Survival Kits

April 18, 2009 - "Survival Kits" - One of the most watched television shows today is CBS's Survivor. This show is anything but reality, as it focuses more on the game of adventure than the real aspect of survival situations. Of course, in the real world, survival is not a fun escapade. There are no exciting challenges and there is no such thing as immunity. Click here

Wilderness Survival Foods

April 17, 2009 - "Wilderness Survival Foods" By Joseph Parish. When you become stranded or lost in the middle of the woods it is an encouraging thought that simply by looking around you can easily discover a vast multitude of foods. As a survivalist it is our responsibility to ourselves and to our families to be able to recognize and find these value food sources should we need them. Click here

A most astounding Rhubarb Jelly

April 16, 2009 - "A most astounding Rhubarb Jelly" By Joseph Parish. Rhubarb is one of those interesting plants which you do not generally chance upon a lot of information on. You will certainly encounter difficulty locating it in your local supermarket. I would like to take you on a gardening journey from growing your own rhubarb to harvesting it and finally to creating some tasty Rhubarb – Lime jelly. Click here

Storing your Flour and making Olive Oil Bread

April 15, 2009 - "Storing your flour and making Olive Oil Bread" By Joseph Parish. I store up on a lot of food in the event that we have an emergency or a situation develops where food may not be readily available. As such, I on occasion, purchase food in bulk. A sample of this would be flour. However, flour as everyone knows can readily become buggy. Click here

A Good Portable Wire Antenna

April 14, 2009 - "A Good Portable Wire Antenna" by Joseph Parish. When dealing with emergency communications there is one simple item that you really must have and that is a good communications antenna. Many survivalists have asked if there is such a thing as a simple antenna made specifically for shortwave listening. The main concern here is one, which could be transported in a backpack and rigged up in only a couple of minutes. The basic principle here is the option of stringing it up quickly between several trees. Click here

Emergency Disaster Planning: Building a Bug-out Kit

April 13, 2009 - "Emergency Disaster Planning: Building a Bug-Out Kit" Report after report comes in about how many people couldn't or didn't escape the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. More reports come in about the disorganized relief effort, the communications problems they're having and the difficulty in getting survivors to safety even when they are reachable by rescue personnel. Here we have another article on Emergency Disaster Planning - Building a Bug Out Kit. Click here

How to get the Best out of your Camp Stove

April 12, 2009 - "How To Get The Best Out Of Your Camp Stove" This article tells you how to get the best results when using your camp stove. There are various ways you can insure that you get great performance from the stove. Click here

Bug out Games for kids when on an exercise

April 11, 2009 - "Bug out Games for Kids when on an exercise" By Joseph Parish. When assessing your Bug out procedures and you are in the process of having an actual exercise, it is always necessary to try to put ourselves into the place of our children. Let us face it we as adults can converse with each other during the trip however often times the children are stuck in the back seat of our BOV with nothing whatsoever to do. To me this is very unacceptable. Not only does it turn the children off to the concept of survival but it also does not teach them anything but contempt for emergency actions. Click here

An open letter to the media and Obama

April 10, 2009 - "An open letter to the media and Obama" By Joseph Parish. I am really overwhelmed with the reporting conducted by the media concerning Barack Obama. Here we have a head of state for a major country whose only concern is being in the headlines. You have an American president that desires for nothing apart from the glamour that being on a late night TV show can confer upon him. Click here

Your Cadbury Easter Eggs are finished

April 9, 2009 - "Your Cadbury Easter Eggs are finished" By Joseph Parish. Here it is Easter time again and which of you do not remember the famous Cadbury Crème Egg usually given to you on Easter morning. The Cadbury Chocolate Egg was originally produced by a British company known as Cadbury Schweppes. How well we all recall the thick milk chocolate outer shell and the yellow and white filling that represented yolk of a real egg. Click here

