My Survival and Outdoor iPhone Apps

by suburban | Jun 20, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Cooking, DIY, Energy, Fire, first aid, Fishing, Food, Gear, Health, Hunting, Hygiene, Improvised Gear, Iphone/Smartphone, Knots, Medicinal, Navigation, Physical Fitness, Plants, Politics, Preparedness, Psychology, Shelter, suburban survival, Water, Weather

When I bought my iPhone last year, I quick­ly real­ized it had the poten­tial to be a sur­vival tool  My search for iPhone apps under “camp­ing, hik­ing, and sur­vival” quick­ly returned many options for me.  I have tried a bunch of them, and am using the... Read more

DIY — Post SHTF or Off Grid Laundry Machine

by suburban | Jun 17, 2010 | Clothing, DIY, Health, Hygiene, Psychology

This is very cool.  At least I think it is, as I do quite a bit of camp­ing, and some­times bring large quan­ti­ties of water with me. Hav­ing clean clothes is not only san­i­tary, but also good for moral.  In a post SHTF world we may be set back to... Read more

Tuesdays and Thursdays — DIY Series Posts

by suburban | Jun 16, 2010 | DIY, Uncategorized

So every Tues­day and Thurs­day, I will post at least one DIY post about a project you can do in your home, that should not take more than an hour (I hope) that could be valu­able to you in the event the SHTF and you are in some sort of sur­vival sit­u­a­tion.... Read more

DIY Ceramic Planter Heater

by suburban | Jun 16, 2010 | DIY, Gear

This was an inter­est­ing find yes­ter­day.  It is a Ceram­ic Planter Heater that uses a can­dle to heat the core which is a steel bolt, wash­ers, and nuts, which heats three lay­ers of ceram­ic planter.  The ceram­ic is dense and hard, holds, and... Read more

Cool Portable Mailbox Wood Stove

by suburban | Jun 15, 2010 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Stoves

So I caught this on this guy’s blog today and had to share.  It is great think­ing in a sit­u­a­tion where the SHTF and you would have to impro­vise.  This is some­thing you can build, and mod­i­fy for cook­ing or heat if you need to.  I am going to... Read more

Building an Inexpensive Bug Out Bag System with Dave Canterbury of the Pathfinder School

by suburban | Jun 7, 2010 | Bug Out, Bushcraft, But Out Bag, Cooking, DIY, Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

So, today I want to pub­lish sev­er­al videos by Dave Can­ter­bury of the Pathfind­er School.  I have a ton of Respect for Dave.  His videos are infor­ma­tive, he is thor­ough, and a pro­fes­sion­al sur­vival­ist.  He has a new show on the Dis­cov­ery... Read more