The amount of time it takes to do a job is based on knowledge about the subject, the more you know, the less time it will take to complete the task. The same is true for homesteading. There are many tasks the average homesteader must complete each day, so many, that if an … [Read more...] about 70+ Homestead Hacks to Make Your Life Easier
Preparedness
Preppers Passing the Baton: Who Can Take Over If You Fall?
In some families or groups, one person may have more of a desire for, or commitment to prepping than other members may. You may even be dealing with a spouse, partner or children that believe you have slid off the rails. One-sided prepping is difficult, and it makes the one … [Read more...] about Preppers Passing the Baton: Who Can Take Over If You Fall?
The 15 Commandments of Food Storage
How many of you have stocks of food that you might not normally eat unless SHTF? How many of you want to store food, but haven’t started? Who finds the thought of months or years of food overwhelming? Sometimes folks have a way of simplifying a subject, and this article on … [Read more...] about The 15 Commandments of Food Storage
Preppers: 5 Things That Can Kill You
1.) Hoisted On One's Own Petard Petard: from Middle French meaning bomb It means, "To blow oneself up with one's own bomb, be undone by one's own devices". (From Shakespeare's Hamlet) "Booby trap" a setup or device placed with the intentions of killing, harming or in … [Read more...] about Preppers: 5 Things That Can Kill You
Preppers: The Doomsday Clock
Tick Tock Tick Tock It is Five Minutes to Midnight Do You Know Where Your Preparations Are? Called the Doomsday Clock, it is maintained by the Science and Security Board and is recognized worldwide as an indicator, however symbolic, on how close civilization is to complete … [Read more...] about Preppers: The Doomsday Clock