Bowfishing is becoming more popular among survivalists and peppers, combining hunting and fishing skills. It’s a great skill to find food if you master it well!  But what are the type of fish you can expect to catch for consumption when in the wa…
- 23 days ago 14 Jul 20, 2:22am -

This is a guest post by Gar Mosey. I have never seen this seriously overlooked issue addressed on any survival/prepping site, so I decided to write this article about Cats When SHTF, complete with my warped sense of humor thrown in for free. With gov…
- 28 days ago 9 Jul 20, 12:30am -

  Emergency preparedness may invoke images of doomsday preppers building underground bunkers, but it’s not just that. Emergency preparedness means that you’re prepared for whatever happens, whether that be a pandemic illness, hurricane, or power…
- 47 days ago 19 Jun 20, 7:10pm -

In the ramp-up to the pandemic crisis and shutdown, we watched scores of videos of people panic purchasing rice, beans, and canned chili.  We read countless accounts of rapidly depleting stocks of freeze-dried goods among internet suppliers and othe…
- 69 days ago 29 May 20, 2:23am -

  An extended power outage is not an uncommon occurrence, especially during the stormy season. All it takes is one bolt of lightning or downed tree to crash into a power line and plunge your entire neighborhood—or even your entire city—into comp…
- 91 days ago 7 May 20, 2:10am -

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Wild Planet … Continue reading →
- 3 hours ago 5 Aug 20, 1:07pm -

I personally feel my father only gave me a few pieces of real wisdom.  My childhood was not exactly the best be he did what he could and the wisdom he did give to me has stood the test of … Continue reading →
- 19 hours ago 4 Aug 20, 8:51pm -

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is a tool … Continue reading →
- 22 hours ago 4 Aug 20, 6:11pm -

A bit of this is feedback by one means or another but a lot of it is just what is on my mind based on current events and what I am observing on social media. I am getting a lot … Continue reading →
- 2 days ago 3 Aug 20, 9:44pm -

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend. Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is Garrett Juice … Continue reading →
- 2 days ago 3 Aug 20, 1:30pm -

Wearing a mask during the Covid-19 pandemic is giving a false sense of security to the common public. Here are three things to consider...Original source: Dangers While Wearing Covid Masks – What I Have Seen Out There…
- 20 hours ago 4 Aug 20, 7:57pm -

Things tend to break at the worst times. So it makes sense to have spares or spare parts on hand!Original source: Get Those Spare Parts Sooner Rather Than Later
- 2 days ago 3 Aug 20, 6:53pm -

Getting a perspective of the difference between the race riots of the 1960's and today, 2020. Old timers chime in with your view...Original source: Race Riots of the 1960’s – Today’s Are A Symptom Of Deeper Problems…
- 3 days ago 2 Aug 20, 5:53pm -

It was so exciting to finally get our fist egg! Now we're up to 6 eggs several days later. These ISA-Brown chickens are starting to produce!Original source: First Egg In The Nesting Box! Production Is Ramping Up!
- 3 days ago 2 Aug 20, 1:50pm -

Open forum for off-topic conversation throughout the week - preparedness accomplishments - sitting around the campfire with fellow MSB'rs.Original source: Open Forum & Off-Topic Conversation
- 4 days ago 1 Aug 20, 12:39pm -

If you dried your corn while still on the cob then you will need to shell the corn first, of course. You can do this by hand or use a hand crank corn sheller. The hand operated corn shellers do most of the work for you, the cob goes in and the dried…
- 22 Feb 19, 7:24pm -

According to a survey conducted in 2011, 28 percent of Americans do not know how to cook. However, let’s ponder a moment, and then ask ourselves what is the definition of cooking ( Foodworksblog , 2011). Is it pulling a frozen meal from the freezer…
- 19 Feb 19, 4:21pm -

Meat cuts (tougher cuts) that are ideal for braising include pork shoulder, beef chuck, short ribs, lamb shanks and of course brisket. These cuts are marbled with fat and connective tissue, which will convert to gelatin after long and slow cooking. M…
- 26 Dec 18, 1:27am -

Deserts are among the most treacherous places that a person can get stranded in. With the many unique challenges that are found in deserts, you need to know how to get around them to survive in desert. Read on to find out some exceptional desert surv…
- 26 Dec 18, 1:21am -

A previous article talked about how important it is for you to know how to cook in a survival situation, because you and your family’s very survival could be at stake. Cooking from scratch as it is called is time consuming and it requires organizat…
- 15 Dec 18, 3:56pm -

Coffee and tea are both things that should be in your food stockpile. A short to long emergency can be hard enough without being forced to do without something you are used to having. Consider that coffee and tea are … Continued
- 30 days ago 6 Jul 20, 7:37pm -

Onions are found in practically any type of cooking. They can have a big range of flavors. In our household, a lot of recipes start with chopping an onion. On top of having a lot of flavor, onions and garlic … Continued
- 33 days ago 3 Jul 20, 7:15pm -

“Jim, I had a big pot of dry beef gravy on the stove and my boss was coming down to see how breakfast was going. I couldn’t get it to thicken up! I was the new manager in the kitchen … Continued
- 35 days ago 1 Jul 20, 7:32pm -

