DIY — Converting a Lawn Mower Engine Into a Generator

by suburban | Jun 24, 2010 | Bug In, DIY, Energy, Preparedness

This is by far one of my favorite DIY projects.  I have yet to do this, but I think that it would be good to know how to do in a pinch, or to just keep in the garage in the event you need­ed to pull it out and uti­lize it.  I have seen mul­ti­ple ver­sions... Read more

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

Bug Out Location or Homestead for $3000.00?

by suburban | Jun 22, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Homesteading, Preparedness, suburban survival

I found this doc­u­ment on Scribd.com and thought I would share it with you.  It is a doc­u­ment by a gen­tle­man named James M Dakin who writes the Bison Sur­vival Blog. Home­steading-for-3000 Dol­lars — This is a PDF that you can down­load and keep.  You... Read more

Water Storage as an Apartment Dweller

by suburban | Jun 21, 2010 | Bug In, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

As every­one knows you can only live three days with­out water.  Per­son­al­ly, I can’t fath­om not hav­ing any­thing to drink in a 24 hour peri­od.  How­ev­er, here is how I store potable water in my apart­ment for any SHTF sit­u­a­tion.  When I first... Read more

Tales of a Real Life Suburban Bug Out

by suburban | Jun 21, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I came across the blog “Sur­vive the Worst” and while perus­ing the blog, I came upon two posts about this author’s real life Bug Out due to a grow­ing sit­u­a­tion in his apart­ment com­plex.  The two posts out­line the sto­ry and lessons learned are below: 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