Smoke Flavoring of Meats

April 9, 2009 - "Smoke Flavoring of Meats" by Joseph Parish. There is only one true method of natural barbecuing and that is gradually cooking the food over an open flame fire. Even though this style of food preparation is slow and tiresome, it allocates for the complete saturation of the smoke into the meat. When prepared with this approach the smoke aroma is a pleasure to behold. Shockingly it is simpler to carry out then you may well expect. Click here

Survival Medicine

April 8, 2009 - "Survival Medicine" This part of your survival plan should never be overlooked. Having the right type of medicine in your first aid kit is beneficial if you get lost in the wilderness or if you are faced with the issue of surviving. Most store bought first aid kits include pain relievers such as: Advil®, Tylenol®, or other types of ibuprofen or aspirin. When you need a pain reliever, these medicines quickly relieve your suffering, depending on the degree of pain. But what if you don’t have anymore medicine and you find yourself in dire need of relief? What should you use to alleviate the pain and suffering. Click here

Homemade Firestarters

April 7, 2009 - "Homemade Firestarters" Making homemade firestarters is quite simple and easy. Some may ask: What’s the point of making my own firestarters at home when I can by matches at the store. The answer is simple also. Making homemade firestarters is cost-effective and doing so will increase your knowledge of basic wilderness survival. Homemade firestarters can be made from just about anything in your home. Click here

Black Plaque

April 6, 2009 - "Black Plague" The reason it is called "Black" is because when the victim vomits black vomit, he immediately dies. Black vomit is digested blood. Bubonic Plague (in the stomach) is a hemorrhagic disease. Pneumonic Plague is the same thing but in the lungs. Both caused by the bite of infected fleas. Here is an interesting article on the Black Plague. Click here

MRSA Infection Diseases

April 5, 2009 - "MRSA Infection Diseases" An infection is an infection with a strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics known as beta-lactams. These antibiotics include methicillin, amoxicillin, and penicillin. What to know more about the Super Bug MRSA Infection Disease Click here

Are we seeing the end of Lead ammunition?

April 4, 2009 - "Are we seeing the end of Lead ammunition?" By Joseph Parish. It was Friday evening and my friend Wayne and I were having one of our usual survival topic conversations and the topic eventually got around to lead shot for shells. It seems that Wayne had notice something somewhere which stated that many of the states are considering banning Lead content in bullets and shotgun shells. Click here

Rhubarb Lamb Rub Jelly

April 3, 2009 - "Rhubarb Lamb Rub Jelly" By Joseph Parish. Every Easter my grandfather would make his lamb and without failure he would coat it with mint jelly. Needless to say I grew to dislike mint jelly greatly. As an adult I figured it was high time to come up with something a bit different then that which my grandfather used so I now use a Rhubarb jelly to do what the mint jelly did previously. Click here

Homemade Cat Food

April 2, 2009 - "Homemade cat food" By Joseph Parish. Many people have to make provisions to tend to their pets when TSHTF so here is one idea for the feline sector. It was not unusual for my wife to awaken early in the morning and make our shar pei dogs Bubba and Bubbles a warm breakfast of oatmeal. This was just about a daily experience for these dogs. Bubba and Bubbles are now gone and we no longer have dogs to cater to. Click here

Fresh home Cured Olives

April 1, 2009 - "Fresh Home Curing Olives" By Joseph Parish. Being from a Greek family and my wife’s step father being Italian we both enjoy some good olives when we can find them. Usually we like those that are still in the brine and not so much the ones that you purchase in the jars. However in a pinch either will do just nicely. Click here

Can you still find frogs to eat?

March 31, 2009 - "Can you still find frogs to eat?" By Joseph Parish. I recently read that the high demand for frog legs for human consumption has been making these creatures a bit on the scarce side. It appears that there is a vast decline in frog population in the wild due to over exploitation of them for foods both in America and Europe. It will not be long before the number of catches that you can have will be limited. In fact I fully expect that you will be required to have a Frog license just the same as a fishing license is currently required. Click here