It is always great to get a book to review. The area of prepper medicine doesn’t actually have a ton of dedicated books written by actual doctors. While I am not saying that you have to have a major medical … Continued
- 36 days ago 30 Jun 20, 12:00pm -

We use juices for all kinds of things in the kitchen. From using as a base for sauces to adding to smoothies, juice has a lot to offer. While so many might think of juice as just something that you … Continued
- 37 days ago 29 Jun 20, 2:05pm -

When I think about it, I still get a queasy feeling in my stomach from a scenario several years ago when I was forced to put into practice survival breathing. It was a sunny day in Baltimore, and I was returning home from a business trip. I had passe…
- 7 days ago 29 Jul 20, 1:32pm -

This past spring while America was busy shopping for toilet paper and hand sanitizer, and panicking at their shortages, TEOTWAWKI happened. The End Of The World As We Know It arrived. It slipped right past us while we were all distracted, but make no…
- 15 days ago 21 Jul 20, 7:15pm -

Any homeschooling mom who tells you that homeschooling is a breeze is selling you a bag of goods. After homeschooling two kids from kindergarten through high school, well, let’s just say I’ve earned every gray hair on my head! I’ve learned that…
- 54 days ago 12 Jun 20, 9:15pm -

Several years ago I bought the James Wesley Rawles book, How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, and to this day there’s one statement he makes in the book that has stuck with me: “Waiting until the eleventh hour to stock up on canned…
- 56 days ago 10 Jun 20, 10:38pm -

I don’t have a ton of experience with the world of survival and prepping. But what I do have are plenty of badges to attest to the life skills I learned when I was active in scouting, all those years ago. Let me tell you, being a scout gave me a va…
- 62 days ago 4 Jun 20, 5:58pm -

August 5th is the sad anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire in Montana that took the lives of 13 firefighters (including 12 smokejumpers and one former smokejumper), in 1949. The intense, fast-moving forest fire took place in what later became the Gates…
- 9 hours ago 5 Aug 20, 7:06am -

Today, August 5th, 2020, is the 15th anniversary of the launch of SurvivalBlog. Since August of 2005 we’ve accomplished the following: Posted 33,200+ articles, letters, and columns. In 15 years, we’ve hardly missed a day of posting. All of the bl…
- 9 hours ago 5 Aug 20, 7:04am -

(Continued from Part 1.) You Can’t Stop the Signal! Much of the gear I’ll be discussing utilizes wireless communications for remote control and data exchange, so there are a number of dynamics that need to be understood to maximize their use. Fir…
- 9 hours ago 5 Aug 20, 7:03am -

Here are JWR’s Recommendations of the Week for various media and tools of interest to SurvivalBlog readers. The focus is usually on emergency communications gear, bug out bag gear, books, and movies–often with a tie-in to disaster preparedness, a…
- 9 hours ago 5 Aug 20, 7:02am -

“How divinely full of glory and pleasure shall that hour be when all the millions of mankind that have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb of God shall meet together and stand around Him, with every tongue and every heart full of joy and praise!…
- 9 hours ago 5 Aug 20, 7:01am -

“Be prepared” is a pretty broad order. Prepared for what? How prepared are we talking about, here? If you are new to prepping and readiness as a component in your lifestyle, one of your first actions will probably be to take stock and compare you…
- 2 Jul 18, 10:20am -

Shotguns are perennially popular home defense firearms in the U.S. for several reasons. One reason is their easy availability, and cost effectiveness. A quality shotgun can often be had for significantly less coin than a rifle of equivalent grade.  …
- 1 Jul 18, 10:17am -

So, you’ve been researching how to prep for a SHTF or other disaster and the experts recommend that you have a bug out location or even better a prepper hideout or retreat. But what makes a good prepper hideout or bug out location? The answer is of…
- 30 Jun 18, 12:03pm -

The Ruger Mini-14 is one of America’s favorite general purpose semi-auto rifles. Possessed of light weight, nimble handling and classic styling, they remain a viable choice for anyone who for whatever reason does not want America’s other rifle, t…
- 29 Jun 18, 5:17pm -

One of the great joys and advantages of living today is the prevalence of books. Be they bound ink and paper or electrons on a screen, books can be invaluable references or moving, thought-provoking stories about the human experience. I am constantly…
- 28 Jun 18, 10:18am -

I have a rule, and that's to never buy the first "official narrative" presented by any government or mainstream media. Especially when it comes to situations that have caused mass death or mass panic. So, is the official narrative of the Beirut, Leba…
- 1 hour ago 5 Aug 20, 3:00pm -

Last week, we issued an OFFICIAL WARNING, an alert about a potential correction in the price of gold and silver since their popularity was TOO EUPHORIC, and up until now, buyers kept AT IT, defying all crash signals WITH VIGOR.
- 4 hours ago 5 Aug 20, 12:30pm -

Poverty is spreading MUCH FASTER than Covid-19 is. Compared to this flu-like virus, poverty scares MANY MORE households and, unfortunately, nobody in government or in the education system is working on a treatment for it.
- 18 hours ago 4 Aug 20, 10:30pm -

