by Nick | Jun 25, 2018 | Food Production, How to Prep
Easy spring fishing – for most of us – has past, and the fish have gone from crazed spawn to the lazy days of summer. It’s easy to sit on the couch in the AC reminiscing about the few magic weeks in the spring when fish attacked every bare hook...
by Nick | Mar 15, 2016 | Bug Out, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Knowledge, Food Production, self sufficiency
Kudzu A.K.A. “the vine that ate the south” is a very hardy ornamental vine brought to the US in the late 1800s to help control soil erosion and to hopefully provide a food source for cattle and other livestock. But the kudzu vine found a perfect home in...
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 | Feb 25, 2014 | Disaster Preparedness, Food Production
-eco-villagers at work- This last week I attended a workday at the new DFW Eco-village property about an hour East of Dallas. It is located a few miles south of Interstate-30 in Campbell, TX. This beautiful grassland property is 70 acres with 2 ponds and a few swales...
by Nick | Oct 25, 2013 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Supplies, Food Production, How to Prep
Stocking up survival food is one of the most important preps you can do. And the correct nutrition is essential to you and your family’s survival – and there are lots of opinions on what is the right way to supply that nutrition. I strongly believe that survival...
by Nick | Oct 9, 2013 | Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Supplies, Food Production, How to Prep
This last week I asked the question, “How long do you think you could survive after SHTF?” And one of the responses I got reminded me of how many preppers may be lacking in their food and water supplies. Running out of food and water is a very real and valid concern....