Dear Fellow Survivalist; Food preservation and storage is a large part of being a prepper. For most of us, our very first action as a prepper was to buy some food (probably rice and beans) and put it away in our basement or pantry. We instinctively recognize our need for food and the fact that [...]…
Dear Fellow Survivalist; If you’re anything like me, your survival planning never seems to end. Looking at new equipment, new methods and new scenarios has just become part of your life. You’re always trying to learn something new and comparing the new things you hear to the old ones you heard before. That’s actually an [...]…
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I don’t know about you, but I find it difficult to pay for all the survival gear and supplies that I need. That’s why I try to build as much of it as I can. Not only do I enjoy building things, but it saves me a lot of money along the [...]…
I don’t care how experienced you are, you’re not perfect. I guess that’s the sum total of the wisdom I’ve managed to gather in over 50 years of life. No matter how much I learn and no matter how many experiences I have, there’s always something I overlook and there’s always something new to learn. [...]…
Greetings. I was clearing my solar panels yesterday, when my neighbor stopped in. He was curious about my wind generator. His question, one that many of us ask, was “Which is better, solar or wind power?” That’s a valid question and one that each of us should take a look at. After all, if we’re [...]…
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Greetings. You’ve probably heard the story about William Meredity, of Kentucky, who shot down a drone that was flying over his backyard, filming his daughter sunbathing. I think I would have done the same, if it had been my daughter. Nevertheless, he was arrested for that and charged with willful destruction of [...]…
Most of us are so used to being able to go to the grocery store whenever we need to that we don’t give most of our household kitchen commodities a second thought until we run out of them. Even then, our only thought is that we need to stop by the grocery store and pick [...]…
With the event of warm weather on the rise and the summer months approaching, there is no doubt that many people have outdoor activities planned. However, whenever people recreate in the outdoors, it is simply inevitable that some poor soul will fail to recognize the dark green, tri-foil, leaf of the Poison Ivy plant or [...]…
There was a time not too many years ago when “survivalist” were thought of as eccentric, esoteric, conspiracy theorists and/or religious fanatics who were convinced that the Rapture was near. However, we have had numerous years since then to observe the workings of the world and seen just how easily the government of a huge [...]…
In a previous article, I expounded upon the virtues of Echinacea as a non-specific immune system booster as well as providing some information on where to find it growing naturally and how to identify it. I also mentioned that there are three different species of Echinacea consisting of the Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), the Pale [...]…
