Basic Things To Remember When Living Without Electricity It has happened to all of us at one time or another. The power goes off and our world suddenly is without the conveniences of electricity. Whether due to an act of nature, something caused by man or simply a lifestyle choice, there are some basic essentials to […]
Preparing a 72 Kit In the event of an emergency or natural disaster, often it takes two or three days before assistance comes. If you have prepared a 72 hour kit for you and each of your family members, it can be the difference between surviving comfortably and putting yourself in a dire situation. I found on […]
How To See How Much Daylight Is Left Without Using A Clock You are outside in the wilderness and the sun is getting low in the horizon. It is time to make a decision: do you keep going or should you stop to set up camp? Here is a simple tip that I found on Groovy Matter.com on […]
Harvesting Aloe From a Plant By Winnie You see it everywhere. If you walk into a store, you can find it in the skin care aisle, the health food aisle and you can even find it in the beverage aisle. When I was a little girl, I remember times when I burned my finger by […]
Living Off the Grid in Big Springs Idaho By Winnie Last weekend I went up to Wyoming and Idaho in hopes to catch some spectacular fall scenery in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. But because of the recent government shutdown, all access to the parks were closed. As disappointed that we were, there was a […]
What is Flint Knapping? By Winnie Last weekend I had a pleasant picnic along the banks of a river in Wyoming with my family. When we pulled out the salami and crackers, we realized that we had left the trusty pocketknife we usually have with us back in the car. The only thing we had […]
Could you live in a 350 sq foot Bug Out cabin? We love cabins for bug out purposes, and on occasion a tiny cabin catches our eye. Sometimes it’s for it’s aesthetic looks, sometimes for it’s floor design and sometimes for its location. We’ve shared enough of these over the year to know that any […]
DIY to Make Your Own Survival Shelter When you consider what you can make if you were out in the wilderness and need to protect yourself and you need to protect yourself from the elements, what would you make? You’ve looked around the area and there is no cave to hunker down in, the weather […]
We have a trampoline chicken coop at home and when we came across this blog article at Four String Farm it warmed our heart. If you keep chickens you know that there are an endless supply of ideas, plans and DIY projects online to build almost any style or type of coop out there. […]
Do You Have an Emergency Plan for a Natural Disaster? In every part of the country there seems to be some sort of naturally occurring disaster or potential for one. We’ve posted a lot of different information on our website and Facebook page about this subject for good reason. When a disaster strikes or a […]
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