- StumbleUpon Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011 So you stock up on a year’s supply of medications. What then? Herbs You Can Find Growing Wild: Plantain can be found virtually anywhere in the United States and every continent except Antarctica. For identification, go here. Elderberry can be found throughout North America. Berries: Diaphoretic, immune-building, laxative, anti-rheumatic. For identification, go here. Honeysuckle If you can’t find Elderberry near you, or the birds get to the berries before you can, Honeysuckle can work quite nicely as a substitute. Mullein Is another of my favorites. How to use it: Poultice from the leaves. Preserve the leaves by allowing to dry. For identification, go here. Red Clover is absolutely powerful. For identification, go here. Blackberry Is known to prevent fluid loss during dysentery. Herbs You Should Grow at Home: Not that you shouldn’t be trying to grow any of the others. Lobelia is probably the most vital plant that you should be growing. Preserve through drying.
Be Better Prepared (Before It's News) Everyone wants to be better prepared. Today we will share 12 brilliant and slightly badass ways to do it. You and your family have to be ready and prepared for all scenarios. Once you determine why you are prepping, you will have a better understanding of what you have to do. What is required for life after the disaster? 1. The military trains their soldiers to be mentaly tough. 2. You will have to defend what is yours. A good feeling is realizing you had a firearm and did not need to use it. Macgyver it 3. Everyone has seen the old TV show Macgyver and if you haven’t, it’s about a guy who could make amazing things out of everyday household items. Inventory your location and you will realize much of what you need is already there aside from the stockpiles of food and water and certain other items. Duct tape, the uses are endless. A crowbar is a multi-tool. Use your imagination when prepping such as cutting a gallon water jug in half. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Comprehensive Survival Food List & Storage Guide Rady AnandaActivist Post Survival food storage practice doesn’t require Mormon membership, but the tradition, wrought from their first Utah winter, is worth emulating should disaster strike or technology fail, two survival books by Mat Stein. This guide, Part 2 of my survival series, relies on Stein’s books, and websites dedicated to survival preparedness. At its most basic, food storage wisdom demands that you buy what you eat, and organize and label the boxes or bins with contents and date. 10 years or longer: Honey, sugar, salt, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce and wheat berries. 5-10 years: Most dried legumes and whole grains, dehydrated cheese, instant or vacuum-packed coffee, baking powder, powdered eggs and frozen butter. Up to 5 years: Processed (partially hydrogenated) liquid vegetable oils, Crisco shortening, cornmeal and corn flour, and nonfat powdered milk. Up to 30 years: beans, dried apples, macaroni, potato flakes and oats. MREs Dehydrated Food
The Myth of Self Reliance A mass emailing went out a while back from a prominent permaculturist looking for “projects where people are fully self sufficient in providing for their own food, clothing, shelter, energy and community needs. . .” There it was, the myth of “fully self sufficient,” coming from one of the best-known permaculturists in the world. In most US permaculture circles, the idea that anyone could be self sufficient at anything past a very primitive level was abandoned a while ago, and the softer term “self reliant” replaced it. But even self-reliance is barely possible, and, other than as way of expressing a desire to throw off the shackles of corporate consumerism, I don’t think it’s desirable. I took a Googling cruise around the internet and found that “self sufficient” shows up as a desirable goal on several top permaculture websites. I hear people say they are growing 30%, 50%, even 70% of their own food. Let’s take a quick pass at clothing, shelter and energy.
Glock 100 Round Conversion Tower 9MM in sarasota-bradenton , Florida gun classifieds -gunlistings.org < Back to search Listing ID: 68912Report Listing Glock 100 Round Conversion Tower 9MM Price: $159 Region:Sarasota-bradenton Firepower Solutions Inc has developed and has in stock the Conversion Tower that allows you to adapt a 9MM dual drum beta mag to fit a 9mm Glock. This listing has been viewed 5657 times. ***All listings, sales and transfers are subject to the laws of the United States and the home states of the Buyers and Sellers and compliance therewith is the sole responsibility of the transacting parties Survival Friday: 50 Excuses For Not Prepping As smug as we may feel about our own prepping efforts, sometimes there is still a tendency to procrastinate a bit with one thing or another. I am not pointing any fingers, mind you, since I too fall victim of being overwhelmed by it all. The disorganized array of my food storage is just one case in point. Still, for the most part, I keep plugging away, knowing that the economy is in shambles in spite of what our leaders say. Things, to me, are unsettling yet most people I know still see no need to start prepping at all. That brings me to the topic of today’s article: “50 Excuses for Not Prepping”. A while back, Michael Snyder came up with this list of excuses that people use when they say there is no need to prepare. 1. I don’t need to tell you that the vast majority of people simply assume that things will always work themselves out or that they will magically be immune to whatever crisis or calamity is headed our way. I know that is foolish and so do you. What can you do? Gaye
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Guest Post: SHTF Survival: First Response Packs for Medical Emergencies When there is a medical emergency, time is of the essence. Typically, medical rescue workers who respond to accidents work swiftly by having their supplies organized and at times, pre-assembled (wound care, trauma packs) to treat patients more efficiently. Having these items pre-packaged cuts down on response time, and gives the responders more of an advantage in properly caring for the wounded. That efficiency can easily be replicated for your medical supplies or added to your SHTF sick room. Medical first response packs can be made ahead of time using most of the medical products that you have on hand. Knowledge is Power Not all of us have a background in medicine. Keep It Organized Many preppers use gallon sized zip-loc bags or their vacuum sealers to seal up the necessary items for future use. Advanced Wound Care Supplies It is important to emphasize that proper medical tools and advanced wound care supplies are a good investment for a long-term emergency. Response packs for hikers
6 Tools to Survive Anything Some tools are so versatile you can’t even begin to list all of the things they are useful for. In fact, 9 times out of 10, you won’t even know what you’ll need them for until it happens. Here are the 6 tools every self respecting prepper should have in large quantities and always available. 1. Duct Tape The fame of duct tape has taken on a life of it’s own. 2. From handcuffs to lashings and a thousand other ways to tie stuff together, you should have a stockpile of zip ties in every shape and size. “If it moves and it shouldn’t; use Duct Tape. 4. For those larger jobs that zip ties and duct tape just aren’t going to handle good rope is endlessly useful. 5. A knife is the bread and butter (pun intended) of every survival tool kit. 6. or Utility Bar. What Else? What other tools are so useful? Also read “6 Dangerous Urban Survival Myths About Water” Visit Our New Survival Gear Store – Forge Survival Supply Photo by: Myxi
37 Things You Should Stock but Probably Aren’t UPDATED: 67 Items! Every survivalist message board and prepper blog tells you to stock the same things; weapons, water, food basics, etc. So, I went looking for a list of things that you should be stocking, but probably aren’t. Everything on the list will make your life many times easier after the SHTF, especially in a Bugging-In scenario. 1. 38. What Else? This is a short list of things we are probably forgetting. For more Survival Gear ideas visit our survival store Forge Survival Supply. Photo by: Mag3737