We all know that nothing is free, especially food storage, finding foods that are cost effective, and long storing generally means you have less of the two V’s – Variety and Vitamins. Sprouting wheat and weans is a way to add both. I used to associate sprouts with homeopathic medicine practitioners, vegans, and yuppie soccer moms, […]
How to Make an Easy Tin Can Stove
Today we are going to show you how to make a tin can stove, this type of stove has been around about as long as tin cans have been created, but it reached its peak of popularity during the great depression. Now its popularity is mostly with frugal backpackers and girl scouts, as a […]
Best Survival Firearms: How to Choose Firearms for Catastrophic Disasters
I want to talk about selecting firearms for catastrophic disasters because the Shepherd School, and the Dave’s Homestead website were originally designed strictly for firearm training. I did it that way on purpose. At that time, I felt it was my calling to help train citizen to be able to protect themselves and their […]
5 Essential Tools for Preppers
I didn’t know it, but apparently I was playing YouTube Prepper Tag, well at least someone thought I was playing and tagged me to produce a video of 5 things I thought every prepper, and especially a new prepper should have. That was easy, the hard part was to then tag 5 other preppers […]
How Much Water Can You Get From Snow?
I recently did a little experiment during our winter weather. The premise was, if we were to lose utilities from an extended amount of time (or I was lost outdoors) and I needed to melt snow for water, I needed to know how much water can you get from snow. I have heard and […]