Our homes are where we spend a large portion of our time and it’s a place we want to appear warm and inviting. However, it’s never appealing when you walk into your home after a long day at the office only to realize it doesn’t smell great. It could be because you cooked a particularly…
The Surprising Benefits of Spinach & Why More People Should Be Eating It
What’s your least favorite vegetable? To be honest, vegetables aren’t everyone’s favorite food to eat to begin with so it can be difficult to make sure your body is getting enough of the nutrients they provide. Some of the most commonly disliked vegetables are brussels sprouts, cauliflower and spinach. Spinach, for example, is a vegetable…
Here’s How To Prep Your Children For An Emergency
As a prepper, you’re constantly thinking about the viability and longevity of your stockpile. The contents of that stockpile depend upon what disaster is most likely to happen, your location and who it needs to cater to. If you have children, you obviously have to take into account their needs when prepping. You can have…
Survival Gardening: Why You Should Start Growing Peppers
Due to the technological advancements and convenience of grocery stores we are afforded today, gardens have taken a back seat as a food source. However, a garden is not only a beautiful and lush little ecosystem in your backyard, but it can also provide you with produce that is both healthier and more nutritious than…
Harvesting Edible Bark
Whether you spend a majority of your time in nature or not, we often take for granted all that it can provide to us. For example, if you ran out of rope or fishing line, you could create some using the plants around you. If your tent or shelter became damaged, you could build a…
5 Cool National Park Hikes You Should Complete This Spring & Summer
One of the most difficult things about spring and summer is when you’re stuck indoors (either for school, work or otherwise) and simply have to watch the beautiful weather pass by day after day. You have to give yourself a balance and spend some time in the fresh air to reset yourself. If hiking is…
3 Ways To Make A Safe Shelter Out of Branches
Your time spent in the wilderness can be full of adventure and rejuvenation. However, the minute you get lost with the sun starting to set, you’ve put yourself in a tough position. That’s particularly the case if you didn’t plan on spending the night in the woods and haven’t packed a tent, hammock or other…
Here Are The Best Sleeping Bags For a Summer in The Wilderness
The beauty of nature should not only be experienced in the daylight, but also at night. The way nature transforms once the sun has gone down can be truly magical and you don’t want to miss out. Whether you’re camping overnight or are an avid hiker on a distance hike, then a good quality sleeping…
Learn The Proper Way To Stockpile Clothing
Prepping for a SHTF event can be overwhelming and difficult, particularly if you’re a newbie to the stockpiling world. You can do some research and use your common sense to determine that you’ll need like food, water and shelter. What else? You don’t want to overly prep because it takes time out of your day…