Bug Out in the Forest

How many times have you heard someone say, “When the SHTF I am just going to bug out to the woods” and think that such a “plan” is a simple and feasible idea? I have shaken my head in disbelief copious amounts of time...

Turning Flour into Hardtack Biscuits With Over 100 Year Shelf Life

Why store flour (max shelf-life 1 year) when it can be made into Hardtack Biscuits that will last forever. For centuries, hardtacks were the key food source for sailors (throughout the Tudor era and later periods). But the Civil War is what most people know it...

Do You Have What it Takes to Survive a Disaster

Maybe…maybe not. Far too many preppers focus ONLY on the obviously important aspects of SHTF preparedness: hands-on bushcraft/survival skills; supplies; weapons; and physical prowess. The mental preparedness and character or any prepper could either become his or her saving grace – or turn into an...

Are You Preparing For A Nomadic Lifestyle?

Walking through the environment with all you own on your back. Down a quiet hill; to a crystal clear watercourse for a drink. Refill your bottles as you look around. There is a small blackberry thicket where you grab a snack. You hear a...

How to Can Flour for SHTF

Have you ever heard about canning flour? I hadn’t considered it to be honest, until someone brought it up to me the other day. I looked into it, and it makes sense. First, our household's using flour goes in waves. We use it many days...

How To Protect Your Home From Intruders

I’d wager that no one leaves their home without being at least somewhat concerned about the belongings that they leave behind. Contained within most homes is the sum total of the owner’s life, and not just in a material sense. There are plenty of...