Survival Basics

Listen To The Article Raw Milk from a Cow Whether you have been a longtime homesteader or are just getting started, you probably have a cow or a small herd of goats to provide you with milk. The first thing to know is how to properly treat the raw milk you’ve gotten from your cow

Simple prudence would indicate the need to teach the necessary children survival skills to make it on their own. As anyone who has been involved in survival knows, it can be an all-encompassing activity. It is made even worse when you have to ensure the survival of others. Unfortunately, most prepping families only have one

Some plants can provide an extra “layer” for extreme home security. If you’ve ever tangled with a berry patch or accidentally backed into a Spanish Dagger, then you know how painful they can be. When strategically placed, plants can act as an efficient form of home security defense without having to invest a lot of

Listen To The Article Coconut Oil can be used to make all-natural homemade products for your everyday use. Coconut oil is labeled as a superfood, and for excellent reason. Considered the “tree of life” in much of India, the Philippines, Southeast Asia and other tropical locations, the coconut tree can now be found in more

Listen To The Article Family Camping Can Be So Much Fun If you have never taken your kids on a family camping trip, it is time to reconsider. They joys of spending time together in nature with the ones you love are immeasurable. Family camping is a great time to reconnect with each other, especially

Listen To The Article Train Your Chickens So They’ll Come When You Use A Chicken Call When you get a new puppy, you know you will have to train it to follow directions — and not to “use the bathroom” on the carpet. But what about your chicks? Do you train them, too? Owning trained

Listen To The Article There are several grass clipping uses that actually improve your soil. People that have lawns both small and big can understand how much of a chore cutting the grass can be. But even worse – what do you do in all the grass clippings once you’ve finished mowing? The Environmental Protection

Listen To The Article Homemade mosquito repellent produced with essential oils means safer summertime activities outdoors. I have always been a target for bugs. I can be with a group of people at an outdoor event and be the only one who goes home with mosquito bites. Whereas flies might just land on others around

Listen To The Article root cellars – a low cost option for keeping food cool The more time I spend as a prepper and survivalist, the more I find myself trying to integrate my survival plans into my daily life. This probably started out with keeping an EDC bag and first-aid kit in my car,

Listen To The Article Use A Walking Stick As A Survival Tool In all the lists I’ve seen for bug out equipment, I’ve never seen anyone talk about including a walking stick. I guess, since we’re all trying to save weight, adding a walking stick to your pack might seem like a frivolity. Yet adding

Listen To The Article Dandelions aren’t just weeds In today’s world, people want everything to be neat, tidy and uniform – including their yards. The grass, we’re told, should be one smooth, green carpet. But that’s easier said than done! Everyone knows that if you don’t pull them or spray them, “weeds” such as dandelions

Listen To The Article Rising flood waters make for one of the harder natural disasters to prep for. Flooding in Midwest farmlands has gotten out of hand, destroying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of farms, livestock and stored grain from last fall’s harvest; once again reminding us of the devastating power of water. While

Listen To The Article Summer insects are a nuisance The outdoors is a great place to be, but the enjoyment quickly can turn to annoyance when the bugs find you. Flies and mosquitoes not only deliver a painful bite but can also expose you to disease. You could douse yourself in a store-bought, Deet-based bug

Listen To The Article Hummingbirds are beautiful and entertaining to watch. While some gardeners can go years without ever seeing sight of tiny hummingbirds, most of us can agree that these curious little birds are often buzzing around us while we are working in the garden. Not only are hummingbirds delightfully sweet and small, but

Listen To The Article Ticks can be pesky critters When you have been hiking or working in a wooded, grassy or weedy area, you may come home with an unwanted “hitchhiker.” It is tick season throughout much of the country. Ticks are classified as arachnids (the classification that includes spiders) and feed on animal and

Listen To The Article An encrypted radio is one of many ways to cope with dangerous communications blackouts. Communications security or “COMSEC” as the military calls it, is just as important for those of us who want to survive whatever comes our way as it is for the military. The big problem for us though

Listen To The Article Butterflies are attracted to many different flowers Butterflies — those small, beautiful “flying flowers” of nature — are always a welcome sight in our gardens and herald the coming of summer. Their unique and colorful designs inspire artists and enchant children. How do we encourage butterflies to visit our garden? By

Listen To The Article A tornado is very unpredictable. You can never perfectly prepare for a tornado outbreak. Even those who live in areas coined “Tornado Alley” prepare as well as they can and then, when an outbreak happens, they pray that they and their families are one of the lucky ones to survive. Why