Man, did I take on a huge project!

About a month ago I was having a slow saturday so I started fumbling around Vimeo and YouTube for permaculture related videos. First, I really have to say, there is some amazing content out there. I would recommend it as a rainy day passtime to anyone. One documentary that I stumbled upon was called Back to Eden. You can watch it in its entirety on Vimeo. The story mostly follows one man Paul Gautschi, and his methods for mimicking some of the natural decomposition patterns of the forest to create lush, fertile soil for your home garden.

The basic method that Paul follows is creating a temporary barrier between your base soil/lawn by using layers of newspaper or cardboard and then topping it with layers of topsoil and wood chips...

Welcome to another installment of Five for Friday!

Each week on Friday we will be highlighting a group of 5 products that will make your prepper arsenal that much stronger. We will be covering a different category each week and speak to how the products work together to give you a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. We try to list these five items so they have multiple uses and can help your everyday life on top of your prepping.

Today we are focusing on cooking on the go.

I will preface todays 5 for Friday by saying that I don’t own any of the products below yet, so I can’t speak to their performance, only their reputation. They are all on my wish list though!

1. MSR Pocket Rocket

Heralded by most as the “go to” rocket stove, the MSR packs quite a heat punch for micro portab...

On mentality that a lot of preppers can get stuck in is that its all about them and their family. Everyone else fan fend for themselves right? Wrong, wrong, wrong. One of the biggest parts of the survival mentality should be to always extend your hand to those in need. Now I’m certainly not saying open up your doors wide and let your neighbors eat you out of house and home, but community involvement is something that you should have a plan for. As you develop your skills as a survivor, you will undoubtedly gain knowledge that could help a lot of people in a disaster scenario.

Help Thy Neighbor

So lets say you just had a substantial earthquake, not a huge life-shattering quake, but something that has knocked out power and damaged a few homes...

Its been a busy couple of weeks! Additional work has been done on the Aquaponics system as well as adding a whole lot more fish! We also have a backlog of posts on a bunch of new topics. You’ll see some of these posts start pouring in over the next week or so. Stay close, we have some great stuff in store for you!

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Welcome to another installment of Five for Friday!

Each week on Friday we will be highlighting a group of 5 products that will make your prepper arsenal that much stronger. We will be covering a different category each week and speak to how the products work together to give you a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. We try to list these five items so they have multiple uses and can help your everyday life on top of your prepping.

Today we are focusing on water filtering.

1. LifeStraw

The LifeStraw is my go-to for portability. I have one in each of my bags and they are nice and light for what they do. You get 1,000 liters of filtered water for $20, and it removes 99.999% of waterborn bacteria. Thats an investment that is well worth it.

2. Katadyne Hiker Pro

If I had to go out ...