"If a small magnifying glass will burn things with sunlight, how much power could you get from a lens as big as you?" So begins the following video. Right now people all over the country are getting flat screen TVs and selling their old rear projection TVs. Many people are giving them away for free. Rear projection … [Read more...]
18 Off-Grid Uses For Tin Cans
There is one item that every prepper in the world is guaranteed to have: canned food. Even if they mostly have dehydrated or freeze-dried food, every prepper has at least one can or corn or beans somewhere. And of course, canned food usually comes in tin cans. Most people throw them away without a second thought, … [Read more...]
18 Alternative Uses for Plastic Milk Jugs
If you plan on living through a major disaster or economic collapse, you're going to need a certain amount of ingenuity. Almost everything around you has multiple uses if you know how to think outside the box. Nothing is "just a can" or "just a bag" or "just a milk jug." Everything can be something more if you know … [Read more...]
20 Survival Uses for Condoms
If you're living through a long-term disaster, you really don't want to be pregnant or get someone pregnant. And disaster or no, there will be times when people give in to their urges. That's why I think condoms are an important part of any survival cache. But contraception isn't the only reason you should stock up … [Read more...]
3 Winter Gardening Techniques and 6 Plants for Winter Gardening
Growing a garden in the winter might seem like more trouble than its worth, but it's not as hard as it sounds. You just have to be creative. Depending on the climate you live in, you might have to rely on indoor gardening. However, there are several outdoor techniques that work well in moderate climates. There are … [Read more...]
50 Survival Items You Can Find Around The House
All preppers have that moment where they feel completely overwhelmed by all the survival items they want to buy. If you're feeling this way, just relax, list the items in order of importance, and focus on one thing at a time. You'll get there. You should also consider the possibility that you already have many of … [Read more...]
15 Fruits and Veggies You Can Regrow From Scraps
You don't need seeds to plant a garden. Believe it or not, there are many fruits and vegetables you can regrow from table scraps. Just buy them once and you can have a never-ending supply! In this article I'm going to focus on fruits and veggies that are relatively easy to grow. Note: Sometimes conventional produce … [Read more...]
12 Uses for Glow Sticks in a Survival Scenario
Glow sticks are also known as light sticks or chemlights. I'm not gonna get into the details of how they work. All you need to know is that if you bend them, the glass inside breaks and they start glowing in the dark. If you want more details, check out this Wikipedia article. Once you light them up, they last … [Read more...]
27 Uses for Alcohol After the SHTF
When people stockpile items and equipment for SHTF, they usually focus on food, water, ammunition, medical supplies, and so forth. That's fine, but since all their attention is on the main things, they tend to overlook the little things... things that will be very useful. For example, alcohol. Most preppers don't … [Read more...]
11 Ordinary Things You Can Turn Into Candles
It's really easy to take lights for granted. So much so that even some preppers forget that during a power outage, you need more than just flashlights. Sure, they'll help you find your way around the house, but you also need a light that fills the room so you can work, or read, or see the faces of your loved … [Read more...]
15 Brilliant Uses for Buckets
One of my favorite ways to preserve food is to seal it in Mylar bags and store them in food grade buckets. With this method you can store a lot of food in a small space, your food will have a very long shelf life, and you can reuse the buckets as many times as you want. But there's another bonus to using buckets … [Read more...]
16 Survival Uses For Zip Ties
Part of being a resourceful prepper means finding small yet common items that we take for granted in our daily lives and learning how to use them a survival situation, hopefully in multiple ways. Zip ties are a prime example of such an item. Like duct tape, their survival and non-survival uses are practically … [Read more...]
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