For anyone who spends a lot of time outdoors, a snake bite is a very serious concern. If you are outdoors and are bitten by one of the many highly poisonous snakes in the world, you can die, so it is for your own safety that you should know how … read more
As people are slowly turning back to self-sufficiency, and embracing homesteading, one of the biggest resurgences has been the humble backyard chicken. They are easy, cheap to keep and provide fresh eggs every day, but only if they have a good place to nest, such as a chicken nesting box. … read more
Earthquakes happen anywhere, any time, and without any warning, so preparing is key Earthquakes are abrupt, devastating and disastrous, and what makes them worse is that they happen in an instant, without warning, anytime, anywhere. It is because of this that many residents in ‘high risk’ areas should know what … read more
Tracking – it’s not all about the footprint Tracking is the art of interpreting the indirect signs left by other animals, whether it is by humans, mammals or birds. Knowing how to track in the wild will let us know a lot of important details about those tracks, such as … read more
Bringing back the old ways of homesteading Homesteading is becoming more and more popular as people learn some of the homesteading skills used in the past to become more frugal, self-sufficient, and live off the land. Being more reliant on proceeds from earth, land and home are cherished principles of … read more
One of the most basic and important survival skills you can learn Seeking shelter should be your first priority in almost any survival situation. But if you are caught in the wild with nothing, would you know how to make a survival shelter? You will after reading this. While the … read more
Jungle survival without clothes is nothing for this survivalist Do you think you could survive 21 days, without clothing, in the remote tropical rainforest of the Amazon? How about 40 nights in remote South Africa, with no clothes? Let me know what you think in the comments at the bottom of … read more
Military tactics plays a strong role in survival skills This is especially the case when we consider the importance of military tactics in a SHTF scenario. In the event you need to search a building and you suspect there may be hostile enemies present, you want to be sure you … read more
Have you ever tried to make your vegetable garden? We did, and while ours wasn’t quite as successful as we hoped it would be, it is our start in a lifestyle shift towards becoming a bit more self-reliant and to go back to the basics of life. These are my … read more
While chickens rule the roost for popularity with homesteaders and self-reliance seekers, we take a look at their smaller equivalent, the humble quail, and how easy it is to get started with quail farming so that you can grow your own sustainable food supply of eggs and meat, whether you … read more
When I took my first long-haul flight, I thought to myself ‘how hard can it be? I’ll just sleep’. I was wrong. Surviving long flights is not easy. Since then, I have found there are a number of things I can do to make long flights a lot less tiring … read more
The question is, what are you preparing for? Whether you are new to prepping or are outright ready for the end of the world, there is nothing more important than having the basics of prepping mastered so that you can survive a job loss, car breakdowns, a financial downturn, or … read more
There are a lot of things that are important to us in this world, but nothing is more important than ensuring you and your family are prepared for a disaster or emergency. A saying I have thrived on ever since I started prepping is ‘prior preparation prevents poor performance‘. And … read more
Survival skills are simple, how to hacks that look good in videos and sound interesting when you show them at parties, but they could save your life when you are outdoors in the wilderness. So what are survival skills? Put simply, they are survival techniques a person can use to … read more
This survivalist has more than 6 million subscribers and has never spoken a single word Bushcraft is a pioneering skill It was bushcraft skills that made the exploration of the Coppermine River by Samuel Hearne in 1770, and many other explorations and expeditions of the frontier period, possible as those … read more
A simple attachable device can turn your mobile phone into a thermal camera enabling you to be able to view anything at night or sense heat patterns in people or animals when you wouldn’t usually be able to see them. Oregon-based thermal image giant FLIR Systems provide solutions to a … read more