The Rugged Life: The Modern Guide to Self-Reliance: A Survival and Homesteading Guide

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In an era of escalating crises, what would you do after disaster struck? Are you prepared to keep yourself and your family alive for a month? A year? What about a lifetime?
“Add The Rugged Life by former Navy SEAL Clint Emerson to your library today and get on the path to independence and self-sufficiency.”—Jack Carr, Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil’s Hand
Clint Emerson is the go-to expert for surviving the first minutes, hours, and days of a crisis. Now, in The Rugged Life, he works with modern homesteading experts to show you how to thrive over the long term by being prepared and self-sufficient.
You can live the Rugged Life completely off-the-grid by farming your own food and using the waste from your toilet for compost. You can also live it by adding solar panels to your home, keeping chickens and bees in your backyard, or starting a windowsill garden. Each of these homesteading and prepper long-term survival skills stand on their own, and taken together, they can help you design the independent life you want for yourself and your family.
• Be your own protector: Create a last-resort emergency plan; gather medicinal plants; protect against dangerous animals and threats; understand survival first aid
• Be your own provider: Hunt for game; make a gillnet; set snares; forage for wild foods; build a rabbit hutch; ice fish; butcher a pig; keep bees
• Be your own builder: Retrofit a van; set up solar, microhydro, and geothermal power; create a water catchment and filtration system; build a shipping container home
• Be your own farmer: Grow a victory garden; build a greenhouse; waffle garden to save space and resources; build a root cellar; can, dry, and store crops; operate a tractor
• Be your own homesteader: Make your own shampoo and face creams; pickle and ferment food; make natural bug spray and cleaning products; smoke meat; tan a hide
With hundreds of step-by-step, illustrated skills and projects, The Rugged Life is for everyone who wants to become more self-reliant, live off the land, and be prepared for anything.

From the Publisher

How to use an axe

Set aside a large stump as your splitting base, which will save your back some effort, and protect your axe in case you miss. Place the log on top of the base, keeping any knots near the bottom. Take aim and swing, letting your axe fall from above your head down into the log. Let the axe do the work. If the log stays on your axe when you lift it back up, simply slam it back down again.

How to remove a tick

If the tick has latched on, remove it immediately, but be careful not to break it. Use sterile tweezers to grab the tick as close to the skin as possible, and pull it out using a slow and steady upward motion. Don’t use a match, petroleum jelly, fingernail polish, or any other suggested home remedies that are likely to cause more harm than good. Seal the tick in a container and keep it in the freezer in case you begin to show symptoms—your doctor will want to test it.

How to milk a goat

Give your goat some hay or concentrate to munch on and she’ll be happy and relaxed as you milk her. Talk to her or sing to her, and be gentle. If you tug her teat, scratch her, or pull on her hair, she’ll kick over the milking pail. Keep her hairs trimmed and your nails short. Wipe down the udder with a baby wipe to remove any dirt. Squeeze the teat rather than pulling on it. Use your thumb and forefinger to apply a steady pressure—this will keep the milk from going back up into the udder—and then use your remaining fingers to draw the milk down and out. The teat will become soft and flat when the udder is empty. When you’re done, spray the teats with a tea dip to keep out bacteria—and rub them with some Bag Balm if the teats are getting dry or chapped.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rodale Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593235193
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593235195
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 0.71 x 9.06 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #86,338 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9 in Security How-to & Home Improvement #132 in Survival & Emergency Preparedness #137 in Sustainable Living
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