500+ FREE Canning Recipes (Fruit, Veg, Jams, Jellies, Sauces & More!) If you have an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, canning is one of the best ways to preserve food so that they can be eaten down the line when fresh foods are more expensive or not available. Canning is also one of the most popular ways for preppers to preserve food for storage in case the SHTF one day… I have just stumbled across the canning section on food.com, I am shocked to say that I did not know that this amazing free canning resource existed… There are 100s and 100s of canning recipes covering fruit, vegetables, jams, jellies and preserves. There are even recipes for water baths and also recipes for freezing.
Best Places to Buy Ammo Online [2017] - Pew Pew Tactical So many online ammo websites, right? Find out the best places to buy ammunition online from our own positive experiences and fails. Also learn about online ammo buying restrictions as well as recommended brands, types of bullets to buy, and what is a “good” price. Can’t wait to see my reasoning? Try out Lucky Gunner, Brownells, or Ammo Subscription.
How To … BUILD A SOLAR PANEL W/ … SODA CANS [VIDEO If you’ve got good sun exposure on one side of your house, you can take advantage of free heat from the sun with this DIY solar heating panel, which uses old soda cans to collect and transfer the sun’s energy into your house. Sometimes, low-tech solar devices are much better than high-tech ones for home use, as they not only tend to be cheaper to make, but will also last much longer before any repairs or maintenance are necessary. And even better, they can be built in part from repurposed or recycled components, which is something you don’t see very often in new solar devices. This solar space heater design uses old soda cans to increase the surface area for heat transfer inside of it, and in its most basic design, uses no external power to move the air. Double-glazed glass or polycarbonate panels make up the front of the device, allowing the sun’s rays to enter it while restricting heat loss to the outside air, and the box is also insulated for more efficiency. Comments
Shocker: I found a reasonably priced source for ammo online - AllOutdoor.com Yes, I will admit it. I am a recovering ammo purchaser, and was one of those guys who would purchase a case of .22LR ammo at a time. (I still will when given the chance.) Unfortunately, the horde of ammo that I had amassed was damaged in a basement flood, so I now find myself like anyone else out there begging, bartering, and trading for a few boxes of ammo here and there. How To Make Birch Bark Tar: The Better Pitch Birch bark tar has been used in northern Europe as a superior glue as far back as 80,000 years. This is easy to make and is far superior than pine pitch. Considering the ease with which it can be collected and processed, Birch Tar is ideal for survival situations and homesteading. Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening (Video) Growers in colder climates often utilize various approaches to extend the growing season or to give their crops a boost, whether it's coldframes, hoop houses or greenhouses. Greenhouses are usually glazed structures, but are typically expensive to construct and heat throughout the winter. A much more affordable and effective alternative to glass greenhouses is the walipini (an Aymara Indian word for a "place of warmth"), also known as an underground or pit greenhouse. First developed over 20 years ago for the cold mountainous regions of South America, this method allows growers to maintain a productive garden year-round, even in the coldest of climates. Here's a video tour of a walipini that shows what a basic version of this earth-sheltered solar greenhouse looks like inside:
Concealed Carry Info » Concealed Carry Report - USConcealedCarry.net If you've decided to carry a firearm for personal protection (or even if you're just thinking about it), I applaud your decision. Most people are not willing to do what is necessary to protect themselves, their family members, and even complete strangers from the ruthless attack of a violent felon... It is critical that you realize that the MOMENT you're forced to draw your gun in self-defense there will be 100+ decisions that you'll need to make in a split second. If you need to take the time to THINK about these decisions, there's a good chance you'll make a choice that will put you in jail...or worse. You need to have these decisions programmed into your brain BEFORE you leave your house with your gun! Reading the Concealed Carry Guide and being a part of the USCCA is all about helping people make informed decisions.
The Top 4 Reasons Why You’re Not Going to Survive Bugging Out to the Woods » Ready4itAll In today’s post we’re going to go over a very common and highly flawed bugout plan that many preppers have apparently chosen as their first response for most SHTF scenarios. We’re going to dissect the fundamental flaws with this plan and give some viable alternatives to bugging out to the woods. There are many reasons why bugging out just in general is probably the worst idea you can have in a real-life SHTF scenario. How to Build a Food Dehydrator - DIY When I first took up self-reliant country living in the 1960s, I tried drying foods in a sandwich of old window screens laid at a sun-facing angle across a pair of sawhorses, but found that Mother Nature dries slowly in our changeable New England weather. I also tried an antique sheet-metal wet-heat corn dryer designed for wood-stove-top use, but its single, rusty-hardware cloth tray left barbecue-marks on the apple slices. Plus, it was too small to keep up with our kids' hearty appetite for dried delicacies.
How To Make Butter From Milk (Couldn’t Be Easier!) A while back I did the post: Make Mozzarella From Milk In Just 30 Minutes which was extremely popular! Given that so many of you liked the idea of making cheese out of milk, I am assuming that you will also like to know how to make totally delicious butter! This one I’ve got, as making butter from milk is easy! It’s even easier to make butter from cream, but I have said how to make butter from milk, so let’s stick with that for now. How To Make Butter From Milk
Design: Five Block Rocket Stove The Five Block Rocket Stove design and the text of this article first appeared in the PNZ Autumn 2010 Members Newsletter produced quartly for the members of Permaculture in New Zealand. As the author retains the rights to any article published it is republished here with minor changes for further dissemination and feedback The principles involved in the design of rocket stoves were invented in 1982 by Dr. Larry Winiarski whilst he was Technical Director of the Aprovecho Research Centre. His work is recorded in the Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves [1] A rocket stove is a simple to implement and highly efficient fuel combustion and heat transfer design, utilised in the design of cooking appliances and space heaters
X-Products 50 Round Magazines for AR-15, M1A, FAL, HK91, SR25, AR-10 – Gear Review X- If you have already attempted to buy “high capacity” magazines at a gun show, you already know that all magazines are not created alike. If you haven’t, let us save you the trouble. If you don’t see big, reputable, American companies selling magazines other than standard capacity, for example, 7 rounds in a 1911, 30 rounds in an AR-15, or 20 rounds in an M1A, FAL or AR-10, STAY AWAY. Standard capacity mags are standard capacity for a reason. It is difficult to get more bullets of that caliber to reliably function in a magazine meant for that weapon.
Using Antacids as a Treatment for Exposure to Nuclear Fallout This prepping and survival post contains important information on using simple OTC antacids as a treatment for internal contamination with radioactive isotopes from nuclear fallout. The radioactive fallout might come from a nuclear power plant disaster, or a dirty bomb, or a nuclear bomb explosion. Regardless of the source, at least several different types of radioactive elements are released, and these isotopes can end up in the air, food, and water. The most prevalent radioactive element in nuclear fallout is likely to be iodine-131 (a radioactive isotope of iodine). The treatment, as most preppers know, is potassium iodide (KI) or potassium iodate (KIO3) tablets. KI tablets are approved by the FDA for treating exposure to radioactive iodine.