Long ago, my father taught me that you should always be prepared. I knew about prepper supplies as a child. My prepper mindset has now expanded far beyond preparing for a tornado. Due to the constant chaos throughout the world, I think it’s important to prepare for quite a few scenarios. This includes preparations for …
Maybe you’ve always dreamed of running away to your own personal place of solace and starting a homestead, or perhaps you love the thought of living in a sustainable, interdependent community. You may simply desire to survive the collapse of society, whether or not anyone else helps you to do it. If any of these …
Knowing how to store water long term is a life-saving skill for hundreds of survival scenarios. City water systems are reliable, but not foolproof. Freezes, deterioration, and other events can destroy pipelines and delay urban water delivery for days. And survivalists know that, if society falls to disaster, there won’t be potable water coming through …
It is natural to worry about a nuclear catastrophe, given the political turmoil unfolding across the globe in the last few years. So how long does nuclear fallout last? While there is little you can do about nuclear warfare, you can protect yourself and your family from one of the bigger threats to humanity. But …
There is growing concern about the potential calamities the world may face in the near future. This is why knowledge about survivalists has become so crucial for many. A bomb shelter is a great way to protect you and your family from unforeseen events. If you’ve been wondering how to build a bomb shelter to …
Strawberry season is undoubtedly one of the best perks of summer. Nowadays, however, you can find strawberries in supermarkets year-round—though they certainly don’t taste as good as the ones you go picking at your local orchard in June! So what do you do to satisfy that fresh strawberry craving in the middle of winter? Simple: …
In today’s day and age, most of us have either heard of fallout shelters or have seen their indicator signs with three triangles inside a circle. No, they’re not some kind of hippy sign from the sixties and seventies. They’re actually fallout shelter signs. However, now that you know what the signs mean, you’re probably …
Bees have been pollinating flowers around the world since the beginning of time, and humans started beekeeping as early as 5000 BC. Over the past seven thousand plus years, beekeeping has only become easier and more efficient, meaning that even you can become a beekeeper. If you’ve found this post it means that you at …
Being out in the wild with nothing but the bare necessities and your own wit and skills is quite an exciting prospect, which is why bushcraft has recently seen such an increase in popularity. To make sure your bushcraft trip to the wilderness is as comfortable as possible, you must have all the proper gear …
Bushcraft enthusiasts know the importance of preparedness before heading out on a trip to the wilderness. Sure, it’s all about your own survival skills when you’re out there, but good advance planning is always recommended. One of the important gear to carry with you when you head out is a strong, roomy, and heavy-duty backpack …
American bushcraft dates hundreds of years to the first explorers and adventurers, both European and Native American. However, all aspects of bushcraft living have come a long way since then, none more so than bushcraft tents. Original bushcraft tents included teepes, lean-tos, and speedily constructed structures made out of tarps, leaves, and anything else available. …
What is Bushcraft Gear? Bushcraft gear, also known as survival gear, includes items that are necessary for survival in the wilderness, from dense forests to frozen mountains. Common examples of bushcraft gear include fire starters, knives, load carrying gear, water carriers, and navigation equipment. The essence of bushcraft lies in using the most primitive survival …
Fire was first discovered in the Early Stone Age, approximately 400,000 years ago. It has been an essential part of human survival ever since. Of all the survival skills that young Cub Scouts and Eagle Scouts are taught, quickly building fires is possibly the most important of the lot. It lets you cook food, purify …
I can still remember sitting in front of my fireplace with a ball of torn paper strips, a magnesium rod, and a Ferro rod fire starter. I would shave a little of the magnesium bar onto the paper and then try my best to shower sparks onto the magnesium using the included striker. I was …
After a long day of trout fishing in the Virginia highlands, I had caught dinner and waded in the pristine setting of the Appalachian Mountains for most of the day. I was hungry, tired, and ready to tone it down and get the trout I caught cooked up for dinner. I found a place to …