First, ask yourself, do you have basic first aid skills, first aid supplies and a willingness to render aid to someone who is injured. If you simply have no skills at all, or fear to give aid, but want to learn to overcome your fear or reluctance then it is important that you … [Read more...] about Administering First Aid: Do You Have Basic First Aid Skills
Survival
How To and Where To Set Trip Wires For an Early Warning System
Homes set back in the woods may need an early warning system, a system that alerts you that someone is prowling your property or sneaking up on the home. If you are off grid using alternative power sources, you may not have enough electrical resources that would allow a wired … [Read more...] about How To and Where To Set Trip Wires For an Early Warning System
Seeds, Seedlings or Both When Starting Your Garden
For most people it would be a combination of sowing seeds directly in the ground or in pots and transplanting into the ground using seedlings. The seedlings can be ones that you started yourself indoors six to eight weeks before the last frost, or you can purchase seedlings from … [Read more...] about Seeds, Seedlings or Both When Starting Your Garden
Night Time Patrols: Guarding Your Perimeter
For the sake of this article, it is assumed that you would have a small unit of friends/family helping you guard a Prepper compound, home or complex of some sort. If you are by yourself or are limited on personnel then it is not likely that you would be out patrolling and leave … [Read more...] about Night Time Patrols: Guarding Your Perimeter
Bugging Out the Basics
The following article is not a plan, it is however, designed with the hope of getting you pointed in the right direction. It seems that many articles about survival and bugging out make declarative statements. In other words, according to some, if you do not do this or that … [Read more...] about Bugging Out the Basics