Seven Tips for a Smart and Healthy Victory Garden
During the difficult days of World War II, victory gardens became popular symbols of frugal living and self-reliance. As the nation’s resources became focused on...
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How to Preserve Meat for Survival
In a SHTF event, chances are that you will not be able to rely on your fridge to preserve your food as usual. People can...
How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages
As I work on turning this one acre homestead into a self-sustaining Garden of Eden, I have two requirements for every single plant I consider...
Aquaponics; Which Style is Best Suited to Me?
Which Style is Best Suited to Me? So there are the basics of aquaponics, it really can be as simple or as complicated as you...
Types Of Fish For Aquaponics
Ok, so there might not be a “best” type of fish to use in aquaponics but there are certainly some common types that are popular.
Aquaponics – A Near Closed Loop Food System
When it comes to disaster preparation there is really no such thing as being too ready for any situation. The fact is, however, that no...
Urban Survival Gardening
You can store all the food in the world, but there is no substitute for fresh fruits and vegetables. Even taking vitamin supplements can’t make...
13 Homemade Toothpaste Recipes
Why make your own homemade toothpaste? It saves money, gives you a feeling of self-sufficiency and accomplishment, and allows you to leave out all the...
Vertical Gardening For Survival
Did you know that you can grow pretty much any amount of fresh produce that you could possibly want regardless of the amount of space...
How to Create Your Own Personal Survival Seed Bank
You have probably heard of seed saving, where you save a plant’s seeds or tubers at the end of a growing season to serve as...
How much money do you save when baking your own bread?
Bread baking is what made me fall in love with being in the kitchen. This may surprise you as I haven’t shared a lot of...
Frugal Foraging – Three Wild Mushrooms I Have Loved
Having spent three years living wild in the woodlands close to the Daniel Boone National Forest in Northeast Kentucky, I rediscovered some of the Earth’s...
How To Start Your Survival Garden
Next week we’re going to be holding a free Survival Gardening webinar with our go-to gardening guru, David Goodman. The topic… How To Quickly Start...
Melon Pits: A Low-Input Gardening Method That Works
A few years ago I read Steve Solomon’s “Gardening When It Counts.” In it, he mentions in passing that he heard the Indians used to...
4 Easy Medicinal Plants you can grow
As preppers we should seek to become more self-reliant. Producing/growing your own medicine is another way to do that. I have four medicinal plants anyone...
How to Create Your Own Personal Survival Seed Bank
You have probably heard of seed saving, where you save a plant’s seeds or tubers at the end of a growing season to serve as...