The mayor of Houston is demanding that the police use unjust force and extortion to punish those in the city who refuse to comply with the commands to wear a face mask. Fines will be $250 for those who will not comply with a warning.
- 20 hours ago 4 Aug 20, 8:00pm -

Thanks to the panic and fear over COVID-19, a doctor says the flu may not exist this year. But the mainstream media and doctors pushing the official narrative insist you still need a flu shot and the coronavirus vaccine.
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- 7 Jan 18, 12:31am -

Thought this might be of interest to some people Imagine this:A devastating hurricane slams the East Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power for days-even weeks. Or maybe a tsunami takes out an entire town somewhere overseas,…
- 18 May 17, 11:55pm -

#### Agricultural Terms **Agriculture**The cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for domestic and commercial use. **Mechanized Farming**Mechanized farming is cultivation of land and breeding of animals for commercial sale using agricultu…
- 7 Jan 18, 5:27am -

Barn hack: For those of you without electricity at your troughs this does work.I've been doing it for months.Even did a little experiment today. I left 2 troughs without jugs, and put jugs in 3 troughs. Those with jugs were still completely unfr…
- 7 Jan 18, 5:21am -

https://s9.postimg.org/finwscau7/IMG_0170.jpg## Though we have been eating meat and even harvesting animals ourselves for a while not, this was the first time that we did this.-------------A lot of people know what a cut of meat looks like on a…
- 7 Jan 18, 5:13am -

Dwarf Beans!!!This is my wife and i's little helper, Possum. When ever we are in the garden she is not far behind us. Either attacking our ankles or laxing out…
- 7 Jan 18, 4:52am -

Hello steemersMade a mint-peppermint wall wash, and a Mint Basil Honey Sore throat spray. I was gifted a diy Natural remedies book and I'm hooked now!! I plan on converting all of our store bought cleaners, shampoos, hygiene supplies (face washes,…
- 7 Jan 18, 4:47am -

I saw this on a YouTube video a couple years ago, so I wanted to give it a try while our temps were in the single digits. Have you every tried this?https://youtu.be/Lwvx950i4wI
- 7 Jan 18, 4:28am -

### Kombucha or Combucha or fermented tea and sugar drink or whatever you want to call it;apparently if you haven’t heard of it you’re not up on the hippie health drink craze and you know what? That is ok. Grannie gonna say, "it’s good for wh…
- 7 Jan 18, 4:27am -

 image:permies.com# Our 2018 Homesteading Resolution is:## To build an apiary and become a bee-keeper using the Slove…
- 7 Jan 18, 4:10am -

*While I am building my homestead from the ground up, including a complete renovation of the existing 880 square foot house, I have many ot…
- 7 Jan 18, 4:08am -

.jpg)In 2010 I was a disgruntled Navy Diver living in San Diego and I just wanted to get away from it all. I was still…
- 7 Jan 18, 3:55am -

If you’ve been tempted to invest in Bitcoin or other cryptos but don’t like the risk of no underlying asset, there are CryptoAssets that have both high returns and real asset value.  On average, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), issues of new crypt…
- 7 Jan 18, 2:01am -

Hello Friendsthis video is from a few years ago but I thought I was a good way for me to break myself in on Steemit. I hope you enjoy the content. Feel free to connect with me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdqFwC-5UI4
- 7 Jan 18, 1:52am -

Here's a [great video](http://images.ultracart.com/aff/DBBC7805FD748F015F369443DD051500/index.html) - "top ten machete tricks that you don't know" along with an informative article by my buddy, Jeff Anderson, from Modern Combat & Survival.~ George,…
- 6 Jan 18, 9:16pm -

Once upon a time there was a land of the free!No, really!I have evidence.https://steemitimages.com/DQme7Jf1TFbia65PQtoohdFws3azKDC8bnLP2rqhzmG7xh9/freedom-its-probably.jpgThis book is representative of the general level of knowledge available t…
- 6 Jan 18, 7:20pm -

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cdc-nuclear-winter.jpgThis week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that they will be holding a briefing which is designed to instruct the public on how to prep…
- 6 Jan 18, 5:30pm -

When you're living off the grid or in remote areas, you don't get to choose the modern ways to store the fruits, food and dry itesm. So in such case you have to come up wiht some of the innovative ways to store the food in the climate which doesn't a…
- 6 Jan 18, 4:00pm -

A personal survival kit should change depending upon risks, skills, climate and activity. This article outlines how I recently changed my personal survival kit to suit my changed circumstances. This particular kit is the basic gear what I carry for…
- 6 Jan 18, 1:58pm -

It´s hard to survive in the winter for homeless people like us. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS
- 6 Jan 18, 11:43am -

Testing this game out and learning the ropes. Upvote! ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS
- 6 Jan 18, 9:04am -

https://youtu.be/2GNt43duU-kWORLD WEATHER: FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN CHINA, POWERFUL WINDS IN U.K. AND FLOODS IN NEW ZEALAND MEAN U.S. IS NOT ALONE. http://www.newsweek.com/world-weather-freezing-china-wind-uk-floods-new-zealand-us-772378Extreme we…
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