Having a way to refrigerate your food and “chill out” when the power goes out could be one thing to help ease the stress during a crisis. Here are three methods of alternative refrigeration you can use without electricity. Your
It’s one thing to want to build your own greenhouse to grow vegetables, but it’s a totally different thing to want to do it and build a greenhouse out of empty soda bottles. Well, it’s been done and it works
Just came across this cool DIY showing how to make tin cans into long-burning stove fuel for campouts and/or emergency heat. They’re known as buddy burners and it’s a great way to re-purpose and good way to show off your
Some people say the ultimate goal of the survivalist is NOT to build an arsenal of high tech gadgetry that will allow him/her to “survive” in the wilderness. Rather, the intention is to develop certain skills to have the ultimate
If you ever find yourself desperately in need of some heat, whether it be to stay warm or to cook something, and you don’t have wood to burn, try using newspapers as fire logs instead. Or if you just want
Having the ability to create light without needing electricity should be part of everyone’s emergency essentials. While flashlights are certainly helpful, batteries quickly die out so having a store of candles on hand can provide the light and morale boost
Here’s a great little DIY project you can do tomorrow (or today) if you want. Make your own water bottle filter. Don’t mistake this for water purification. It’s just to filter out enough to make it drinkable. But you’d be
Looking to make a greenhouse on the cheap? Why not make a greenhouse from old windows? It’s an awesome way to re-purpose windows that were otherwise destined for the landfill and you’re neighbors will think you’re the most creative person
Whoever thought of this is brilliant. They figured out how to make a camp hot water heater with easy to use dispensing feature using a turkey fryer. All you need is some propane and a spigot and you can get
Just came across this in-depth step-by-step tutorial on electrical wiring that shows you how to run power anywhere. This is most definitely something you should at least learn the basics so if you ever need to run power somewhere new,
