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Today we get a chance to sit down to have an interview with Damian Brindle of reThinkSurvival.com and ask him a few questions about prepping in general. How long have you been prepping for? Several years at least but probably more like 10 years. Any reason why you began prepping? A specific event? I’d say 9-11 was a wakeup call for me as I was relatively fresh out of college. Kind of… Read more

Here is a quick and easy way to make a self-watering, sub irrigated planter out of a handful of things you can pick up locally in just a few minutes.  Keep in mind this is my first attempt. I expect it to work well. I believe this method will conserve your water usage as well as the time you spend watering your plants, giving you time to do other things such as… Read more

Water. In tough times it is easily the key between life and death. Most disaster preparedness plans consist of bleach to use as an emergency method in making your drinking water safe to consume. Bleach does destroy most (not all) organisms that cause disease by chemically disinfecting it. While bleach works well enough it degrades over time and eventually loses all potency. Its sad to think of how many people probably have… Read more

Eggs go bad after a few weeks even with refrigeration right? Or is that just what we are lead to believe? Keeping eggs fresh even in a refrigerator for months at a time is hard to swallow I know. With a little time and some mineral oil you can preserve eggs for up to 9 months with no refrigeration needed. This is one of life's simple little tips that everyone should know… Read more

Most people get most of their food from the supermarket. Even most of your homesteaders. Sure they may grow a few rows of corn, or raise a few chickens and provide a fair portion to supplement, but even then a lot of our food still comes from the market, especially in the winter months. Below is a very cool article about living on a island in South-East Alaska known as the Prince… Read more

Now this is cool. If you ever find yourself in a jam and need a quick shelter there are concrete canvas shelters that could fit your needs just right. Maybe recent military members have seen these concrete canvas shelters in use but I do not remember this style in use. Very interesting. I guess once you have the shelter positioned properly setup is straightforward. You need to lay it out flat, and… Read more

Evacuation Station Our main goal so many times is to secure our home to the best of our abilities, stand our ground  if need be and stay put. But there may be times when it is in our families best interest to evacuate. Do you know when? There may also be times when evacuation is our ONLY option.  There are two forms of evacuation threats. Imminent threats and immediate threats. Imminent threats… Read more

Food is usually the first thing to come to mind when attempting to prepare for a disaster scenario. A great example of this is when someone races to the store to buy bread and milk at even the mention of a bad storm.  Can you blame them? Statistically the next few things people race to purchase would be bottled water, batteries, generators but only after they get their foodstuff. There are a… Read more