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Magnetic Power Generation. Wind Power. Solar Power. Greenhouse. Inforgraphic: How Big A Backyard Do You Need To Live Off The Land? Nine Things to Consider When Looking For Your Survival House « Food Storage and Survival. Image from Seattle Municipal Archives You don’t need a bunker in a remote location in Idaho or Montana to have a home that is able to withstand an emergency situation.

Nine Things to Consider When Looking For Your Survival House « Food Storage and Survival

However, there are a few things you’ll want to consider when choosing where to live as your home is an often overlooked but important part of your preparedness efforts. If you’re looking to relocate (or just want to run your current location through a survival checkup), here are a few important things to consider that affect the security and survivability of your home. 1. Neighborhood–How is the crime rate? 2. 3. Weather hazards can encompass large areas, so are sometimes difficult to avoid. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Bonus #10.

My home is my castle (albeit a very small castle). Basic Survival Tips. Author: Jeff Durham - Updated: 22 April 2014| Comment If you regularly spend time in the woods, wilderness, mountains, on water or in any other places in which you may be faced with emergencies and may have to rely on your ability for survival, it's important to know what to do and what your priorities should be.

Basic Survival Tips

In fact, it's useful to enrol on even the most basic of survival courses as they will help you become more prepared should you find yourself in a real 'life or death' survival situation. Knowing your priorities is one thing but that will all count for nothing unless you're mentally prepared too. It's important to remain calm, think rationally and sometimes, be creative when it comes to survival in an emergency. An Assortment of Altoid Tin Survival Kits. The Fantastic Four ? 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life. Did you realize that knowing just 4 wild edible plants could one day save your life?

The Fantastic Four ? 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life

If there were any four categories of plants that I would recommend all people to know how to use and identify it would be these: Grass, Oak, Pine, and Cattail. For the knowledgeable survivor, knowing just these four plants can make the difference between life and death if stranded in the wilds – for each one is an excellent food source which can sustain you until help arrives. Throughout this week and part of the next, I’ll be going into details on how you can prepare and eat these plants. For now though, here’s a quick overview into what they have to offer: Grass Surprising to many is the fact that you can eat grass. The young shoots up to 6 inches tall can be eaten raw and the starchy base (usually white and at the bottom when you pluck it) can be eaten as a trail nibble.

Oak Oak – specifically the acorn – is a great source of food in the fall and early winter time. Pine. Handbook: Survival Skills - Psychology of survival. Water filter. What it’s Like Raising Children Off-Grid. When my wife and I decided to move to a remote off-grid location, our biggest concern centered around child rearing.

What it’s Like Raising Children Off-Grid

We were young and idealistic, and felt up to the challenges ahead, but we were also new parents of a 3-month old baby. The responsibility of nurturing a young person was now the priority, and we hoped our new home in the woods would be a healthy setting to raise a young family. Far from the busy-ness and distractions of town living, we wanted to live more at the pace of nature and develop our own family culture.

Today our two children are young adults and living on their own, and my wife and I now have answers to the questions which nagged us over 30 years ago. For those of you who may be considering a similar move, here are some thoughts to share on the experience of raising children off-grid. Is the setting too rough for a child? Our cabin was rustic to a fault. The rough home turned out to be ideal for child-raising. A small house meant we shared activities. Yes. How To Make an Electricity-Free Refrigerator.