Urban Prepping: How To Plan Your Fall Canning
You have to love autumn. The leaves are changing, the air is cooling down, and the joy of the holiday season is right around the...
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The 7 Best Medicinal Plants Used by Native Americans
When life as you know it ends, you won’t be able to run to the pharmacy to pick up medication. There won’t be a store...
10 Wild Plants You Can Eat (+5 You Shouldn’t!)
Is harvesting wild plants part of your survival plan? There are plenty of edible plants growing, but there are also plenty of deadly ones.
The Only 4 Antibiotics You’ll Need when SHTF
The most important thing you should know about antibiotics! Never expect a doctor to phone-in a prescription for an antibiotic without seeing you first. Why?...
26 Ancient Remedies That We Lost to History
Modern medical marvels are uncovering new ways to treat illness everyday, but at the same time, the practical, common and inexpensive ways our ancestors used...
Sustainable Prepping : 5 Alternative Energy Types for When the SHTF
There are actually a lot of different types of energy sources to tap into after a disaster strikes. One of the major differences is that...
The Best Pioneer Survival Food: Cowboy Biscuits
When cowboys hit the trail for a cattle drive, they had a long journey ahead of them. Many drives took months, taking the crew into...
Civil War Recipe ~ Union Skillygalee
Well on my adventure to find the “perfect” picture of what the Union soldiers called Skillygalee I came up empty. As this has never happened...
12 Pioneer Skills We Can’t Afford to Lose
The pioneers brought very little with them when they came to settle the wild frontier of North America. Most had basic knowledge or experience from...
DIY Projects: 15 Ideas For Using Cinder Blocks
Cinder blocks are actually CMUs (an acronym for concrete masonry unit) i.e. large, rectangular bricks which are used in construction, but have a lot of...
The Ultimate Bug Out Home For Just $250
In life and prepping some things just make too much sense. When I first caught wind of the Earthbag I thought of a weak and...
James Rawles: Salt Will Be The #1 Bartering Item
Salt is a valuable commodity that could become hard to come by in a long term disaster situation. In Ancient Rome, salt was used as...
Turn a Car Battery Into an Emergency Power Source For the Home
Most preppers have some kind of plan for an emergency power source after the SHTF. It might be a generator, wind turbine or solar panels....
Back to History: Top 9 Civil War Survival Recipes
The Civil War was brutal. That’s all there is to it. If you’ve seen The Free State of Jones, even the first fifteen minutes of...
Beefing Up Your Prepper Pantry with Jerky
Beef jerky is the epitome of homesteading. Our pioneer ancestors dried beef as a way to help them make it through the harsh winters and...
20 Medicinal Herbs That I Have in My Prepper Garden
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates So, many of you may be asking why I want to go to all...