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Book Festival and Giveaway: An Interview with George Ure

Today I share the ninth author interview in the Backdoor Survival Fall Book Festival.  George Ure, the author of Broken Web The Coming Collapse of the Internet, shares his answers to my questions and is also providing one of my readers with a free copy of his book. Before we begin, I would like to announce the winner of last week’s giveaway.  “Sharon” has won a copy of The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency.  Congratulations!  I have contacted you by email for mailing instructions. Here is Sharon’s favorite homesteading tip: When we moved to the country we did everything wrong, bought a fixer-upper farm and house and bought a couple horses we only occasionally rode. 10 years later we felt the …

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The Sunday Survival Buzz – Volume 46

Welcome to this week’s Sunday Survival Buzz – a roundup of preparedness news, tips, articles and recommendations from around the web. But first, an update on my own preps. We were recently given a friend’s discarded shelving so we cut the shelves down and re-purposed them for one of our food storage closets. As I may have mentioned,  I am using my freeze-dried and dehydrated foods more and more in day-to-day cooking.  The cost in some cases is more than the same product purchased fresh but there is no waste and if I can save a 20 mile round trip to town, then I am actually saving money. On the shelves below you will see a number of #10 cans, plus my Food Saver …

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Top 8 Ways to be Knotty

Knots of all kinds have been useful for all purposes throughout history.  I myself learned all about them and how to tie them through many years in the Boy Scouts of America.  A number of these knots would be useful for prepping needs.  Lets talk about a several few of them, how to tie them, and how to use them.  I  still use them almost every day.  Here is a cool website I found which gives visual aspects of tying all the knots I mention.  Remember: ALL rope-work is potentially dangerous, please use caution and common sense. The Knots The Bowline (photo credit:https://…

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‘Twas the Night Before Doomsday…..By Robert Hawkins

‘Twas the night before Doomsday…. and all over the world, everyone was sayin, “The End has unfurled!!” There is no tomorrow, the end is in sight. What lay’s ahead is a TERRIBLE FRIGHT! But safe in their bed’s, all snuggled and warm, are preppers who rest, assured there’s no harm. For deep in their slumber, so safe where they lay. They gain blessed peace, to face each new day. Efforts to prepare, independence from without, is always in mind, in preppers, no doubt. They look to tomorrow, as a bright futures reach. And in knowing of how, for others they teach. …

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How Preppers Can Help

Feeding the Hungry is also Feeding Hope This Christmas season, see if there is anything you can do to help the less fortunate in your community.  As a prepper, I know we should take care of our family and ourselves first, but if some of us have had a good year and our families are taken care of, there is no better time to look to our friends and  community.  Preppers are in a unique position to help others in many ways.  My faith is very clear on the matter of giving as many religions are, so I believe if we can help, we should help. One of the easiest things preppers can do to help is to donate food, especially during this time of year as …

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Book Review: Preppers Home Defense

Preppers Home Defense, by Jim Cobb Security Strategies to Protect Your Family  Prepper’s Home Defense (find it online by clicking here) offers different ways to plan for the defense and security of your home.  The author, Jim Cobb, writes in a very readable and understandable manner.  I understood his techniques and did not have to struggle to finish the book.  Prepper’s Home Defense covers many other topics related to home security, that were also very helpful, but what I really enjoyed and got the most out of, was the information on how to set up and layer my home defenses. The techniques Jim covers in the book, when properly implemented, will not only help secure …

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6 Herbs & Tinctures That Everyone Needs at Home and Their BOB’s

This article should be named “The 100 herbs needed to survive”, but then it would be to long to read.  In the meantime, here is a list of the herbs I feel we can’t do without in our home or our BOB’s. echinacea Echinacea:  Known throughout history as a cure-all to treat infections and wounds. For 400 years, Echinacea has been used to treat scarlet fever, syphilis, malaria, blood poisoning, and diphtheria.  While taking Echinacea to prevent a cold is infective, if you start taking it at the first signs of a cold it will reduce or shorten the duration of your cold symptoms such as cough, …

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Whats in my Backpack?

