One of the joys of outdoor recreation is the chance to get away from civilization, but getting away from modern conveniences means that running water, and therefore toilets, are often not around; precautions are needed to properly dispose of human waste. Appropriate sanitation is not only important to minimize health risks, but it is also …
Category: Self Reliance
Plants That Keep Insects Out of Your Yard
One of the disadvantages of spending time outdoors is dealing with insects. Mosquitoes, ticks, flies, ants and other pesky bugs can wreak havoc on any backyard or outdoor gathering. They also can get in the way of having an effective garden by overtaking your plants and destroying your prized produce. While it might be tempting …
Putting Your Life Together Again After Disaster Strikes
Having life disrupted by a natural disaster or emergency situation can be a traumatic experience for anyone. After all, catastrophe often strikes out of the blue. It is important to know what to do after an emergency happens. That way you can get on with your life as soon as possible and establish a sense …
Skills Versus Stuff: What’s Better?
So what’ll help you more in an emergency: skills or stuff? If you need to start a fire, what’s better to have with you, the tools to easily start a fire or the knowledge of 20 different ways to get it lit? Should you know how to hunt, fish, forage, and basically make food, or …
Blackout! What to do When the Power Goes Out
Nobody likes a power failure, but what happens when a simple blackout turns into days or even weeks of inadvertent off-the-grid living? Sure, no power means you can’t watch TV or charge your iPhone, but we take for granted all the other things that run on the grid like sewage pumping stations and communications towers. Necessities …
Survival First Aid – What To Do When Bitten By A Snake After The SHTF
Summer is finally upon us. Millions of Americans are enjoying the great outdoors or tending their crops and likely just a few feet away from a snake at any given moment. Snakes terrify many people unnecessarily. They are really more afraid of us than we are of them. Seriously folks, they are not lying in wait for human …
7 Bug Out Bag Essentials
Bug Out Bags are far more common than you may think. If you’ve ever had a pregnancy in your house, you know that when it starts getting close to the baby being born momma usually keeps an overnight bag next to the front door so it’s easy to grab and run. This is, technically, a …
3 Reasons it’s Better to Conceal Carry than Open Carry
As the gun debate has heated up in the United States, the call for open carry has increased. With more and more citizens carrying their guns on their hip open for all to see, the question has come up, is it better to carry out in the open, or to get the proper license to …
Cold Weather Survival Tips
Feeling cold is pretty darn painful, at least until you feel numb, at which point . . . um, look out. Extreme cold makes you wonder how those in Nordic countries like Russia, Siberia, etc. do it, as such weather is one of the most challenging survival scenarios to endure. However, should you find yourself …