Survival 101

June 6th, 2009 by mdcreekmore in Uncategorized

Welcome to Survival 101.

On the page below you’ll find links to a series of blog posts that I’ve written for those just starting out and trying to workout the basics. It unpacks the basics of survival planing and a lot of the decisions and strategies that you’ll want to consider when starting out, or to become better prepared, even if you have most of your preps in order now.

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Food Storage Tips

Food Storage Prep
Food Shelf-Life Recommendations
Is feed grain safe for human consumption?

Preparation Tips

Thermal Cooked Beans
Cooking Pinto Beans
Corn and Bean Pone
Make your own lard
The Perfect Survival Food
My new corona grain mill and homemade sifter

Eatable Plants and Foraging

Who Else Wants Free Food?
Wild onion survival food of the Gods
Wilderness Survival and Cattails
Building a homemade box trap
Repeating Box Trap
Homemade Deadfall Trap
Snaring Deer

Growing your own food

Tire Garden
The lazy way to grow tomatoes
Indoor Survival Garden
Rule of 3 and Survival Seed
Non Hybrid Seed
Dangers and Rewards of the Home-Garden
A TISKET, A TASKET, A GARDEN IN A BASKET!

Survival Guns

The Poor Man’s Survival Arsenal
The Poor Man’s Arsenal Revisited

Trailer Homesteading

Internet at Homestead kitty – well almost
Isolation and paranoia
Living Life in a 10′ x 26′ Travel Trailer
Alternative Housing
Popular Mechanics Interview
Living in Small Spaces
I could have died, literally!
Defending your retreat
The “Hardship” of Living Off Grid

Junk Land

Improving junk land
For Sale-Junk land $1,000 per Acre

Books and Gear

Ten “must have” Self–Sufficiency and Preparedness Books
Basic Survival Gear
Popular preparedness books and gear

Medical

Stocking up on Prescription Medications
Become your own Doctor
A retreat First Aid Kit
Shelf Life of Prescription Medications
/>Urban Survival

Urban Survival – How to Survive and Thrive in the City
The Grab And Go Survival Pack

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