Including Flour Based Recipes In Your GHB, BoB, etc.

by suburban | Jun 23, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Cooking, DIY, Food, Preparedness

So, I already to this.  I fig­ured some time ago, it would be smart to have some­thing flour based with me when I hike or go camp­ing.  In fact, I will go a step far­ther and say that I have also added small jars of dried veg­eta­bles with a cou­ple of... Read more

DIY — How to Make Chlorine Bleach from Pool Shock

by suburban | Jun 22, 2010 | DIY, Food, Health, Water

Here is Tues­day’s DIY for you…  Need to make sure drink­ing water and water you take a bath in is clean?  Not sure how you are going to puri­fy those 50 gal­lon bar­rels of rain water??? Check out this DIY.  Prob­a­bly worth the pur­chase and worth the... Read more

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

Holes In My Preps

by suburban | Jun 17, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Food, Preparedness, Shelter, Water

I have been tak­ing inven­to­ry late­ly of my preps late­ly.  Every­thing from ammu­ni­tion, water, food, med­ical sup­plies, etc.  I am find­ing I have some issues in each area that need to be reme­died.  How­ev­er, if you have read through my blog... 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

Five Dollar Preps You Can Make Weekly

by suburban | Jun 4, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, General, Health, Hygiene, Preparedness

I’m not exact­ly sure where I got this, but I have had a copy of it for some time now.  Maybe a year or two.  It is a list of $5.00 or rough­ly $5.00 items that you can buy week­ly to increase your preps at home, or to get you start­ed if mon­ey is... Read more