Essential Survival Tools: The BOW SAW

(Video: FISKARS BOW SAW vs. 4×8″ seasoned OAK beam!! You can see that with a little patience, a bow saw with a good blade will power through even the toughest timbers.) A BOW SAW is one of the essential hand tools that every ranch owner, outdoors-person, survivalist or anyone who …

The 25 Layers Of Home Defense (Study These ASAP!)

The 25 Layers Of Home Defense – Graphic © off-grid.info. background images: Pixabay (PD) There are new home security risks nowadays that never used to exist – and you need to know about them because you might have no idea that an attack on your home is being planned. I’ve …

OFF GRID / SURVIVAL WORKSHOP: If You Can Make Tools, You Can Survive

OFF GRID / SURVIVAL WORKSHOP – Image © off-grid.info The Best “Survival Workshop” I Ever Saw… … belonged to an old-timer I knew from my California days. He owned a small 5-acre horse ranch and was around 80 when I knew him; sadly he’s gone now. He was really a …

Building Amazing Homes & Mobile Spaces Using Shipping Containers

Building Amazing Homes & Mobile Spaces Using Shipping Containers. Photo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRwGRvMhQT8 Cargotecture — the practice of repurposing shipping containers into living spaces — has a certain appeal to minimalist homeowners who value sustainability. The nearly-indestructible steel structures are eco-friendly since they are recycled and recyclable. They’re also rather easy …

Couple Build Amazing Shipping Container Home For Debt-Free Living

Building the house of your dreams without a hefty mortgage weighing you down is a liberating feeling. Just ask Jaimie and Dave who built their very own “Garden of Eden” – a shipping container home for debt free living. In a casual interview by Bryce Langston from Living Big in …