How to: Baton firewood with a butter knife

Home Most survival knife reviews at some point show the blade being pounded – or batoned -through a block of firewood. But batoning is not a big deal if you use the right technique.  This method is so simple technique, you can baton firewood with a butter knife. by Leon Pantenburg Click here to buy …

Be rattlesnake safe, but don’t let them keep you out of the woods

Home I learned to respect poisonous snakes when I lived in Mississippi and hunted the swamps and bayous. I’ve seen some big rattlers and cottonmouths, but never came close to getting bit. Navigation expert Blake Miller posted this information on his website, and it contains some good info. –  Leon As warm weather returns, the …

Freeze dried pineapple dices: Five ways to use my newest favorite storage food

Home Using your storage food is a good idea. Get creative to find new ways to include it in your diet. by Leon Pantenburg I don’t begrudge my investment in freeze dried, dehydrated and other storage foods. I look upon it as an insurance policy that will hopefully never be used. This oatmeal recipe includes …

Enter to win: Free drawing for ‘The Prepper’s Cookbook’

Home Wonder how to cook all that storage food? Check out this free cookbook drawing. by Leon Pantenburg So you have your storage food – now what will you do with it? Tess Pennington,  founder of ReadyNutrition.com, a prepping website based out of Houston, Texas, has some suggestions. About 300, to be exact. Her latest …

Video survival recipe: Backpackers’ easy oatmeal in a bag

Home Here’s a quick, easy breakfast meal to take backpacking. by Leon Pantenburg I’ve always  liked the taste of the rolled oats. When I was a kid growing up on a farm, my mom used to make a big pan of oatmeal for breakfast on cold Iowa mornings. The  cereal was filling and stuck with …

Worth reading: ‘The Prepper’s Cookbook’ shows how to use your storage foods

http://www.survivalcommonsense.com So you have all these food storage supplies. Now what? How are you going to cook them? by Leon Pantenburg One of the most common questions from newbies to preparedness and food storage is: How do I cook the stuff? Good question. After Y2K never happened in 2000, I was left with stores of …

Survive this: Emergency preparedness tips for tornadoes

http://www.survivalcommonsense.com Recent tornadoes in Texas this week demonstrate the destructive power of the high winds. Here are some tips to help you survive a tornado. by Leon Pantenburg I was below St. Paul, Minn., on my end-to-end Mississippi River canoe trip when I got really close to a tornado. Here is the excerpt from “Downriver: …

Five tarp tips to make your emergency shelter secure and safe

Home Tarp shelters can make a rainy campout much more bearable. In some emergencies, a tarp might save your life. Here are a few tips for making your tarp shelter more secure. This simple A Frame tarp shelter is set up between two anchor points. Another brand of sildenafil is Revatio, which is used to …

Tornado survival tips: Weather the storm safely

Home I’ve always been afraid of tornadoes, even before I heard of the Wicked Witch of the West and: “Surrender Dorothy!” If you live in an area with the potential for tornadoes or cyclones, you owe it to yourself and your family to be prepared! by Leon Pantenburg Visit our store! In female, high-tech vaginal lubricants …

Survival recipe video: How to Make Easy, Foil Wrap Fish

Home Nothing says survival food has to be tasteless. This recipe uses aluminum foil and a campfire to make one of my favorite trout recipes. by Leon Pantenburg I don’t carry fishing gear in my pocket survival kit. But it is rare for me not to have fishing gear along if Get a foolproof survival …