When you’re in a real survival situation, your best-laid plans might come to nothing. You might run out of food, lose your food supply or just be forced to eat things that you wouldn’t normally eat. You might not even be able to cook your food! People can eat a lot of things raw, but not everything, and eating certain things raw or eating too much of them might cause new problems. Let’s look at wild garlic, for instance. Can you safely eat raw wild garlic to survive? Yes, wild garlic is safe to eat raw. Wild garlic is reasonably tasty, fairly nutritious and quite common in the wilderness. Thi ..read more

There are all kinds of plants serving all kinds of purposes in and around human habitation. Every once in a while, you come across a plant that is pretty divisive. Some folks might love it for its beauty or aroma, but it might have physical characteristics that make it a nuisance to others. Honeysuckle is one such plant, simultaneously loved for its beauty and fragrant, delicate flowers while simultaneously being hated because of its tendency to climb over every vertical surface and choke out other plants nearby. But that’s for domestic life; we need to know whether or not we can eat honeysuc ..read more

Every self-reliant person I know spends hour upon hour planning to accommodate the need for food in all kinds of survival situations. Yeah, you can go for weeks without food before you starve, but only a handful of days without food before you’re dangerously low on energy. But one thing that is routinely overlooked in all of these plans and preps is the fact that you might not be able to cook food even if you have it on hand. In such a situation, knowing what is safe to eat raw might make a difference in your chances of survival. Let’s look at corn. Can you eat raw corn in a survival situatio ..read more

When you’re talking about survival, real survival, your wants and preferences will rarely factor into the equation. Survival is mostly about making the best of a bad situation, or choosing the lesser of the two evils much of the time. As always, necessity is going to be the ultimate decider of your actions. This certainly applies when it comes to the food you eat, and you may not always have a well-rounded diet or even food that is properly cooked. Let’s look at potatoes. Potatoes are certainly popular and surprisingly nutritious, but can you survive on raw potatoes? Yes, you can survive on r ..read more

Whatever kind of disaster or crisis you are preparing for, one of the most fundamentally important resources to have on hand is food. Everyone, everywhere, instinctively feels the need to eat, and accordingly it is a good idea to stockpile food in order to have it on hand. If you don’t have enough food to eat your body will switch to burning fat reserves and then eventually other tissues to keep you alive. It’s just a matter of time, at that point, until you starve to death. It’s a grim prospect that no one wants to consider. But, is it possible to live a little longer under starvation condit ..read more

It’s a good thing to be a prepper, in the context that you accept that bad things can happen, happen unexpectedly and it is in your best interest and the best interest of your loved ones to be ready for those occasions. But, it is easy to forget that despite your efforts you might not have access to everything that you think you will when you need it. Supply shortages, loss of stored food, loss of crops and more can lead to some desperate measures when it comes to food, and the simple necessity of the event might mean you aren’t even able to cook food prior to eating it. Most fruits and veggi ..read more

In any wilderness survival situation, obtaining food is a priority. Though you can stay alive for weeks without any food, you’ll become so mentally and physically degraded your chances of survival will dwindle every day that you do not eat. Naturally, many folks include hunting and trapping gear in their survival kits for the purpose, but both activities require a ton of skill, and more than a little luck. A better option, if you are anywhere with a sizable body of water, is fishing. Fish are easy to catch with a little bit of know-how, and it is a lot easier to craft improvised fishing gear ..read more

One of the most devastating, and sadly, one of the most plausible, mega disasters that preppers worry about today is that of an EMP, or electromagnetic pulse. Generated by the detonation of a nuclear warhead, a specialized EMP device or even powerful cosmic phenomena, a potent EMP can completely destroy the electrical grid, anything connected to it and many other electronic devices. Accordingly, EMP protection is near the top of major disaster preparations. sealed Mylar bag of white rice with date on it Some folks claim that common mylar bags can be used to protect electronic devices from the ..read more

Humans have had bows for millions of years, before that the ranged arrow was loosed from an atl-atl, which still exists today. The invention of the bow changed hunting and over the years changed warfare. The English used longbows to dominate warfare for hundreds of years, as the bow could be nocked, drawn and loosed at hundreds of arrows a minute creating a rain of arrows that rained down on the charging enemy to reduce their ranks. Today, arrows are still a go-to for hunting as they are more silent than guns and you can learn to make arrows. Archery Anxiety First-time archers may get anxiety ..read more

One of the hallmarks of being a good prepper is knowing what you’re up against. Understanding the nature of the threat, be it a group of people, a natural disaster or an accidental catastrophe is fundamental to preparing yourself against the consequences. No matter how big, no matter how scary, there’s always something that can be done to improve your chances… But one of the biggest and scariest, and also one of the most plausible, society-toppling events facing civilization today is that of an EMP, or electromagnetic pulse. Created by the detonation of a nuclear bomb or specialty weapon desi ..read more