Two Types of Seeds to Stockpile for SHTF
For the sake of discussion let’s say someone was going to stockpile only four or five types of seeds, what would they be? First question someone may ask is about nutrition; what crops would provide the...
View ArticleSkills Every Survivalist Should Know
A question to the reader: What would you consider important skills every survivalist should know? For the sake of context, this is the same question I have asked myself for decades. With limited time...
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Scouting Urban Survival Resources Before SHTF
While on a recent trip to Dallas, Texas I took the opportunity to hike a set of electrical main feeder lines. These lines are large towers that are well over 100 feet tall and supply enough...
View ArticleFlorida Bans Bans on Front-Yard Gardens
It’s no secret that food is a huge part of prepping and survivalism… and being able to grow your own food is crucial when traditional supply chains are disrupted and local food stores run low. For this...
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Alabama Longhorn’s Horns Set World Record
A Texas Longhorn steer from Alabama has officially been recognized as having the longest horns ever. Guinness World Records posted that Poncho Via’s whopping 10-foot-7.4-inch tip-to-tip span has...
View ArticleWhy Eat Rabbit Meat?
We have looked at rabbits as a food source here before, including: Are Rabbits Worth the Trouble? How to Properly Set a Rabbit & Hare Snare How to Call Rabbits Out of Their Holes How to Harvest and...
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Gardening Sports Fields After SHTF
There has always been speculation in the prepping community at how well urban dwellers would fare after a SHTF/complete collapse event. After spending a few months in the Plano, Texas area, I have to...
View ArticleWill Mothballs Repel Mice?
Rats and mice can be a huge pain, especially when they are allowed to romp freely in our hunting and fishing camps, travel trailers, bugout cabins, barns, sheds, and workshops. On top of the nuisance...
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Eco-Friendly Earth Edge Pads Now Available in Mossy Oak Patterns
Earth Edge is a company which makes “a variety of environmentally friendly products made with salvaged or recyclable materials.” They call their kneeling pads (or comfort pads) their “flagship...
View ArticlePrepper Sharecropping
Back in the day when I was a kid it was common for farm “help” families to share with the farm owner in the work and the profit yields. That was known as sharecropping. It gave the workers an extra...
View ArticleThe Copper-Wire Tomato Trick
Whether you’re a prepper or not, growing tomatoes is the only sure way to make sure you have good ones. There’s just about no way to buy a decent tomato in a supermarket these days — and the way things...
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Cultipackers for Food Plots?
Like many hunters, I’ve been involved with planting food plots for a good while… and probably like many of you, I’ve never used a cultipacker for that chore. We typically plow with disk harrows, spread...
View ArticleGraphite in Engine Oil? Let’s Watch
(Image: Screenshot from video) In this video, product tester Project Farm does some experiments to determine whether there’s any benefit to adding graphite to engine oil. It’s well-known that graphite...
View ArticleIs Vinegar the Best Rust Remover? Let’s Find Out.
(Image: Screenshot from best rust remover video) Rust removal is something most folks have to deal with at some point in time, and our pal Steve recently got a new ultrasonic cleaner and decided to do...
View ArticleCan You Plant Kitchen Scraps to Grow More Veggies?
(Image: Screenshot from “plant kitchen scraps” video) Australian YouTuber ‘Self Sufficient Me’ decided to do an experiment in his garden by planting some kitchen scrap vegetables to see if they’d grow....
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Water Systems – Little Giant Hen Hydrator vs OverEZ Chicken Waterer
Chickens are pretty low maintenance: protect them from predators and the elements, give them food and water, and in return, they give you eggs. Water is a sticky point though. Chickens are also really...
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Home on the Range #042 – Pros and Cons of Free-Range Chickens
We have discussed in previous iterations of “Home on the Range” about keeping your very own egg-laying chickens. Without creating a political discussion, the world has gone pretty Looney Tunes lately...
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Home on the Range #043 – When Should You Hang your Treestand?…
The dog days of summer when its suppressively hot out can be brutal if you are not a fisherman. It simply means you are waiting for the temps to drop as fall approaches and innumerable hunting seasons...
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Home on the Range #045: World’s Best Pork – Old World, Mangalitsa Pork
We have have discussed in previous iterations of “Home on the Range” how the Mangalitsa pig breed – as boutique as it may be – is skyrocketing in popularity among hobby farmers, homesteaders, and even...
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Moultrie Ranch Series Adds 3 New Accessories for 2024
The Moultrie Ranch Series of game and wildlife feeding products is getting 3 new introductions for 2024 to make managing your herd even easier. Their new products encompass areas of food delivery...
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