Whats in my backpack? Whats in here? (photo credit://https://flic.kr/p/2YybT) Being prepared doesn’t always have to apply to natural or man-made disasters.  Being prepared should be a way of life no matter what you do.  If you are a hiker, hunter, fisherman, camper, etc.  You should always have a bag of goodies in your backpack or other pack, just in case things don’t go as planned.  Each activity is different, but I will share what I carry in my backpack and who knows, it could get you out of a sticky situation in the Great Outdoors someday. My bag of goodies was developed from a list called the Ten Essentials,  originally developed by a group of outdoors men in…

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6 Cleaning Necessities for Your Stockpile

If you have these 6 items, there’s nothing you can’t clean: Baking soda Bleach Borax Dawn dish soap  Table salt White vinegar Many of us have spent our valuable dollars buying the latest in cleaning supplies.  What we’re really paying for is harsh chemicals (some of them carcinogenic) and artificial fragrances (many of which are also unhealthy).  Instead, consider stocking up on these basic items, which will allow you to make any household cleaner you might need.  Most of the time you can purchase these items on sale or in bulk quantities.  As well, they all serve other purposes besides basic cleaning, which maximizes your storage space. Baking …

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Serfdom and the Feudal System: What’s Old is New Again

The period of history from the 5th to the 15th century was known as the Middle Ages.  During this time, the law of the land in Europe was known as the “feudal system.”  This was the manner in which the upper 10{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} (the nobility) controlled the lower 90{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} (the serfs or peasants). There were a few kings who were very wealthy and powerful, who owned all of the land.  To maintain control of this land, it was broken into fiefdoms and pieces were given to friends of the kings (barons).  The barons then allotted land to their friends and allies in order to…

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Become a Lean, Mean Prepping Machine: Weight Loss for Survival

If the SHTF, you aren’t going to live off your fat.  Trust me on this one. If anything, a great deal of excess body fat just might be the thing that kills you. If you are truly serious about preparedness, getting into shape is one of the best preparations that you can make.  What if you had to bug out through the snow with a 25 pound pack on your back, dragging a sled with your toddler on it?  How far could you get before you collapsed?    Is your heart in condition to go out and swing an axe for a few hours in order to get wood ready for the…

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Stockpile Challenge – Update #1

The stockpile challenge has already been a slight challenge.  We had guests, and then a snowstorm.  After having extra people snowed in with us for a week, it definitely made a dent in our “favorites”.  I am seeing the beginning of the end of my cheese supply.  This saddens me, since I like to make homemade pizza once per week.  We can probably do pizza once or twice more, unless I can quickly figure out how to make cheese! As well much of the “snacky” food is history.  You know the type, those goodies that you grab a handful of here and there – pretzels, roasted peanuts, etc. …

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Morality: The Hard Line Between Revolutionary and Terrorist

In a war, it appears that it’s easy to become just as bad as the monsters that you are fighting. Just ask the survivors of a killing spree in Afghanistan last March, when US soldiers went on a rampage, killing 17 civilians, 9 of them children. Only one soldier, Army Staff Sgt Robert Bales, was charged but the witnesses have a different story: One mother-of-six, whose husband was killed during the incident, believes there were as many as 20 people involved. She told SBS Dateline journalist Yalda Hakim: ‘When they shot dead my husband, I tried to drag him into the house, they’d shot him in the head so his brain was…

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The Toxic Agenda

There is a very good reason that I promote organic food storage – the food supply of the Western world is irrevocably tainted. One day your food storage might be all that keeps you out of the bread lines (best case scenario) or from starvation (worst case scenario).  If you store up boxes of Chef Boyardee and HFCS-sweetened garbage containing GMO corn, you won’t die as quickly as those who are starving to death – instead you will poison your family slowly. GMOs actually alter our DNA.  Excitotoxins kill our brain cells.  Fluoride is a brain suppressant.  Additives make us fat. The list of hazards…

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Guest Post – Buying Physical Gold and Silver Online

Today’s post is from the guys over at JM Bullion.com.  They’re a new sponsor and asked if they could write a post for ya’ll about their products.  I think the topic is important enough to give them a chance. So here you go! -Jarhead Survivor ——————— Survivalists as a whole are generally advocates of placing some of your wealth into physical gold and silver bullion. The reasons for this are many, namely: Hedging against inflation Storing wealth in case of a fiat currency crisis Accumulating a potential currency for the future The bullet points above have been hashed over countless …

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Vegan Diet?

