We started with a rather powerful pistol and if there was one thing I wished for back in those days when I worked in security it was to be initiated with something a bit simpler. Okay, maybe it is the female in me – originally a little timid with guns of any kind – but…
How to Build a Durable Debris Hut During the Winter
Think about ambitious you wanting to take a hike. It’s colder out there but you are a good hiker and know the trail so just load up that backpack and start your walk. All is well and good until things begin to grow unfamiliar! Somewhere along the line, you manage to get lost. Yeah, we…
Counter Tactics: How to Avoid Trouble Post-Collapse
When a disaster occurs we, for the most part, know where we stand. Most of us have families to protect so we cannot just leave and go looking for trouble. We need to stay put for awhile or bug-out, while still protecting what is ours. No doubt if the disaster is big we can expect…
(Video) 4 Clever Yet Simple Spy Hacks Everyone Should Know
At one time or another, we have all wanted to “play” spy. It doesn’t matter your age – child, teen, or adult – there is something super interesting about the contraptions we see spies use on our favorite movies or TV shows. Whether it be Tom Cruise changing his face in Mission: Impossible© or…
(Video) This Bushcraft Shelter is Truly One of a Kind. I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It!
There are not many of us who do not have dreams of owning their own parcel of land, out in the wilderness. It’s somewhere we can build a bug-out home, a shelter away from the maddening crowds and chaos of a SHTF scenario, when the time comes. Sadly, not everyone can afford such pieces…
Check Out This Collapsible Canoe That Can Fit Inside a Bug Out Bag!
Sometimes an inventor will come up with an idea that is so simple and ingenious we have to wonder why someone did not think of it before! Many of us like to go out on hikes, even spend days in the woods just walking, camping, and getting back to nature. It is, of course, good…
(Video) He Cuts the Top off of a Salt Container. Just How Clever This Kitchen Hack Is? Wow!
Initially, when being introduced to this hack, I had questions. It’s a great idea, transferring one product from a relatively insubstantial container that can be easily contaminated, into another container, like a mason jar, that is more significant and free from bacteria and other undesirable materials. Yet, is it really worth it? In the short run,…
Check Out This DIY Antenna That Will Extend Range and Increase Communication
There is always a fear in the near future of that ever-present threat, when the grid goes down and the SHTF. We think of it often because it is a very real possibility. We are homesteaders, bushcrafters, preppers, and any another term you want to use for people who would like to think of…
(Video) This Incredible Underground Home is Powered by the Sun and Costs Only $50 to Construct
Back in the late 1960s, there was a big time “earth movement”, mostly from the “hippie” class that wanted man to get back to nature. Mike Oehler, from Idaho, was a part of that culture and felt wholeheartedly that living underground was the way to go. As a matter of fact, for thirty years he…
(Video) Overflowing Iconic Glory Hole Spillway is Quite the Site…
The Monticello Dam spillway, just west of Sacramento, hasn’t seen water since 2006. Thanks to the welcomed but overwhelming California rains this year residents can now gather to watch and photograph water spilling into the iconic hole once again! It’s called the “Glory Hole” and it has residents shouting, “Glory Be!” The world-famous spillway…
(Video) This Man Spent 4 Days Off Grid During the Winter. The Lessons He Teaches Us on His Documentary? Remarkable!
Taking on a three night and four day camp out in the middle of the wilderness is one thing. It is breathtaking to settle back, enjoying a crisp fire, listening to the birds, checking out the deer running about only feet in front of you. But doing so at ten degrees below zero, with snow…
Is a Disaster Imminent? Oroville Dam May Fail and Residents Likely Would Not be Informed in Time.
Survival is more than waiting for the grid go down. There are real current survival situations going on every day, including earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods. As it turns out the Oroville Dam is becoming a genuine disaster situation in the making and the sad part is the shoddy system of notification should the dam break!…
10 Gardening Tricks Not to Miss so Everyone Can Become a Successful Homesteader
We remember as a child, pulling up a pot in our backyard, finding a stick – broken on both ends – and pushing it into the soil. We then watered it every day, sure that something special would grow. The adults told us not to bother, nothing would grow from a broken stick, yet…
Tips We Must Learn to Protect Our Vehicle from an EMP
The entire concept of an EMP, or an Electromagnetic Pulse, is a scary one. It is not something we can see or hear but the impact of an EMP is devastating! Governmental agencies have come out and said such a thing is life threatening and what it will do to transportation, basically making our cars null…
5 Easy Ways to be Successful When Bugging-Out “On Foot” When SHTF
We would love to believe when the SHTF everything will run smoothly. We can picture ourselves jumping into our car and driving on over to our bug-out camp and life will be tense but grand! However, being fairly intelligent preppers we know the world outside will be in chaos. Initially, it may not be so…
3 Incredible Buildings That Are Hiding in Plain Site
When you have a beautiful house, maybe something that was a little too expensive for the wallet but a home you have always wanted – with all the bells and whistles – you want to show it off. You work hard for your money and the idea of displaying the fruit of your labor is…
7 Delicious Edibles a Person Can Grow This Winter in Their Indoor Winter Garden
We think one time or another we have all wanted to try our hand at an inside the house garden. Granted, we were thinking more along the lines of spices, in small pots, but when that was successful it did amp up the motivation a bit. There are a lot more things out there to…
(Video) She Shows Us How to Make a Deep Hole Fishing Trap. How This Helps With Fishing? Impressive!
We are not sure where Siem Reap of Cambodia learned to fish but the way she catches and brings home her fish is a great one! She is a survivalist if ever there was one! The fact that this young woman, while “fishing,” is completely able to handle the slimy little devils and toss them into…
Are Earthships the Ultimate in Off-Grid Architecture?
We’ve been hearing about “earth houses” or Earthships for years, have even written about them here in these pages in the past. We’ve admired them, the environmental thinking behind them, but only just recently realized how advanced and significant Eathships have become. The Earthships from the 1970s, which were a great idea, using all…
The Key to Making Sure Effective Prepper Communication Takes Place Post-Collapse
It is not something many of us plan for but, should a collapse take place, there will no doubt be a mob mentality. We do not like to think of a “brother against brother” scenario but anyone outside your survival tribe can be a threat. Panicked, a lot of people lash out and want…