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…
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…
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…
A DIY Project You Shouldn’t Ignore: Using Cattail to Create a Basket
Often basket weaving is pushed aside when it comes to the basics of survival or wilderness living of any kind. But a typical homesteader might be surprised in regards to the usefulness of such a craft. Have you ever heard of basket weaving? This skill is particularly useful if you happen to live in an…
4 Clever Ways to Re-Purpose an Old Refrigerator
Re-purposing old and broken down stuff and recycling what is practical to recycle is part and parcel of being a good survivalist. It comes with the territory that people who want to be prepared for life after a survival situation are mindful. They desire to use whatever is at their disposal, save what they can…
[VIDEO] Learn How to Make This DIY Hammock for Ultimate Relaxation
Black Raven Survival brings us a terrific video for anyone who has ever wanted to make a do-it-yourself hammock! It’s surprisingly easy and for those of you who are not familiar with using a sewing machine, you will be happy to know firm row-stitches are all that are necessary. That and a little common sense!…
[VIDEO] Check Out This Easy Way to Make DIY Solar Lanterns
Today’s project is an easy DIY project that would come in handy in one of those “minor” survival situations – say a thunderstorm knocks out the power, and you need enough light to get round, but not so much as to illuminate an entire room. They also look really cool when lit. Using the solar…
[VIDEO] Check Out These Must Do DIY Aluminum Can Projects
It is a sad commentary on our propensity to litter, but you can find aluminum cans just about anywhere on planet Earth. There are even reports of people finding plastic bottles and aluminum cans at places like Mt Everest, Amazonian rain forests, and the Serengeti. Simply put, where there are humans, there likely are aluminum…
A DIY Survival Knife Made from a Hacksaw!
In a survival situation or SHTF moment, your knife is your best friend, even more than your firearm or any other survival tool in your possession. This is because, bar none, of all your survival gear, you will rely on your knife day in and day out, all day, in multiple situations. On one recent…
How to Set Up a Forge Under $40 and Become a Blacksmith
One of the largest obstacles to making it through a long-term survival situation is that most of us lack the basic skills needed to perform trades that used to be commonplace. This is particularly true as it comes to the work of a blacksmith. While as recently as a few decades ago, one could find…
[VIDEO] Learn How to Whip a Rope to Stop Fraying
Have you ever tried to stuff the end of a frayed rope through a hole that is too small? It is a pain in the neck and often times you end up sheering part of the rope and pulling on its guts to make it go through. That is not good for the rope and…
[VIDEO] Knife Etching Technique for a Damascus Knife
Etching metal is a technique used to decorate a surface, usually metal, by using a corrosive agent (usually some form of acid) to eat away at more easily corroded metals or along etching points made by the person doing the etching. It dates back to the Middle Ages when goldsmiths and metalworkers used etching to…
Make This Bushcraft Knife Only Using Simple Tools
Getting through a survival situation requires ingenuity and the ability to make do with what you have on hand. In this case, that includes re-purposing used up tools to handcraft a knife. Knowing how to make your own tools or weapons, should a SHTF moment or survival situation arise, is a key skill that all…
Step by Step Guide to Making Gunpowder
Warning: As always, when working with the combustible stuff, please follow all safety protocols and equally important, follow all local and state laws at all times. The more self-sufficient you are, the better off you will be in a survival or SHTF moment. That seems obvious enough, but there are so many things that are…
How To Make An Outdoor Wood Fired Clay Oven
Becoming self-sufficient is a constant process of learning, experimenting and seizing on the ideas of others to help yourself on your own path to independent living. That includes using new and multiple ways of cooking that do not rely on traditional cooking methods like a stove or oven. A wood fired clay oven is one…
Step By Step Guide To Making This Outdoor Dish Washing Station
Whether you are camping, in a survival situation or at a hunting / fishing camp with no amenities, washing dishes at the end of a meal is very important and very inconvenient. The Boy Scouts recommend that each dish be subjected to a Hot Wash, Warm Rinse and Cold Rinse to ensure the dishes are…
[VIDEO] Learn How To Make A Knife Using Hand Tools
Knowing how to make your own knives not only can save money, but in a survival situation it could be a very valuable way to create something to use for barter or even to create the knives you need to go about your daily work. When I see videos on the Internet about making your…
[VIDEO] This Awesome Tiny Home Is Made Form Salvaged Materials.. Truly Inspiring!
Tiny homes are all the rage these days. Young couples particularly, because of expense and desire, find them practical and appealing. Some of these houses, those which are freshly built, can go for as low as thirty thousand dollars and others even lower! However, there are those ambitious individuals who build their own and it…
[VIDEO] Check Out This Awesome Survival Kit That Only Costs $1!
We love things like this. It’s a mini survival kit, something you can toss in your bugout bag, backpack or – for the ladies – your purse! It will take-up little room but contains some great life sustaining materials you can and will definitely use! You choose the size of the container but the size depicted…
[VIDEO] Watch How You Can Use Paper For Unlimited Fuel To Heat Your Home
It is estimated that junk mail creates about 10 billion pounds of solid waste and costs communities over $1 billion to collect and dispose of it. Of all the junk mail mailed, upwards of 60% of it is never recycled – it is either incinerated or stored in landfills. Add that to paper products we…