I’ve had this thought bouncing around in my head for a week now and I’m curious to hear reader’s take on it. Would it be easier to prep for a vegan diet? It’s an odd thought, I know.  I had a friend recently convert, and I heard an interesting piece on the radio about the rising numbers of vegans. Some are vegan for medical reasons. Some are vegan for ethical reasons. I’ve certainly never been tempted to give up meat, but I do admit, meat is trickier to store than the vegetables are.  Freezing meat leaves you reliant on electricity for 6-12 months out of the year, (depending on where you live.) Drying it is …

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It’s Winter – Don’t Go Hiking Without Proper Clothing!

It’s winter here in Maine and that means it’s pretty cold out there.  As I write this at 9:15 pm on Wednesday evening the temperature outside is 3 degrees F.  Not unusual for this time of year. At the top of the fire tower on the summit of Old Speck. About six years ago. I love this time of year!  Hiking, snow shoeing, winter camping, ice climbing, skating, sledding with the kids, it’s all part of the  winter experience for me. The first time I took Mrs Jarhead on a winter mountain expedition it was -22 F.  when we left the bed and breakfast in Western Maine.  B&B?  I was going to…

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Winter Survival

Conventional wisdom dictates that you have shelter within three hours of becoming lost or stranded in the wilderness. However, in extreme cold conditions if you are not properly clothed you will need shelter and fire almost immediately to prevent hypothermia. Hypothermia is a medical condition diagnosed when your body loses heat faster that it can produce heat. Once your core body temperature drops from an average of 98.6?F/37?C to 95?F/35?C, you are in the initial stages of hypothermia, which is fatal if not treated promptly. Even when properly clothed, you can develop hypothermia if you are exposed to the cold for long periods. Wet clothing or submersion in water …

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Learning Survival Thinking from Rural People

People have different lifestyles, which they prefer to get along with, in their lifetime. Some people are very fond of discussing survival lifestyle topics and things related to it. But others want to stick with the lifestyle they are living and they have no interest in such survival discussions. This group can be divided in two branches. One group consists of those people who are ready to reject the convenient lifestyle of today and adopt a life, which is unique and creative. The second group is the one in which people think that their current lifestyle is simple and convenient for them. Many of us modern day people cannot think of living on a farm miles away from town. But people living in rural area…

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Survivalist Schools in the US and Abroad

In today’s uncertain world, the possibility of an actual doomsday is quite real to many individuals. From global warming and the environment to the economic crisis and war, people are becoming seriously concerned about their survival, as well as the survival of their family members. If there comes a day when people are forced to live off of what they have at their immediate disposal as well as the land around them, it is important to know how to respond and just what to do. While hoarding supplies like water and canned goods is definitely beneficial, there is much more that can be learned about surviving during and in the aftermath of an all out disaster. With doomsday being a very …

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Doomsday Giveaway for January 2013!

This is our first giveaway for 2013! The Doomsday Giveaway for January 2013 is a Rothco Deluxe Adventurer Survival Kit Knife. The Rothco 3235 Adventurer Survival Kit knife comes with fish line, hook, sinkers, band-aids, pencil, harpoon, signal mirror, Morse code, finger tip saw and more (matches not included). All of these items fit in the hollow handle of the knife. A threaded top with a built in compass screws into the knife handle to keep everything dry. All you need to do is use the rafflecopter tool below to enter. You can tweet about this giveaway or another link on this blog, follow us on Twitter, “like” us on Facebook, share us at your favorite social network, or …

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The World of Zombies

Zombies are everywhere…in video games, movies, costumes, clothing, posters, books, and calendars… everywhere we walk zombies seem to be following in our shadow, just a short distance away. Is it possible that the world is being overrun by zombies? The popularity of zombies seems to have brought the walking-dead back to life. Zombie merchandise is gaining in popularity with a cult following that spans the ages. And the interest in zombies goes far beyond a population obsessed with movies and DVD’s. Zombies have found their way into costumes, conventions, magazines and books, artwork, music… in fact zombies appear to be taking over the internet! Online searches include game applications such as ‘The Walking Dead’…

