Recipe: Make quick, easy apricot energy bars

Are you using the storage foods in your pantry? One piece of preparedness advice is that mossy old saying: “Store what you eat, and eat what you store.” Food is the fuel that keeps you warm in the outdoors. (Pantenburg photo) People always want a happy and successful relationship viagra from india is based on …

Check out these do-it-yourself preparedness gifts kids can make

As far as I’m concerned, a home-made Christmas gift with some thought behind it trumps the most expensive thing you can buy. And, this is guaranteed:  If  a child makes a preparedness gift for a loved one, that item will be cherished, included in a survival kit and used. by Leon Pantenburg When my daughter, …

Don’t Waste Anything: Survival kit and craft projects from big game animals

There is more than just meat to harvest from a big game animal. With a little thought and ingenuity, you can find useful projects that will use many of the other parts of the animal! by Leon Pantenburg Before the foreigners arrived on the American scene, the indigenous people used virtually every part of  a …

Simple survival tips for using a map and compass

It’s really hard to think when there’s this awful, nauseating realization that you may be lost in the wilderness and you start to panic. Suppose you have a map and compass along, and a basic idea of how to use them. But maybe you didn’t think about using them…// // The day may start out …

Use desert survival techniques to gather water during a flood

An  irony of floods is that muddy, filthy water inundates everything, but there is generally a shortage of drinking water! People stranded by standing water may be able to adapt desert survival skills to gather potable water. by Leon Pantenburg Widespread flooding is occurring all over.  Deadly floods have slammed South Carolina, and other areas …

Choose the best wilderness survival/hunting knife for backcountry big game hunting

Every big game hunter, prepper and survivalist needs a selection of knives for processing the meat of large animals. by Leon Pantenburg At some point, you may need to reduce a steer, hog, sheep, goat or large game animal into neatly-wrapped packages of meat for the freezer. Or, you might get a great deal on …

Hatchet or saw: Choose the best portable survival kit woodcutting tool

We’ll assume you already have the survival knife and  basic Ten Essentials, and are assembling the rest of the tools needed for a portable survival kit. Do you need to add a hatchet or a small  saw? This custom pipe tomahawk is a useful survival tool and weapon, but it may not be a good choice to …

Video: Make a trash bag shelter part of your survival kit

Quick,  temporary shelters should be part of your survival kit. But how do you choose which one is the best for your needs? by Leon Pantenburg I’m not sure how the early settlers along the Oregon Trail or the western frontier  got along without duct tape, WD-40 or trash bags, but life surely would have been easier …

Survival knives: Do you need a machete in your emergency kit?

If you think one of those big South American knives is only good in the jungle or rain forests, think again!  This under-construction igloo was built using several survival tools, including a machete. (Leon Pantenburg photo) Men impotence falls into various categories, which in turn cause erectile issues in order cialis canada men. Certain foods …

How to use a personal earthquake survival kit to escape a collapsing building

You can pass off  the “San Andreas” movie as Hollywood hype. But earthquakes are happening, and  one could occur while you’re at work.  Here’s how to use a personal earthquake survival kit to escape a collapsing building. Keep basic survival tools with you. On the keyring: LED flashlight, fingernail clippers, whistle, Boy Scout Hot Spark …