Category: Summer

DIY Electric Bike

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Electric Bike The exercise provided by a bike is undisputed. But if you are looking more for easily maneuverable small transportation then an electric bike is just the ticket! I checked into a manufactured store bought electric bike about a year ago and was blown away by the …

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Know Before You Go! Wilderness First Aid

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Know Before You Go! Wilderness First Aid Tips for preparing a first aid kit for the wilderness. Know before you go into the backcountry how to deal with any situation that could arise. As stated in the featured article; the smallest of injuries can turn into a serious health …

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17 Natural Sunburn Treatments

Some posts may contain affiliate links 17 Natural Sunburn Treatments Don’t let your fun in the sun this summer be ruined by sunburn pain this season. The first step to preventing sunburn is sun block natural  or purchased. We all want to look tanned and healthy but not lobster red and feeling like our skin is …

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Tips For Locating a Safe Campsite

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips For Locating a Safe Campsite It doesn’t matter why you are out in the boon docks, planned or unplanned you could end up there overnight. Hiking, backpacking, hunting, camping or most dire bugging out. Weather can play a large part in choosing your safest site for setting up …

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Methods of Lighting a Campfire Without Matches

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Methods of Lighting a Campfire Without Matches Especially in a survival or bug out scenario being able to light a fire is paramount to staying alive. Even if you are just backpacking or camping with your family and have forgotten the matches it can make or break the trip …

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Survival Tips if Lost in the Woods

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Survival Tips if Lost in the Woods For Adults and Children This post could be of particular interest to those who plan to have camping, hiking, or foraging trips this summer and to those whose SHTF plans A or B include bugging out. I know we try extremely hard …

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DIY Four-Door Shed

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Four-Door Shed I absolutely love this miniature tool shed! Not only does it recycle, reuse and renew but it is really cute. It is literally made from 4 old doors. You may already have old doors hanging around or have a used or excess building materials and supplies recycle …

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Camping Doughnut

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Camping Doughnut The camping doughnut is a new design for a tent. Not yet out on the market but in the finishing stages of development what is interesting about this tent is that the donut shape as shown above is only one of the configurations the curved collapsible parts …

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Build and Cook in a Steam Pit

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Build and Cook in a Steam Pit Building a steam pit isn’t easy! I have watched them being done in person and totally understand why when able they use the same Large pit over and over!  This traditional method of cooking works extremely well and you can cook a …

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Edible Landscape: Eating Hosta

Edible Landscape: Eating Hosta

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Edible Landscape: Eating Hosta Perhaps you have little interest in gardening, gardening has become too arduous for your lifestyle, you don’t have the space for a garden, or your HOA won’t allow vegetable gardening on your property. This could be worrisome if there should be a SHTF event that disrupts …

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