I have seen a lot of people in the food storage business touting the longevity of their food products…. 25 years? I did some digging into the topic and what I found out was it is all in the processing and how it is stored. The best ideas I have seen so far are 5 [...]

Wax moths won’t typically kill a healthy hive, but they will not only kill a weaker hive, but they will make a horrible mess of your hive. Not only will the moths damage your equipment they leave pheromones that will attract new moths after you have killed the old ones, so after you destroy the [...]

Beekeeping can be as simple or complex, as expensive or inexpensive as you make it.  It just depends on what your goals, budget, and willingness to work. In today’s show, David talks about the basics of top bar beekeeping, a simple method of keeping bees that only requires a bare minimum of gear, and is [...]

This is a quick tip on brewing sweet tea – it works particularly well with hard water, but we are on city water, and it made a huge difference in the quality of my favorite drink. I really like sweet tea, but due to the bitterness of the tannins it contains, I hate unsweet tea. [...]

This is a very simple trick to get a long lasting emergency light for very low cost. Simply take a tub of shortening, insert a natural fiber wick (I use cotton string) and light. As the shortening melts it is wicked up and burned. I have heard a tub of shortening can last as a [...]

As you may know, I like buying my meat in bulk, if you have the storage, and have budgeted for it, it is much cheaper, the quality tends to be better, and I feel a lot more secure knowing I have a year’s worth of steaks in the freezer just in case… Normally, we stick [...]

If you are backpacking, traveling with suitcases and airports, or packing a get home or get out of dodge bag there are some common similarities that make life easier. Pack only what you need, put the more common items near the top, and be careful when packing things like liquids or they will leak all [...]

Last year I ended up with some angry bees, I moved them too many times and made a lot of mistakes that kept some of my hives angry with me – so I needed a bee suit as a hood and a t-shirt just wasn’t working. Because of my large size and small budget (Oh [...]

Tonight’s show s about raising rabbits for meat rather than as pets or as show animals. I have raised meat rabbits for the past 3 or 4 years, but it runs in my family.  My late Paternal Grandfather made his living raising and processing rabbits and quail near Baton Rouge Louisiana. As prepper livestock, rabbits [...]