In the Civil War Era, food was scarce and often the solders had to fight on empty belly. Even so, those times of need showed us that human ingenuity can prevail even resources are low. As you will see, the Civil War Recipes gathered in this article...

Most people today rely on municipal water supplies, but they are not beyond the risk of water shortages. In fact, as more areas deal with uncontrollable forest fires and droughts, you can expect the water crisis to get even worse. Potable water...

I would like to live the simple life like the 1800s. This is a comment that is told to us by numerous people at expos we attend. So let’s take a look at what life was like in the 1800s. Was it really simple? So you’re ready to start out by building...

Just to be clear, when I say “home invasion”, I’m also referring to your bug-out location which should also be fortified. The fact that you don’t visit your second home much makes it that more vulnerable to people who might try to take it over. A...

There has been a number of times in my life that I have had to extract fuel out of my car and boat. The reasons vary from having to clean out the fuel tank of dirt and bad fuel to just having to remove the fuel tank for maintenance repairs. What I...