A firearm is a critical defensive tool to have in your survival kit, but there are a wide variety of non-firearm alternatives available on the market. While a gun might be your first and best defensive option, it has some ...
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Explorers Ate It. It Stored For 50 Years. Here’s Their Recipe.
It was a food invented by the Native Americans, who depended on it when traveling on long and adventurous journeys when food was scarce, or when there simply wasn’t time to hunt and gather enough to eat. That was a ...
Read More »Retired, Happy, & 100 Percent Off Grid In Alaska — ‘We’re Staying’
Doug Rudolph, 63, and his wife, Cathy, 57, left family, friends and a comfortable lifestyle in West Chester Pennsylvania to live off-grid in Anchor Point, Alaska. In a recent video tour of their home and property, the couple seems to ...
Read More »8 Overlooked Ways To Make Thousands Of Extra Dollars Homesteading
Any homesteading off-gridder knows that income from selling produce isn’t always sufficient. Costs for the building and repair of farm structures, purchasing additional livestock, veterinary expenses, real estate taxes — and everything else in between – can leave a homesteader ...
Read More »7 Off-Grid Uses For Beeswax (No. 4 Is Our Favorite!)
If you raise bees, you no doubt are aware of the delicious elixir they produce as the byproducts of their daily toils: honey. However, many beekeepers neglect another significant product produced by these hardworking insects — the wax! Beeswax isn’t ...
Read More »7 Reasons Rural Life Beats City Life Every Single Time
What is better, country life or city life? I’ve spent time in a variety of places over my lifetime, from a remote northern mountain cabin to a southern coastal town to a small Midwestern city, and I found things to ...
Read More »Why Mexico May Be The Best ‘Bug-Out Location’ You’ve Never Considered
A bug-out plan is something that every seasoned prepper has, but developing a good bug-out plan is another thing entirely. For most of us, the hardest part of that is coming up with a place to go, in the case ...
Read More »23 Items (Besides Food & Water) FEMA Says You Should Stockpile
Editor’s note: This is the second story in a two-part series about what the federal government says should be stockpiled. Read part 1 here. Perhaps surprisingly, the federal government has been part of what has driven the prepping movement. ...
Read More »The Chemical-Free Secret To Fighting Homestead Pests
Unfortunately, pests are a fact of life. Actually, they’re a necessary part of the ecologic chain, but it’s hard to remember that when they’re invading your home and garden. Ever since buying our home in the country, we’ve been battling ...
Read More »7 Survival Uses For Alcohol You May Not Have Considered
A critical part of preparing for survival is learning about everyday items that are present in most homes, and then repurposing those items into a variety of uses. One such item is alcohol. Here are seven uses for it: 1. ...
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