I recently received a copy of Caleb Warnock’s new book, The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers and of course was quite interested in finding out what I could learn. Forgotten self sufficiency skills? Right up my alley. I live in Utah and I’m a Mormon. With my own Pioneer ancestry, I […]
EcoZoom Zoom Versa Rocket Stove Review (Charcoal)
What are your options for emergency cooking? For any stove you have available for off grid cooking, you’ll need some kind of fuel. It’s best if the fuel is something you can get more of or stock a lot of. I recently had the opportunity to test out a ZoomVersa Stove from EcoZoom stoves. One […]
Homemade Survival Bar Update–2+ Years Later
Can you believe it’s been two years since we made these homemade survival bars? If you weren’t around for the homemade survival bar post, go ahead and check it out, I’ll wait. We checked on them last year here. Well, I had a sweet reader ask about their condition now, over two years later, so […]
Book Review: Seven Years of Plenty Cookbook
I recently received a copy of Seven Years of Plenty Cookbook by Linda Olsson who also writes the blog Seven Years of Plenty. For those of you unfamiliar with the phrase, seven years of plenty were what Joseph in Egypt knew would happen before a great famine hit by interpreting Pharaoh’s dream in the Old […]
Book Review: Old-Time Country Wisdom and Lore
Voyageur Press recently sent me a copy of their newest book Old-Time Country Wisdom & Lore: 1000s of Traditional Skills for Simple Living by Jerry Mack Johnson to review. This book contains a wealth of information from folklore about topics like water witching, weather, country remedies and herbal cures, bird migrations and animal lore, firewood […]
Book Review: One Second After
I recently got a copy of the book One Second After by William Forstchen. This is not a new book–it’s been out for a couple of years–I’m just a bit behind on getting it read. It is a New York Times bestseller and you’ll probably be able to find it in your local library. You […]
Book Review: Making the Best of Basics
I recently got a copy of James Talmage Stevens’ bestselling book Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook–a fairly thorough guide to basic preparedness. For a little background, let me tell you this–Mr. Stevens has been publishing this book since shortly after I was born. The guy has been around preparedness a little bit. […]
Book Review: Will to Live by Les Stroud
I recently had the opportunity to read Les Stroud’s new book, Will to Live: Dispatches from the Edge of Survival. I have to admit something here–I had no idea who Les Stroud was before getting the book. Serious. We don’t watch TV much here, so I didn’t know he was “Survivorman” until the book publicist […]
Blog Review: The Survivalist Blog
MD Creekmore recently requested reviews of his survival blog, and being a regular reader of his, I thought I’d write up a review for him. The Survivalist Blog, written by MD Creekmore, is a blog covering many different aspects of survival from food storage tips and advice, to living off the grid, to trapping, to […]
Book Review: How to Live on Wheat 3rd Edition
You know wheat is recommended as a vital part of any long term food storage plan, but after you have those buckets or cans of wheat in the food storage room, what are you going to do with it all? Even if you have a grinder and can grind it into flour, that will certainly […]