How to Make a Solar System
A small solar system designed to power lights and possibly your refrigerator for an emergency is easy to build. It is something that you can do yourself without a lot of training.
If you have read this post, you know how to figure out how...
What Batteries to Use for Solar Storage
This article is being posted to address questions posed by one of the readers, as well as any others who might want to know about batteries for use with solar panels. The main thing is to understand this is an overview and will give...
Water Bath Canning a Pasta Sauce
Preserving Method: Water Bath Canning
Makes about 7 (16 oz) pints or 3 (32 oz) quarts
Full Recipe
YOU WILL NEED
20 lb tomatoes (about 60 medium)
1 cup chopped onion (about 1 large)
8 cloves garlic minced
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup finely minced; fresh basil
¼ tsp Ball Citric Acid...
How to Adjust the pH in Soil and Water for Abundant Harvests
With respect to plant growth, the pH of the soil in which the plant grows can have a massive impact on yield, so optimizing the pH in soil is important.
Solutions on the pH-scale shown to be 7 are neutral, so pure water would be...
DIY Dollar Store First Aid Kit
While everyone hopes that they’ll never need to break out a first aid kit, an event will inevitably arise that requires you to break out the bandages and maybe a whole lot more. Everybody, regardless of the level of their prepper status, ought to...
11 Survival Tricks I Learned from Homeless People
When we hear of survival stories, we commonly hear of people who were trapped in the wilderness in exotic locations and managed to find a way out. Very rarely do we hear about the homeless people in our background who struggle to survive each and...
