Archive for ' Outdoor Survival'

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Two important sources of light Posted:May 02, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Two important sources of light

Flashlights are terrific for focused, directional lighting, but they don’t always fill the bill when it comes to emergency lighting. Sometimes what’s most helpful is ambient lighting that lights up an entire room or area. We [...]

Cold Weather Camping and a Cast Iron Skillet Posted:April 26, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Cold Weather Camping and a Cast Iron Skillet

My family actually enjoys primitive camping.  We’re not exactly pros, yet, but we like to get out in the wilderness in our tent, cook over our rocket stove, and try our best to minimize the number [...]

A Dutch Oven Cooking Primer, Part 2: Cooking Tips & Recipes Posted:January 13, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

A Dutch Oven Cooking Primer, Part 2: Cooking Tips & Recipes

By Archie and Linda Dixon, authors of Just Dutch It!   There are several tools you will need to begin cooking in your Dutch oven. Lid lifter and/or long handled tongue and groove pliers Gloves 16” [...]

A Dutch Oven Cooking Primer, Part 1 Posted:January 12, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

A Dutch Oven Cooking Primer, Part 1

By Archie and Linda Dixon, authors of Just Dutch It! Have you ever wondered how you would cook when there is no gas or electricity for any length of time? There is a real possibility that [...]

Top Ten Suggestions for Prepper/Survivalist Christmas Presents Posted:December 15, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Top Ten Suggestions for Prepper/Survivalist Christmas Presents

Leon Pantenburg writes about wilderness survival topics on his blog, Survival Common Sense.  Thanks, Leon, for sharing this list! What to buy the prepper/survivalist/hunter/fisherman/outdoorsperson on your list?  The nice thing is that people who fit into [...]

36 Lessons Learned From Testing a 72-Hour Kit Posted:December 05, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

36 Lessons Learned From Testing a 72-Hour Kit

Guest post by Varian Wrynn Over the last two months, on two separate occasions, I had the opportunity to test my 72-hour kit.  Yes, these tests were intentional… Why Test? My background is one of preparedness.  [...]

Use Desert Survival Skills to Get Drinking Water During Floods Posted:September 03, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Use Desert Survival Skills to Get Drinking Water During Floods

Just in case any of you are in harm’s way this hurricane season, I wanted to post Leon Pantenburg’s excellent article for maintaining a supply of healthy drinking water during a flood.  The more methods you [...]

Bugging out to the wilderness: Is it a smart option? Posted:August 25, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Bugging out to the wilderness: Is it a smart option?

By now you have probably guessed that I’m a huge sucker for survival related TV shows, movies, and books.  “Survival porn”, I call it.  Well, I spotted a TV series on Netflix that had somehow escaped [...]

Product Review: The Berkey Portable Water Purifier Posted:August 17, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Product Review: The Berkey Portable Water Purifier

Guest post by Leon Pantenburg, Survival Common Sense The spring in the Death Valley canyon was the only source of water for probably miles around, and my hiking partner and I had detoured to see it. [...]

5 Survival Skills I Learned in Scouts Posted:March 27, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

5 Survival Skills I Learned in Scouts

Guest Post by Lucas: Eagle Scout, aspiring survivalist/prepper, and blogger on his site SurvivalCache where he writes survival gear reviews, tips, and ideas. I’m not a life long survivalist. In fact I just recently got into [...]