If you’re like me, your freezer is filled to overflowing and you can’t figure out where to put another jar of canned food. So, when I had the chance to pick up a dehydrator on sale, I did. And boy Read More …
If you’ve been thinking about beekeeping as a source of food and barter, you’re not the only one. Beekeeping is gaining interest among preppers and those who would just love to have their own source of honey. However, before you Read More …
Walking through the Montana forest has given me a greater appreciation of what the forest has to offer, whether its meat, plants, or medicine. In the past few years I’ve been learning plants and what they provide in terms of Read More …
Having optimal health is important in any circumstance, but in a crisis situation, it could make all the difference. Being physically fit is one component of good health, but so is a healthy diet. While you are taking steps to Read More …
Every year when we got our deer, I’d take them to the local butcher. Butchering seemed like something beyond our ability — something that was best left to the butcher. Only with the price of butchering going up, I made Read More …
Security planting is one of the most effective ways to keep your home safe now and in the future. Plants that deter intruders can beautify the landscape while protecting your property, and they don’t stop working if the power goes Read More …
We are water. Water is our life. Remove water from us for a few days and we die. But if we drink water that is not as pure as the water from which we evolved so many millennia ago, it Read More …
An efficient, proper smokehouse is very simple and inexpensive to build. Such smokehouse may be constructed from so many different materials that one’s imagination is the only limiting factor. Some smokehouses are available from retail stores and online-order outlets. For Read More …
I’ve put in some time lately to thinking about stoves and fireplaces. Thinking back I realized that I’d never seen an efficient permanent fireplace setup in any campground. The problem with the fireplaces is that they were built to work Read More …
Thanks to the times that we live in, more people than ever are looking for a way to live cheaply, find nature, and be able to bug out in a hurry if the need arises. Renovation of old buses Read More …