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Knife Safety Considerations

The knife is a highly versatile tool and your mastery of it is an indispensable skill for survival situations. A knife could be used for a myriad of things in the great outdoors, so in this topic we are going to teach you some basic knife safety skills to prevent accidents from happening to you and others. For starters you need to be aware that most knives have two critical parts, which are the sharp razor’s edge and the point. Rule number one keep all the sharp edges and the point, away from you and other people. Never point a knife at …

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Winter Survival Kit for Your Car

From Survival and BeyondBy Craig Caudill – Dan’s Depot Developing a Car Survival Kit focused on a winter time climate situation, has a more added focus on staying warm in a crisis situation.  Even if that crisis situation is nothing more than you have slid off the road.  Past years have proven that it is to easy to slide off the road, go into a drainage, and no one know you are even there.  This more easily happens than one might think.  Concern for safety in this situation can be compounded by continual heavy snows, and snow plows covering up your car. The other obvious concern, is breaking down or simply getting lost…

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New Show! It’s all About the Frequencies, The Anxiety of Being “Awake”, Plus Firearm and Emergency Management Expert; David Nash

From Survival and BeyondEd’s back from the holiday break with some thoughts about mass control of the populace through emotional (vibratory) manipulation and explores the “Many Worlds” theory as a model for manifestation and creating your own reality He also addresses various ways to mitigate the anxieties that can come from from being “awake” to the truth as well as other matters regarding consciousness. Ed also interviews survival and preparedness writer and founder of the Shepherd School; David Nash. Click HERE to download and listen to the show! Related Posts:The Power of Gratitude, The Higher Level of Self-Reliance,…Listener’s Questions Answered, Nullification and…Two Weeks Till the End of the World! What Happened …

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Genetic Engineering and the GMO Industry: The Corporate Hijacking of Food and Agriculture

From Survival and BeyondBy Colin Todhunter – Global Research “I recognized my two selves: a crusading idealist and a cold, granitic believer in the law of the jungle” – Edgar Monsanto Queeny, Monsanto chairman, 1943-63, “The Spirit of Enterprise”, 1934. When rich companies with politically-connected lobbyists and seats on government-appointed bodies bend policies for their own ends, we are in serious trouble. It is then that our democratic institutions become hijacked and our choices, freedoms and rights are destroyed. Corporate interests have too often used their dubious ‘science’, lobbyists, political connections and presence within the heart of governments, in conjunction with their public relations machines, to subvert democratic machinery for their own benefit. Once their power has been …

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Why You Shouldn’t Count on Hunting After SHTF

From Survival and BeyondBy PJ – Prepper-Resources.com I know many hunters who think they will be able to rely on their skills when the SHTF, that they will be able to take game in order to sustain their family over a sustained period of time.  In the short run this might be true, in the long run nothing could be further from the truth.  If you sit down and take a look at the basic math of the position I’m about to take on this subject, the conclusion is irrefutable.  Using the Whitetail Deer for my case study, let’s walk the dog on this one. – In the late 1800?s the population of the US was …

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Technology Addiction in the Electronic Age: Worldwide Progress or Servitude?

From Survival and BeyondBy Joel S. Hirschhorn – Global Research Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high tech devices, while driving, while walking, while shopping, while in groups of friends, while in restaurants, while waiting in doctor offices and hospitals, while sitting in toilets – everywhere.  While connected electronically, they are inattentive to and disconnected in physical reality. People have been steadily manipulated to become technology addicted.  Technology is the opiate of the masses. This results in technology servitude.  I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.  Most people do not use independent, critical thinking to question whether…

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5 Lessons From the Panic of 2012

From Survival and BeyondTEOTWAWKI   Blog The gun control madness has been frustrating for most of us, but I think there are some helpful observations we can extrapolate from the whole mess. This time around, we’re seeing panic buying of guns, magazines and ammunition. Now, extend that to the initial hours/days after a wide scale collapse scenario, when you have people running out and buying anything and everything under the sun. Food. Water. Batteries. Tools. Camping gear. Everything. Using the current panic buying environment as a case study, here are a few things you can expect to see: #1. Have what …

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