Fall Flavor Alert: Spicebush – The Appalachian Allspice November 21, 2024Creek Stewart Comment Follow me Get ready for a taste of the wild with Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)! Known as the Appalachian Allspice, this native North American [...]
Survival Uses of Black Walnuts June 20, 2024June 20, 2024Creek Stewart Comment Follow me Very few people realize that the Black Walnut has dozens of survival uses. Read below to learn more about the Black [...]
How to Harvest Clean Drinking Water From a Tree May 7, 2022May 7, 2022Joshua Krause Comment Follow me While everyone knows that you can tap maple trees for their syrup, birch and walnut trees can also be tapped. You’ve [...]
Paracord April 19, 2022April 19, 2022Jedidiah Forsyth Comment Follow me Most folks who have even a casual interest in wilderness survival, or outdoor recreation in general, have probably heard of paracord. [...]
MAKE A SHEATH FOR THE OLD HICKORY BUTCHER KNIFE March 21, 2021March 21, 2021Creek Stewart Comment Follow me ABOUT THE OLD HICKORY BUTCHER KNIFE Before we dive into making your own sheath for the Old Hickory butcher Knife, let’s [...]
Going Off Grid? How to Prepare for Your First Year September 14, 2020September 14, 2020Will Ryan Comment Follow me If you’re looking to start your first off-grid homestead, try to keep your expectations in check. It could take years for [...]
The $50 disaster prep you definitely need, but likely don’t have. April 16, 2020April 16, 2020Creek Stewart Comment Follow me When it comes to storing items at home to ready your family for a potential large scale disaster (or worse), the [...]
Cattail Plants: Friend of the Forager, Bushcrafter, and Basket-Maker December 7, 2019December 7, 2019Leah Houghton Comment Follow me Have you ever driven past a marsh, only to see a forest of tall stalks that seem to be topped with [...]
Making Arrowheads: The Art of Flint Knapping November 6, 2019November 6, 2019Jason Knight Comment Follow me Flint knapping is the age-old art of making arrowheads and other edged stone tools. Hunter-gatherers relied upon this key wilderness survival [...]
Skills – Stuff: When Stuff Matters More October 25, 2019October 25, 2019R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me I generally agree with the premise that skills are far more important than stuff, and that knowledge weighs nothing. There are [...]
Four Pemmican Recipes October 3, 2019October 3, 2019Filip Tkaczyk Comment Follow me Are you looking for some excellent pemmican recipes? Wait, what is this thing called pemmican and where did it come from? [...]
3 Unique Tips for Finding Your Way Out of the Wilderness January 15, 2018tpd Comment Follow me Wilderness survival is a vast subject that few people ever truly master. Even certain subsets of this subject can be daunting. [...]
How Pine Pollen Can Be Used as a Super Food May 17, 2017tpd Comment Follow me This piece is designed to make you aware of the many benefits of pine pollen. That’s right, it’s a superfood that [...]
Wilderness Safety Tips for Women April 11, 2017April 11, 2017tpd Comment Follow me In today’s world, when a calamity knocks, people would go after one another to offer help and support each other all [...]
The Four Major Mistakes Made In The Wilderness October 17, 2015October 17, 2015Mahatma Muhjesbude Comment Follow me You start your day thinking that you must take advantage of the last warm, sunny days of autumn and go on that [...]
Here’s How Easy It Is To Die In The Wilderness October 1, 2015October 1, 2015Mahatma Muhjesbude Comment Follow me Too easy. Because Mother Nature will kill you the first chance she gets! Are you wondering why these allegations about the [...]
Staying Healthy in the Wilderness May 5, 2015Pat Henry Comment Follow me Your body is one of the most important considerations of survival that we often overlook in favor of the latest prepper [...]
Top Ten Survival Skills – Find Water March 6, 2015March 6, 2015UK Prepper Comment Follow me Top Ten Survival Skills Number 3 – GET DRINKING WATER Water is life – without water you will barely last three [...]
4 Basic Survival Skills To Learn From Animals March 5, 2015Theresa Crouse Comment Follow me Way back in the days of “eat or be eaten”, man knew how to thrive by using innate survival skills. Over [...]
how to survive in the wild February 28, 2015February 28, 2015UK Prepper Comment Follow me It is essential to learn basic skills and know how to survive in the wild The UK has some fantastic areas [...]
Alone in the Wilderness February 27, 2015February 27, 2015Off The Grid Comment Follow me Forget Man Vs Wild, when it comes survival nothing can beat Alone in the Wilderness. Alone in the Wilderness is probably [...]
Desert Survival Skills February 24, 2015February 24, 2015David Alloway 1 Follow me Desert Survival Skills How to Survive in the Desert It’s unfortunate that many people equate deserts with a hostile environment that [...]
How Many Knots Do You Know How to Tie? February 22, 2015March 17, 2020Joshua Krause Comment Follow me Admittedly, knot tying isn’t a very interesting subject. There isn’t some kind of world championship of knot tying that people line [...]