Chickens are a staple on nearly every survival homestead. You don’t have to live in a rural area (although every prepper should) to keep meat and egg birds as part of your food security survival plan. Self-reliant folks who live in a small town or even the suburbs can keep chickens or ducks – as long as you build the…
Although the answer may be different for everyone depending on the specific situation and heating needs, preppers may wonder which is best: kerosene or propane? Whether you’re preparing for a power outage or looking to supplement your main heating system, if this is a decision you’ve been wrestling with, there are several factors to consider when making your decision. We’ll…
Hello Pack. The weather has alternated between gloriously sunny and in the 70s to rain and dreary damp conditions this week. We are still dealing with a septic tank and leach bed issue. All of the rain we got over the course of several days turned the ditches dug with the old backhoe into nasty lagoons. My faithful companion, Jovie,…
I think we can all agree that bugging out will probably be the most dangerous and important journey any of us will ever take. We become migrants, and if we look at others migrants’ journeys (Syrians, Central Americans), we can see just how dangerous it ca be. I’m not saying bugging in isn’t the best option, it most definitely is,…
Securing your guns from unauthorized users is an integral component of ownership. A gun will serve hero or criminal, expert or fool alike with no prejudice. If an unauthorized user should find your gun, like a child, tragedy will be following shortly behind. If a criminal finds your gun while ransacking your home or car in the midst of a…
Hello Pack. Most of this week has been devoted to sewer line adventures. I am very thankful that we own an old backhoe, and it has remained in working order for a while or this project would have cost us a bundle. We have been battling water drainage issues after a storm or heavy rain (which seems nearly constant from…
It is not only possible to smoke an entire meal, it is easy and delicious too. I had extremely minimal experience with smoking until the day I got it into my head I would make the entire meal in our smoker to feed the 40 people coming over for a gathering. Prep Time The prep time to make two pork…
If you’ve ever had a small appliance break on you just when you need it most, you know how frustrating it can be. If you’re like most people, you aren’t really in the position to just run and out and replace an appliance on a moment’s notice, or pay big bucks to have a professional repair it. If it’s a…
Hello Pack. It has been a fun on the farm kind of week. Growing and raising food has been nearly the sole focus of our tribe. The baby animals just seem to keep on coming on a daily basis. We helped a tribe member with his calving, ever momma and baby are doing quite well. The Buckeye chicken population in…
Guns are tools utilized for defense in the U.S. many thousands of times, both by police and citizenry. Guns are ubiquitous and omnipresent in most states of the Union, and guns are constant companions or bedside defensive tools for people from sea to sea. But for all their common use and ownership, most gun owners know very, very little about…