by Nick | Feb 17, 2015 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Gear, Emergency Knowledge, Emergency Shelter, Emergency Supplies, Prepping Practice, self sufficiency
My wife is great at forwarding me useful tips and information related to prepping, survivalism, and homesteading. This morning she sent me this video of an extremely easy way to make DIY paper logs out of your junk mail. These can be used for heating your home in a...
by Nick | Nov 21, 2014 | Bug Out, Emergency Gear, Emergency Supplies, self-defense, Surviving Attack
Sometimes being armed – or carrying a pocket knife – just isn’t enough. If you can add a simple prep to your every day carry that you don’t have to think twice about and is always there I call that a win – win situation. All you have to...
by Nick | Jun 27, 2014 | Bug Out, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Gear, Emergency Knowledge, Emergency Supplies, Patriotic Preppers, Prepping Practice, self sufficiency, Surviving Attack
Everywhere on the net, on forums and blogs, people are arguing about what the best survival gun is. Evidence points to the conclusion that there is no one gun that is the best survival gun. But people still hunt for it like it’s the holy grail. The concept of the...
by Nick | Jun 24, 2014 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Gear, Emergency Knowledge, Emergency Supplies, first aid, Uncategorized
In 2002 Roger Sargeant and his family went into the Arizona desert for a leisurely afternoon of target practice and picnicking. After their leisurely day enjoying the beauty of the desert they loaded up in the truck and headed home. As the sunset dipped past the...
by Nick | Apr 18, 2014 | Emergency Supplies, Food Production, How to Prep, Prepping Practice, self sufficiency, Uncategorized
As a young boy we had chickens for many years. They even came encased in little plastic Easter eggs! The chicks were actually hatched at my Grandparent’s farm from his ample stock of chickens – then stuffed inside plastic novelty eggs. Not only did my grandparents...
by Nick | Jan 16, 2014 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Gear, Emergency Supplies
Recently my dad came across an old blow-dart gun at an estate sale and bought it for me as a Christmas present. It is a Jivaro survival blowgun by House of Weapons, Inc. Provo, Utah. Upon a quick Google search it doesn’t appear that this company is still in operation....