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100 Free Survival Downloads. (Staff) As emergency preparedness becomes a focal point for many family’s we are proud to offer you the opportunity to acquire 100 Free Survival Downloads.

100 Free Survival Downloads

These are all in PDF format and great for burning to disk, viewing on your tablet or P.C. or sharing with friends. Snares And Traps. Gun Manual For Nearly EVERY Firearm On The Planet ebooks pdf free download links. Off Grid: Living Off The Grid – How To Live Off The Grid. Knowledge Weighs Nothing - Emergency Preparedness. Hill Country Herbalist: Making Infused Oils. One of the basic components in making natural homemade products that are good for you and nutrient rich is infused oils.

Hill Country Herbalist: Making Infused Oils

Infused oils can be any one of your favorite carrier oils, i.e., extra virgin olive oil, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, etc. I typically use extra virgin olive oil for it's long shelf life, but many people rely on grapeseed oil for its light texture and affordability. Mindy Green recommends olive oil and coconut oil for a longer shelf life and I agree. So, what's an infused oil? An infused oil involves taking herbs/plant matter that you've identified as having certain desirable properties (such as soothing to skin)and infusing it in the carrier oil over a period of time so that the essence of the plant gets transferred into the oil - much like the process of making a delicious cup of tea.

Plant Glossary All Plates. Glossary List | Previous Plate Plate 1: Stem and Root Types Plate 2: Leaf Composition, Parts, and Types Plate 3: Leaf Shapes Plate 4: Leaf Margins Plate 5: Leaf Apices, Venation, and Bases Plate 6: Surface Features.

Plant Glossary All Plates

The Many Benefits of Hydrogen Peroxide By Dr. David G. Williams. 27 Medicinal Plants Worth Your Garden Space. Playful as kids are, accidents happen.

27 Medicinal Plants Worth Your Garden Space

And the accident that befallen me at 7 years old was the feeling of the hot exhaust pipe of a motorcycle kissing the skin of my leg. Grandma was around and saw it. Immediately, she took out a knife and slice the thick lower part of the aloe vera plant by the garden and rubbed the exposed end on the burn. Looking back, I realized that it was important to have medicinal plants around the house cause you never know when you might need them. So here are a list of plants that have the highest medicinal value compared to the other million species around the world worth planting around the house. Aloe Vera The aloe vera grows only under the sun with well drained dry or moist soil.

Are You Ready? Guide. Are You Ready?

Are You Ready? Guide

An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (IS-22) is FEMA’s most comprehensive source on individual, family and community preparedness. The guide has been revised, updated and enhanced in August 2004 to provide the public with the most current and up-to-date disaster preparedness information available. Are You Ready? Provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals in disaster and information specific to people with access and functional needs. It’s A Disaster! Are You Prepared? A Disaster Preparedness, Prevention and First Aid Manual – 2014. Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family. Survival Planning: Do You have a Plan B,C,&D?

During a chaotic survival situation, even the best preparedness plans can go awry.

Survival Planning: Do You have a Plan B,C,&D?

For those who have already gone through the process of putting together an emergency plan of action, the work isn’t over. The next step in the process is to throw a little chaos into the equation, and come up with a plan B…. How to make a tool set. Life without tools is barbaric.

How to make a tool set

But even simple tools can be expensive in rural parts of developing countries. Import duties bump the costs up higher than they are in the States or elsewhere, and sometimes only low-quality brands are available anyway. So, to hold off future barbarians, we'd like to show how to build a simple tool set on a very low budget. Larry Bentley, the man who figured out how to make these tools, said a wise thing: "Without tools, kids don't take stuff apart, and without taking stuff apart, you don't learn how things work. " These tools, Bentley says, could be in the hands of the next William Kamkambwa,who made a working wind power generator from backyard scraps in a village in Malawi. Here's Larry's quick guide to DIY tools. The tools in this guide: Saw Pliers Wooden vice Wood drill bit / star drill bit Chisel Strap hinge vice. Turn A Can Tab Into A Survival Fish Hook.

Compass Alternatives. Compass Instructions and Alternatives ( or How to Find Your Way With or Without a Compass ) Copyright © 1999,2004 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. All Rights Reserved. Click Here for a Microsoft WORD printer friendly copy of this article. Natural Cordage - Nettles. Making Cordage From Plant Fibers 2 of 4. Homemade Lamps from Everyday Objects. Having the ability to create light without needing electricity should be part of everyone’s emergency essentials.

Homemade Lamps from Everyday Objects

While flashlights are certainly helpful, batteries quickly die out so having a store of candles on hand can provide the light and morale boost that one needs to make it through a dark night or two. Stove In A Can. How To Heat Up Your Room Using Just a Candle: This heater is a multi-core steel and ceramic radiator assembly, suspended above the candle on a solid steel stand.

How To Heat Up Your Room Using Just a Candle:

The radiator absorbs and concentrates the thermal energy of the candle and converts it into dry radiant space heat. Hobo Stove. Urban survival is a tricky subject to discuss. There are advantages to urban survival. Building a DIY microscope. This is a story of what happens when a foolish scientist screws stuff up.

Building a DIY microscope

It’s the story of a DIY microscope, and how it all went terribly wrong. I tried. I really did. Make A Solar Oven For $5. Flower Pot Refrigerator. Have you ever wondered what our ancestors did without refrigeration? How were they able to prevent their food from spoiling? Some of our ancient civilizations did in fact have refrigeration and used simple items they had on hand to create it. The zeer, or clay pot refrigeration keeps food cool (icy cold) without electricity by using evaporative cooling.

Essentially, a porous outer earthenware pot, lined with wet sand, contains an inner pot (which can be glazed to prevent penetration by the liquid) within which the food is placed. The evaporation of the outer liquid draws heat from the inner pot. DIY Survival Candles. Candles are an easy-to-use source of emergency lighting and a little bit of heat. How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever. 27 Medicinal Plants Worth Your Garden Space.

8 ways to usher the good vibes into your home. Thieves Oil Recipe. 4 Tricks For Cleaning With Lavender. The Miracle of Tea Tree Oil: 80 Amazing Uses for Survival. Making and Using hydrosols – home distilling. Anti-Aging with Essential Oils - Simple Life Mom. Anti-Aging with Essential Oils is a wonderful choice for those looking for something that really and truly works, something frugal, and. Neem Oil: Uses, Benefits, How Tos, KnowHow. Gifts from the Garden: Homegrown Smudge Sticks. 26 Fire Starting Techniques & Tricks.