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...
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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...
16 Foods That Will Live Longer Than You
There are few things that I am more proud of in my house than my pantry, and I’m sure many of you feel the same...
Just Like Doxycycline: The Antibiotic That Grows in Your Backyard
There has been plenty of concern in recent years with the overuse of antibiotics, and the risks that overusing them can bring, even to a...
Stocking Up For Troubled Times, Americans Return to Tradition of “ Prepping for the Unforeseen”
This article was written by Daniel Barker and originally published at Natural News.com. Editor’s Comment: Hard times are driving Americans back to thoughts about traditional...
8 Signs Your Stored Foods Could Kill You
You worked hard in your garden. You butchered your own meat. Then you went through the labor-intensive, time-consuming process of canning it, but how can...
SURVIVE EMERGENCIES IN THE FIELD: NATURAL FIRST AID TREATMENTS OUR GRANDFATHERS USED
You live in a world where so-called modern wonder drugs, laboratories, and equipment have obscured more “primitive” yet highly effective types of medicine involving determination,...
Top 10 Skills To Master To Be A Successful Prepper
It is important to understand that there’s an enormous amount of skills that every prepper should know and if there’s a skill that didn’t make...