One of the biggest fears many of us have in an emergency situation is the all-too-real danger of looting. All it takes is a protest to get out of hand, and before you know it, people are breaking into businesses and homes to take what they want. This only gets worse when you add in …
Herbal Electuaries Guide Part 1: How To Keep You Healthy After The SHTF
Herbal electuaries should be a part of your survival pantry or prepper pantry. Preparing for the day when you call 911 and no one answers requires that we go both old school and natural with our wellness home remedies. SurvivalBased has shared a plethora of survival medicine tips and recipes to help readers learn how …
5 Nifty Personal Care Products You Already Have at Home
As with cleaning supplies, there are plenty of household products that function as emergency personal care products. Whether you simply forgot to pick up must-haves at your local retail store or are otherwise in dire need of a cleanser, moisturizer, shampoo, etc., knowing what works in an emergency is one sweet survival skill. Check out …
How To Make Your Own Cheese And Cheese Press
Learning the basics of homesteading, even if you are not fortunate enough to live on a rural farm surrounded by livestock, will increase your level of self-reliance skills while enhancing the chances of surviving a TEOTWAWKI disaster. Homesteading skills will become valuable bartering items during a long-term disaster. If the power grid goes down or …
These 4 Products You already Own Make Spectacular Cleaners
Whether you’re in the midst of an emergency and require cleaning supplies or simply forget to buy what you need at your local retail store, don’t fret. There are numerous items around your home that serve as excellent emergency cleaning supplies. Such options are highly effective, non-toxic, and cheap! What more could you ask for? …
Making Your Own Sunflower Oil – And Why You Should
Making your own cooking oil is a must for dedicated homesteading families and preppers. While you can use butter made from your dairy cow’s milk to cook and fry many food items, oil will still be a very beneficial item to have in ample supply after the SHTF. Although there are various types of cooking …
Prepping Effectively in an Urban Environment
The chances are pretty high that if you’re reading this you don’t live on a pristine prepper compound with a year or more of food and supplies saved up. If you are, then kudos to you — you’re living the prepper dream. The rest of us, however, have to find a way to fit prepping …
How to Survive a Riot
Social unrest is something that is becoming more and more common, and while these incidents range from people justly speaking their frustrations to greedy looting and destruction, riots are something you want to avoid at all costs. As people increasingly feel the need to protest and riot over any perceived injustice, the danger of a …
Free Land For Preppers?
The government is giving away free land and farming equipment. Sort of. If you are eagerly awaiting the day that you can buy your dream land and build a prepper retreat or start homesteading, there are ways to accomplish the self-reliance goal without getting a loan. Even in our modern technology-addicted era, the powers that …
DIY Cold and Flu Remedies
One of the downsides of cooler weather is the arrival of the cold and flu season. As people head inside because of rain and snow, it is easier for cold and flu viruses to spread. Even though you might take preventative measures like hand washing and getting plenty of sleep, there is still the risk …