Doom and Bloom (TM)

    By Aaron Pocat of http://72hoursurvival.com (Dr. Bones says:  From time to time, we get articles from aspiring writers in the preparedness community.  This guest post with images comes from Aaron Pocat, aka A-POC, from http://72hoursurvival.com, and it talks about your survival options when it comes to getting drinkable water.  Thanks to A-POC for [...]

Hey Self-Reliants, Water is the critical component in your body, and 75% of your body weight is composed of it. When the body’s water level goes down, bad things happen. In the Civil War, 80,000 soldiers on both sides perished, not from battle injuries, but from dehydration due to diarrheal disease. Since we can expect [...]

I have read many complicated recipes for candied orange peels that take days and days to complete ( see the Excalibur Recipe Book). I chose to use a simpler method. First get 6 organic oranges, I used navel oranges for this recipe. I cut them in half and cut out most of the pulp ( [...]

  Here are the red peppers I dehydrated overnight. Very easy processing! Wash them and then cut off the tops. Place the peppers on the trays and dry at 125 degrees for 12-15 hours. When finished the tips will be dry and firm.   To make crushed red peppers place a few peppers in a [...]

  Water is the critical element in your body, and 75% of your body weight is composed of it. When the body’s water level goes down, bad things happen. In the Civil War, 80,000 soldiers on both sides perished, not from battle injuries, but from dehydration from diarrheal disease. Since we can expect to be [...]