Build a Compact and Productive Potato Tower Maximizing space and minimizixng resources are key concepts to survival gardening, and making a potato tower will help you to achieve both goals. Not only is more resource-friendly, but they are easier to grow and maintain than preparing soil and tending to the land. Best of all, …
How to Make Salt From Seawater Salt is an essential requirement for any survival situation, both for practical uses as well as a valuable trading commodity. If you are near a body of salt or brackish water, whether it is an ocean or bay, you can extract the salt by following a few simple …
Mastering the Art of Delegation in an Emergency Hand drawing Delegate concept with marker on transparent wipe board isolated on white First responders in training are taught that people are less likely to do anything at the scene of an emergency if others are present. This is because people tend to assume that someone …
Make Your Own Cooking Oil With Sunflower Seeds Sunflowers are ridiculously easy to grow, and they yield enough seeds to make producing oil simple and efficient. You can even make oil out of the seeds that you purchase from the store. Let's take a look at how you can produce a nutritious and steady …
What to Expect from a Volcanic Eruption Most of our experience with volcanoes has to do with watching lava slowly flow from Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii. While this is a powerful and very active volcano, it hasn't exploded with the destructive and deadly force that is common from eruptions in other parts of the …
Why Everyone Should Plant a Survival Garden Did you know that a huge percentage of the food we eat comes from seeds produced by a handful of companies? Did you know that these companies produce seeds that have been genetically modified, sold and integrated into our food supply without really evaluating potential health risks to …
What Can Really Happen if an Asteroid Strikes Earth Asteroids are a big problem that a lot of people don’t take seriously. Unfortunately, it only takes one collision to alter the entire state of the planet, and this should alarm everyone from government officials to conspiracy theorists. The problem is becoming so real that governments …
Have You Been Preparing for Your own Death? It may seem counter-intuitive to talk about our own demise when our overreaching focus is to find ways to stay alive as for long as possible. However, the reality is that all of us will one day cease to exist in our current state. It is very …
What to Consider Before, During and After a Nuclear Attack The Cold War may seem to be far off, and many of the public service and educational programs with respect to what to do during an attack have gone by the wayside. We don’t have civil defense drills, we don’t have many active and maintained …
Practical Suggestions for Storing Water Secretly Holding onto water reserves and protecting them from theft may be one of the most important things when it comes to preparing for disaster. The problem is that water is difficult to conceal and many options require a lot of hard work in order to pull off. Let’s look …
