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Firecraft – Everything You Need to Build a Fire in a Survival Situation
In many survival situations, the ability to start a fire can make the difference between living and dying. Fire can fulfill many needs. It can provide warmth and comfort. It not only cooks and preserves food, it also provides warmth in the form of heated food that saves calories our body normally uses to produce body heat. You can use fire to purify water, sterilize bandages, signal for rescue, and provide protection from animals. It … Read entire article »
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Top 10 Foods To Store For A Food Crisis
A food crisis is something many people today never prepare for. And why should they? We are living in modern-day America! The United States is a global power when it comes to food production. We lead the world in producing the 10 major crops that include food staples such as corn, rice, wheat, barley and oats. Food has always been plenty in the U.S., so a food shortage is never going to happen; besides, we … Read entire article »
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How Much Food Do I Need to Survive?
How Much Food Do I Need to Survive? Putting together an emergency food supply can be crucial to a person’s survival, should the unexpected happen. Power outages, unemployment, evacuations, or even natural disasters are just a few of the things that could cause food storage to be the difference between life and death. But how much do you need? Most government sources recommend storing enough food for at least 72 hours, but with each person varying … Read entire article »
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US students survive 9 days in New Zealand bush
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two U.S. students stranded in the New Zealand wilderness by a snowstorm hiked back out to safety after they survived nine days by rationing their small supply of trail mix and warming themselves in hot springs. Alec Brown and Erica Klintworth, both 21, returned to the city of Christchurch on Monday after meeting up with members of a search team — famished but otherwise in good shape, police said. The two students, on a … Read entire article »
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Mistakes That Lower Your Chance of Survival in the Wilderness
There are some common mistakes that are made by people when it comes to wilderness survival. If you want to improve your chance of surviving in a wilderness survival situation then you better make sure you aren’t making these mistakes. Poor or no wilderness knowledge: This is the one that gets most people. You set off on a quick weekend backpacking trip along a well traveled trail but you don’t have any survival skills. You figure … Read entire article »
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The Backyard Garden is Growing Good
It has been a while since we have updated on the backyard garden. In fact the last time we updated there really wasn’t anything in the garden. Since our last post we had broccoli that went through a growth spurt in the raised bed but we had to pull it out because it became infested with bugs. We also pulled some cabbage plants and a Japanese eggplant that were pretty bad as well. To replace the … Read entire article »
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The Start of a Backyard Garden
In an effort to become even more self reliant we have decided to start our own little backyard garden. This is a first for us so I’m sure there will be some mistakes along the way mixed in with a lot of learning. When we had the idea to start our own garden we decided we would build a raised garden box. We were going into this with a small budget and were just looking for … Read entire article »
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Urban Survival – How to Prepare!
Urban survival is the scariest kind, because you are not just facing the quiet isolation of the mountains, the desert, or forest-you are facing desperate masses of humanity who are convinced they are in dire need. Urban survival is a skill, and like any skill it must be learned. Stay alert, stay mobile, be ready to run, but better yet, be prepared with knowledge to survive and possibly thrive in an urban disaster in your … Read entire article »
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