Inexpensive DIY Tin Can Lighting and Cooking

suburban Feb 4 2014 Cooking Light Preparedness Prepping Stoves

As a life prep­per and sur­vival expert in the high desert there are cer­tain things that I cen­ter on when it comes to my fam­i­lies safe­ty, com­fort and sur­vival. The con­cen­tra­tion for todays arti­cle is on DIY light. Con­trary to pop­u­lar myth the high desert... Read more

September is National Preparedness Month

Prepperjim Sep 14 2011 Cooking Energy Fire first aid Food Gardening Guns & Weapons Health Light Personal Water

Our gov­ern­ment has des­ig­nat­ed Sep­tem­ber as “Nation­al Pre­pared­ness Month”. This con­trasts with the FBI’s pro­fil­ing prep­pers as poten­tial ter­ror­ists. I imag­ine the mes­sage is “be pre­pared”, but don’t be too pre­pared. We still want you depen­dent... Read more

Apartment Prepping for Fall and Winter

suburban Sep 1 2010 Bug In Cooking Energy Gear Light Preparedness Self Reliance Shelter Stoves suburban survival Survival Gear Urban Survival Weather

Well, the end of August is com­ing, and the weath­er is start­ing to change a bit; evenings are get­ting cool­er, and days are start­ing to get a bit short­er.  This to me is a clear sign of a few things.  One, some of my Bug Out Bag con­tents need to be... Read more

DIY — Old Fashioned Torch for Light

suburban Jul 15 2010 Bushcraft DIY Light

Please note that they are rel­a­tive­ly unsta­ble and should not be used for any­thing oth­er than emer­gency or nov­el­ty pur­pos­es. I.E. I do not sug­gest using these to be part of some sort of dun­geon themed room since they would prob­a­bly light your house on... Read more