Archive for ' Outdoor Survival'
Posted:May 23, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom
Care to, “Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag”? (Book Review)
There are three tiresome topics that come up repeatedly in survival forums, blogs, and websites: the top items to store for barter bugging in vs. bugging out what should be included in a bug out bag [...]
Posted:March 30, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Improvised Water Filter
By John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template photo from AFR 64-4, Figure 19-15, page 189 A variety of events can contaminate ordinary, working sources of water. For example, rainstorms, or even worse, hurricanes, can pollute [...]
Posted:December 12, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
Winter Brings The Chance Of Frostnip And Frostbite
Article provided by Canada’s new First Aid and USA’s New First Aid Kits and Preparedness websites. Although there are people who flee when colder weather arrives, most of us who live in northerly areas do enjoy [...]
Posted:October 15, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
Cooking Dinner on the EcoZoom Stove
Guest post by RightWingMom. Disclaimer: Our EcoZoom demonstrations were conducted while on a camping trip in Colorado. The elevation at our camp site was 7703 feet. The morning temperature was in the mid 40’s. As with [...]
Posted:September 21, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
EcoZoom: The Versa vs. The Dura
Guest post by RightWingMom. This is a review of the two models of EzoZoom stoves, the Versa and the Dura. Disclaimer: Our EcoZoom demonstrations were conducted while on a camping trip in Colorado. The elevation at [...]
Posted:September 02, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
Camping Eggs on the Ecozoom Versa
Guest post by RightWingMom Disclaimer: Our EcoZoom demonstrations were conducted while on a camping trip in Colorado. The elevation at our camp site was 7703 feet. The morning temperature was in the mid 40’s. As with [...]
Posted:August 23, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom
Self Rescue: When Staying Put to Survive Isn’t an Option
by Peter Kummerfeldt as posted at Survival Common Sense (Stay or go? A fundamental precept of urban and wilderness survival is that during or after an emergency and/or survival situation, you should stay put so rescuers [...]
The FlashLantern: a review
The FlashLantern first came to my attention when its developer, Mike Bogden, emailed me a few months back. I was intrigued by this “lantern” made up of an LED flashlight and a simple attachment that defuses [...]
Packing the Five Super Essential Elements of Survival
Last week our family was tooling around some truly beautiful country in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. We had planned to do a bit of camping so our tent, sleeping bags, and other supplies were in the [...]
Survival Mom Camping-Survival Secrets
Staying organized while on a camping trip is a challenge, even in optimal conditions. Whether your idea of camping is roughing it in a tent or enjoying the opulence of an RV, it’s tricky knowing where [...]
Space-Saving and Effective Sub-Irrigated Planters (SIPS)
Mosquitos are definitely an issue with this type of design. There are
Space-Saving and Effective Sub-Irrigated Planters (SIPS)
mine has a watering tube running up the inside wall of the pot, which
Space-Saving and Effective Sub-Irrigated Planters (SIPS)
How do you control for mosquitos breeding in the stagnant water at the
