Survival Gardening: 5 Unusual Grain Crops

“The most commonly grown grains in the world are: maize (corn), wheat, rice, and barley. These four crops together provide over 60% of the world’s food energy (FAO

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Stainless Steel Garden Incinerator / Patio Heater From Recycled Scrap

“Project:  To build a replacement for the ugly rusted and burned out oil drum we have been using for a incinerator. Lets face it when it come to

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How To Build A Rain Barrel For Less Than $100

“It’s pretty easy to build your own rain barrels from plastic drums or trash cans. Search online for “bottles” or “containers” to find an “open head” plastic 55-gallon

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100-Year-Old Method To Filter Rainwater In A Barrel…

Water is the essence of life, and its sustainable management is crucial for our survival. With growing concerns over climate change, water scarcity, and pollution, individuals and communities

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How To Make An Apache Foot Hold Trap

“The Apache foothold trap was traditionally used to trap big game like deer. It consists of a hole, a snare and wooden stakes. Although it was intended for

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Cedar: Quick & Easy Survival Cordage

“In our modern society we’ve pretty much eliminated the need for rope. I rarely use rope or string for normal every day applications. When I was a kid

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Primitive Cooking Methods

“Whether we are backpacking or in a survival situation, having a knowledge of wilderness cooking techniques is important. We may not always have cooking equipment so lets go over

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How To Use Fungi To Start A Fire

“If you have birch or black Locust trees growing near you, then you probably have some very flammable species of fungi also growing nearby. A classic fire starting

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100 Wild Huts For Survival

“100 Wild Huts is an experimental challenge I’ve set myself to build 100 small survival shelters on any piece of ground that harbors enough natural resources for the

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How To Make Fishing Nets (Video)

Dale, from the British Bushcraft School, shows you everything you need to put together a fishing net – along with methodical step-by-step instructions on how to start, size

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Upside Down Fire Technique

“The upside down fire technique rocks. It’s a cleaner burn with far less smoke and better combustion, gives off more heat, needs less tending and uses the embodied

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Digging a Gypsy Well for Emergency Water

So, you’ve found yourself in a dire situation, stranded near a remote bog or other question water source with no clean water in sight. Fear not, for there

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How To Build A Radio / Drone Jammer

“Spark gap transmitters are the oldest type of radio transmitter made by man. They were first used around 1888 and remained legal until the 1920s when their use

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Primitive Survival Trap – The Feather Spear Trap

In this video I show you how to build a primitive survival trap. It is particularly effective against wild hogs. It is easy to build and it is reliable…

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Foraging – Finding Caloric Staples

“An Australian study tells us that modern day hunter gatherers get 64% of their energy from things that move, 36% from plants, basically two thirds flesh, one third

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5 Fishing Techniques For Survival…

Fish are a nearly perfect source of nutrition and in a long-term (or even a short-term) survival situation, they are not that difficult to obtain. First of all,

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How To Make Sandals Out Of Old Tires

“I’m hard on shoes. It’s not uncommon for me to go through half a dozen pairs of shoes, or more, each year. I maintain an active lifestyle, hiking,

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How To Make A Secret Log Box

You could stash anything in this… “You already know I’m sort of obsessed with wood stumps so when my brother offered to show me how he was making wooden

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Food Storage: 20 Crops That Keep and How to Store Them

“Here in southwest Virginia, my partner and I take pride in growing and storing most of our fruits and vegetables. Knowing where our food comes from gives us

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52 Weeks Of Food Storage For “Dummies”

“For YEARS I have been hearing about and thinking about food storage and how important it is to BE PREPARED for an emergency. But to be brutally honest,

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