survival situation. In a survival situation, your psyche, or morale, is almost as important…
Why Preppers Need These Intangibles as They Prepare
Being prepared for a survival situation is more than just running to the store and buying a bunch of food and survival gear and then shoving it in a closet until you need it. The essence of preparation is getting what you need and storing it in a manner that you can use it when…
Learn How to Make This Awesome Survival Bread!
Almost every person oriented towards the survival lifestyle or mentality has a favorite food they can easily make in a survival situation that meets many of the recommended daily allowances for a healthy diet. Very few, however, meet all of the recommended daily allowances, or if they do, they involve a complicated recipe that requires…
Compelling Reasons Why a Hacking Scenario is Bound to Happen
Over the last 25 years, our society, indeed almost every society, has gone from slightly computerized to computers being ubiquitous in all we do. You simply cannot find an element of life that is not in some way computerized to one degree or another. That has vastly increased our vulnerabilities in regards to those systems…
Using Clay to Create Pots and a Chimney is an Excellent Skill to Have for a Survival Situation
Knowing how to create usable tools and equipment from your surroundings is one of the intangibles ways of making it through a survival situation. Creating things from stone and clay is a skill that has been used literally for as long as humans have inhabited the earth. While the situation would have to be exceedingly…
How to Throw a Knife, Russian Army Style
We have all seen in the movies when the good guy stops the bad guy when a well-placed knife gets thrown. It most cases it looks effortless and is also lethal. Unfortunately, Hollywood fantasies are just that, and the reality is that knife throwing is a bit of an art that is only perfected through…
In a Survival Situation, an Extreme Winter Snow Fort Can Come in Handy
Building a snow fort or shelter is one way of ensuring you can stay relatively warm in a survival situation. Plus, if faced with a SHTF scenario, it can keep you alive for a very long time. Snow is a natural insulator because of its density, and that means your body heat can warm a…
Re-purpose Old Scraps to Make a Survival Knife for Under a Dollar!
Knives play a vital role in any survival situation. If the situation is dire enough, your knives can be the most valuable and used survival tool you can earn. During a typical day (as if there was one) during a survival situation, you will use your knife literally hundreds of times. You can spend a…
Stone Axe Head with Primitive Tools
Most of us prepare for a more conventional survival situation – A storm knocks out the power or destroys proper infrastructure and for a few days, even up to a week, we can make do. If, however, you find yourself in a non-conventional survival situation, say you are hiking and become lost or get stranded…
How to Properly Freeze Spinach and Other Greens
Growing your food is one vital way survivalists can prepare for a survival situation and gain access nutrient-rich vegetables and fruits without many of the concerns many possess regarding store bought food. Unless you live in an environment where you can grow fresh food all year, however, you must be able to store it for…
Building a Raised Garden Bed to Use as a Survival Garden
Raised bed gardens are an economical and easy to maintaining and growing fruits and vegetables, particularly if you do not have soil that is conducive to growing food or if it is not conducive to growing the type of food you want to grow. The construction is fairly straightforward and apart from filling the bed…
5 Things You Should NOT Stockpile for SHTF
Most crisis preparation conversations cover what you should stockpile to prepare for a survival situation or SHTF moment. As in sports or politics, regarding survival stockpiling, almost everyone has an opinion as to what is the most important and while most agree on some basics, each view comes with particular preferences. Very few discussions, however,…
How to Build an Igloo During the Winter to Stay Warm
Get ready for another cold weather shelter tutorial, which in this case, is how to build an igloo. Most of us associate igloos with the Inuit people, but the reality is igloos in various iterations have been used throughout Canada and Greenland. The concept behind an igloo is that snow traps air that serves as…
What Ammo Should You Buy for a SHTF Situation?
Part of any survival kit or survival preparation has to include ammunition. How much should you stockpile and what type? What brands can you rely on? Is it OK to cut corners occasionally or should you always stick with brand names and trusted vendors? Make the right choices and you can guarantee you will have…
Which Foods You Should be Stocking Up On for The New Year
Knowing the right type of foods to stock up on for a survival situation is a critical element of preparedness, but also one of the most tricky. To have an adequate supply, you have to stockpile enough protein, fats, calories, vitamins, and minerals and do it in a logical manner, so you do not end…
The Survivalist in Your Life Will Appreciate These Survival Gifts!
Choosing gifts for your average survivalist is a fairly easy process. Virtually all of us have a “wish list” that even if not written down, could fill pages if pressed to document it. Less easy is knowing smaller survival-minded gifts that can serve as stocking stuffers, birthdays or office gifts that are not major purchases,…