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DIY Shoe Repair

The notion of a cobbler conjures up images of an older man with a thick grey mustache bent over a wooden bench, using a wooden hammer to nail leather soles by candlelight. Few people would think to take their shoes to a cobbler to be repaired. When soles start to wear down and straps break, shoes are thrown away. However, the problems that prompt most people to throw their shoes out can usually be fixed with a minor repair. In fact, you can ...

Dutch Oven Cooking with Food Storage 

By Archie and LindaDixon 

Have you ever wondered how you would cook your food storage when there is no gas or electricity for any length of time? There is a real possibility that this could happen. For instance, ice storms that take out power lines for weeks, tornadoes that do the same, earthquakes breaking natural gas and electrical lines, or a virus in the computer system of the power company. Any of these emerg...

Here is real simple way to install real solar lighting and avoid the cost and equipment of panels. 

I installed some in the Solar Bathhouse this weekend and it really made a difference.

Using only a empty coke bottle, all I did was wash it out...

It has been a while between posts on here so I thought it would be good to give an update on the Bathhouse to those who do not follow the Modern Day Redneck Blog over at blogspot.

The weather and work has kept me tied down for the past couple of months but finally there is now water in the bathhouse. The system is ready to go.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Be safe and don't forget why we celebrate!!

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After customers effectively got banks to decrease wild-ly unpopular debit card charges, a warning was issued that brand new fees were soon to follow. Brand new financial institution charges are already starting to show up. I found this here: New bank fees al-ready being quietly added

Right caution Large banks have been consistentl...

So what happens when SHTF and you run out of yeast? Well there is yeast in the air we breathe all around us as well as in the flour we use to bake bread. All you need to do is set out a bowl of food to capture and grow it. This is called sourdough. To make sourdough bread, you need a sourdough starter.

Here is what you will need...

Flour

Water

A glass bowl to keep it in...clear glass with a lid will be best as you can use this to keep your starter in.

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Preparedness minded people have set aside food but struggle with the issue of how to safely store enough fuel and rotate it to keep it fresh. Using a Sun Oven on sunny days decreases the amount of fuel which needs to be stored. Sun Ovens can be used year round on sunny days. Even though it is called an oven, food can be baked, boiled or steamed in a Sun Oven.         ...

Survival Foods Show #46

7:30pm EST

Our feature guest Kevin D. Freeman of Freeman Global Investment Council.  I have attached a PDF with Mr Freeman's bio.

Mr. Freeman was commissioned by the Pentagon in 2009 to do a study with the aim at investigating the possibility of the financial collapse of 2008 being triggered by rouge groups or nation-states.  Mr. Freeman admits that he was very skeptical going into this study but has since changed that
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I have been really busy the last couple of weeks building a Solar Bath House.

When completed, the water will be pressured from the harvested rain water through a 12v on demand pump. It will then be heated in the batch water heater and delivered into the Bath House. 

Inside, the bathroom will have a home made composting toilet, sink and a bathtub/shower combo made from a horse trough. Light will be from solar lighting during the day and oil lamps at night.

Here are some...

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security on Tuesday partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and several other federal and state agencies for a safety enforcement and awareness operation on Tennessee’s interstates and two metropolitan-area bus stations. They are randomly inspecting vehicles on highways in Tennessee.

The random inspections really aren’t any more thorough normal, according to T...

There is something that has been bothering me since it`s air date. Doomsday Preppers. You know, trying to get people interested in being prepared for the smallest incident has become next to impossible. The very mention of a food & water stockpile, and having a flashlight & batteries on hand can make many people give you the weirdest looks. The fact is, being prepared for a disaster, no matter how small or large is just common sense. Let`s face it, if you`re planning on letting t...

Samhain it means "Summer's End".  It was in a time before ghost and goblins or even saints day.  It was simply a celebration of the seasons  coming and passing.  Samhain or summer's end was a time when you brought in the last of your harvest.  Took inventory of your livestock deciding what would make it through the winter and what would sustain you through.  It must have been a very solemn time.

I understa...

This is the one year anniversary of the Prepper Podcast Radio Network (www.prepperpodcast.com)

Special guests this week is:

Tue the 27th at 12:00pm Central on the Equip 2 Endure show: We are very excited to welcome, TV star, musician, writer, and survival expert Mr. Les Stroud.

Wednesday the 28th at 7:00pm Central on Survival Magazine: James Rawles the editor of SurvivalBlog.com

Thursday the 29th at 8:00pm Central on the Doom and Bloom show: Dave Canterbury (Pathfinde...

This is my first blog.  Within the past ten years and especially the last five, there has been some exciting new research being conducted in the organic world.  The humus molecule (aka humic substances) is being analyzed down to the sub-atomic level.  The findings are rewriting the textbooks.  Questions and misconceptions are being addressed concerning how humus gets formed, how it gets into our soils, what it does, (new scientific papers galore about its many benefits) et...

                 It’s easy toget caught up in the constant strive for self reliance.  Stockpiling food & supplies becomes soengrained in a prepper’s mind that everything we do relates somehow to growingthe already substantial store of rice, beans & bandaids.  Every day, we go over our lists and keep awatchful eye for special offers, coupons, and garage sales.  No sooner do we hit...

With all the buzz on prepping for "IT", most if not all the prepping/survival blogs that deal with Bug out Bags I have read only talk about the main bag or bags that will support the whole family for the 72 hour duration. My question is, what about the kids?

Yes they will be covered under your main BOB when they are with you but in a worse case situation and they are at school, then what? We all think if something terrible happens tomorrow we will be able to jump in the car and go get ...

Right after hitting the Publish button for the FireFlies For the Soul post the other day on my blog at http://moderndayredneck.blogspot.com, my phone rang and I noticed it was the wife calling. I answered the phone the same way I always do, "Hey babe, whats up?"

What came next through the ear piece was mixture of tears, panic and total chaos. The first few sentences there was no way I cou...

I was twelve years old the first time I was exposed to the word Survivalist. It took a while to get it in my head what it actually meant, but after I fully understood it I knew I had to be one.

My dad had an old friend that came by every now and then and sometimes while they sat and talked I would ease-drop in their conversation.

The old man would sit and tell stories and talk of his dreams about being a mountain man and surviving in the wilds. He would t...