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In a way, our everyday carry kit is our bodyguard: It’s always with us to keep us safe. But even bodyguards make mistakes, and the EDC is one aspect of survival that needs to be fine-tuned. One way of adjusting ...

  To read the first story in this series, click here. The modern homestead is heavily dependent on electricity and gasoline – for everything from lawnmowers to tractors to chainsaws to electric drills. But during a power outage, particularly a ...

The list of skills that would be useful in a survival situation is a very long one, and it’s nearly impossible for a single human being to be adept at all of them. But are there really skills that even ...

If you could only have nine off-grid tools, what would you choose? When I say tools for off-the-grid work, I want to be clear. I mean truly off the grid. This isn’t about power tools that depend on electricity or ...

Christmas is quickly approaching and if you haven’t done so, it is time to think of what gift the gardeners in your life will receive this year. There are many great tool options for every kind of gardener whether they ...

There are 101 uses for knowing how to build lodgepole pine furniture that go way beyond the furniture itself. Our forefathers built lodgepole pine furniture out of necessity. They needed beds, tables, benches, chairs and much more. As pioneers, they ...

It’s easy to think that the modern preparedness movement is a unique phenomenon. Most of us grew up during a time when the economy was growing, the government seemed to be more responsive to the will of the people, and ...

Whether you are an urban homesteader or have several acres all to yourself, there are tools that you need to manage your resources. Here is a list of 15 must-have tools for any homesteader’s barn or shed. 1. Zip ties. ...

My great-grandfather was a logger in Michigan in the 1890s. He was a high-rigger — the guys who would climb to the top of a tall pine and top it, and then attach rigging and pulleys to allow timber to ...

We live in a society that has a well-oiled system in place to meet our various needs, be it providing the food we eat, the clothes we wear, or the house we live in. Can you imagine how helpless we ...