How to Build a Chair out of Wood and Netting in the Field All you need to make a sturdy and semi-portable chair in the field is a few pieces of wood, a lot of rope, a survival knife and some ingenuity. The following project illustrates how easy it is to prepare and enjoy a …
How to Make a Yellow Dye out of the Goldenrod Plant If you live in an area where goldenrod plants are common, you can harvest a bunch and create a natural and long-lasting yellow dye. The process is simple and takes minimal resources, and you can use the dye on a wide-range of material or …
How to Choose the Best Material for Torches Making a rudimentary torch in an emergency is a pretty simple process. Just take a stick, attach some flammable material to the end and light it up. However, finding ways to get the torch to burn as long as possible is the challenge. Let’s take a look …
Basic Information About Water Bath Canning Water bath canning is used to process recipes that contain acidic foods, including many fruits and vegetables. This method is normally used to produce a significant amount of food that will be included in any good stockpile, and it is also arguably the easiest to use. Let’s take a …
How to Make the Easiest Chicken Watering System Ever There’s no shortage of chicken watering projects out there, and most of them are quite effective. However, many are also more complex than necessary. If you’re looking for a self-watering dispenser for your chickens that’s easy to put together, requires minimal parts and can be assembled …
Easy Ways to Deal With Wet Tinder in the Field It can be a big job to get a good fire going under the best of conditions, let alone when you’re dealing with wet tinder or a lack of dry kindling. There are a couple of simple tricks that we’ve probably mentioned before that can …
How to Tap a Birch Tree the Easy Way Birch trees produce a lot of sap, and you can collect a good amount from a healthy tree a lot easier than you may think. While sap collecting is not that difficult if you have the right tools, the following project utilizes items that most of …
How to Make a Simple Bulk Chicken Feeder There are a lot of DIY chicken feeder projects out there, and many of them are very easy to put together. However, a lot of these are small in scale or require that you continually monitor when the feed starts to run out. Let’s take a look …
How to Make and Preserve Monkey Butter Monkey butter is a nutritious and delicious spread that can be the perfect alternative to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It is very easy to make, requires a few basic ingredients, and you have a couple of different options when it comes to storing the finished product. Follow …
Avoid Food Poisoning: How to Safely Handle Poultry The vast majority of food borne illnesses occur because of unsafe handling practices. In most cases, exposure to harmful bacteria that causes us to become sick can be reduced or eliminated by following some accepted guidelines. Let’s take a look at some simple steps that you can …
