First Aid/Medical

Formal study in herbal medicine – what you don’t know could kill you…

This is a guest post by Brenda E Formal study in herbal medicine, as Donna noted recently, is expensive. As she suggested, there is good reason to select a structured training course. It forces one to be disciplined in studying. Of course, the money factor also comes into play. If we pay for something we are [...]

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Different Spice and Herbs, and What Health Benefits They May Provide!

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Lindsey from pa This is a list of some of the Spices that you may be storing or decide to store for teotwawki after reading some of their benefits. A – All Spice can help to aid in digestion and relieve any discomfort [...]

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How to make your own Silver Colloid Generator

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Michele The article “The Altoids Tin and it’s Many Uses” by Patton got me to thinking. I’ve had everything I needed to make my own Colloidal Silver generator for some time now, except for a little box to keep it in. I grabbed one of [...]

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A Pandemic Flu: What You Can Do Now to Prepare

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Gayle from Gainesville Two independent groups of scientists, one from the U.S. and another from the Netherlands, announced last week that they had created an airborne strain of H5N1. In this article I seek not to assess the morality of creating a Franken-flu, but on [...]

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Post Collapse Infectious Disease

By Gayle from Gainesville As the prospect of a complete economic collapse looms ever larger on the horizon, I begin to reflect on what life will be like post-collapse. It is not beyond the realm of imagination to think the United States could sink to the level of a third-world country. Lack of running water, [...]

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Childbirth at Home

A guest post by Darcy C [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win - First Prize a 10 Person Deluxe Family Survival Kit,  Second Prize an Herb Seed Bank or Third Prize a copy of Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat.  For complete rules and list of prizes see this post.] Our society [...]

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Stocking a SHTF Medical Kit

A guest post by Gayle from Gainesville [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win - First Prize a 10 Person Deluxe Family Survival Kit,  Second Prize an Herb Seed Bank or Third Prize a copy of Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat.  For complete rules and list of prizes see this post.] The [...]

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Good Health Should Be a TOP PRIORITY For Preppers

A guest post by Rebecca C [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win - First Prize a 10 Person Deluxe Family Survival Kit,  Second Prize an Herb Seed Bank or Third Prize a copy of Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat.  For complete rules and list of prizes see this post.] My background: [...]

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First Aid Without The Kit, Part 2

A guest post by Chris [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win - First Prize a 10 Person Deluxe Family Survival Kit,  Second Prize an Herb Seed Bank or Third Prize a copy of Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat.  For complete rules and list of prizes see this post.] As we learned [...]

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First Aid Without The Kit, Part 1

A guest post by Chris [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win - First Prize a 10 Person Deluxe Family Survival Kit,  Second Prize an Herb Seed Bank or Third Prize a copy of Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat.  For complete rules and list of prizes see this post.] As someone who [...]

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