Parachute cord, also called Paracord is a highly versatile multi-filament nylon cord with nearly unlimited uses, applications and benefits, and is a must have for any survival and emergency preparedness kit. More details about this amazing cord…   Real paracord is made of seven strong nylon cords with each cord made of several smaller woven [...]

Building a compost pile is an easy gardening project. Compost provides nutrition for plants, it builds the soil, and feeds beneficial microbes. Here are a few ideas how to get started with your own compost pile…   First, choose the best location for your compost pile, which should be easily accessible (so that you will [...]

A decoy safe…the kind of safe to throw off a burglar or forced intrusion, will enable you to more safely store your ‘real’ emergency cash, important papers, valuable jewelery, precious metals, or other valuables. Is there an ultimate intruder proof safe?   A burglar proof home safe. It is the safe that the burglar doesn’t [...]

The most commonly sold camouflage for civilians might be Real Tree or Mossy Oak, its primary purpose: blending in during a hunt (or just stylin’ at the mall). But when we think of camouflage for survival, our mindset must change. This article draws heavily on the US Army’s FM20-3 – Camouflage manual, but I’ve adopted [...]

Here’s a question… Would you rather eat a near perfectly round tomato that looks good but has a tough skin and tastes bland? Or would you rather eat a misshaped tomato of varying color and texture but tastes mouth-watering good?   There are basically two types of seed… …open-pollinated (pollinated naturally in the wild) …and [...]

Do you think that as a country we are not facing similar ‘food line’ problems as those during the Great Depression of the 1930′s? Think again… The difference today being that it is hidden from our view. Since perception is reality, then the reality must be that there is no problem. Right? Wrong…   Food [...]

Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over ‘Civil Disturbances’ “A wanton power grab by the military,” “It’s quite shocking actually because it violates the long-standing presumption that the military is under civilian control.”   The manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects offered the nation a window into the stunning military-style capabilities of our local law [...]

Don’t let their cute faces fool you; rabbits can do a lot of damage to your garden when your back is turned. Here are a few ideas how to stop rabbits from getting to your garden…   Rabbits leave clean–cut damage. If you walk out into your garden one morning and notice that it looks [...]

First, they came for the communist, but I was not a communist, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the socialist and the unions, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew, and so I did nothing. When [...]

My Inbox has suddenly been filling with automated messaging from the Australian Space Forecast Centre of solar flare reports, a phenomenon that had quieted down of late during this current solar cycle. But quiet no more… We have just witnessed the strongest solar flare of the year. An X-class flare [update: X-flares - plural...] and [...]