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Lamp & Larder

Practical self-reliance for ordinary households

Every page, year by year

The archive

Every page on the site, in one list.

52 pages, 2009–2026

Every page on the site in one list, newest first, with its section beside it.

The plant pages are among the oldest: cattail, acorns, pine and sumac. Later years brought longer pieces, on sanitation once the toilets stop flushing, on a year spent living out of a car in Los Angeles, and on getting an amateur radio license. Quantities, doses and warnings follow current advice from bodies such as the USDA and the CDC.

To browse by subject, pick one of the six sections, such as Food storage or Wild edibles. Otherwise read down the list.

2026 1 page

  1. Keeping the lights on: paying for backup powerMoney and preparedness

2016 3 pages

  1. A survivor's guide to lockpicking: the hobby, the history and the lawAwareness
  2. Mental games that build resilience and awarenessAwareness
  3. Eleven food storage tips that are easy to overlookFood storage

2015 3 pages

  1. Vehicle survival: how to live in your car, from someone who did it for a yearAt home when the grid is down
  2. How to build a small PVC cold frameAt home when the grid is down
  3. How to make rope from a trash bagOutdoors

2014 1 page

  1. Why now is the time to get your ham radio licenseAwareness

2012 7 pages

  1. Clothes washing in a grid-down world: the two-bucket kitAt home when the grid is down
  2. Building a debris hut: a leaf shelter that works like a sleeping bagOutdoors
  3. Wild edibles: how to identify and eat field garlicWild edibles
  4. How to make homemade yeast water for breadFood storage
  5. How to make a Kydex holster or sheath with a foam pressOutdoors
  6. How to make pemmican, the original trail rationFood storage
  7. How to make a homemade water filter from two bucketsAt home when the grid is down

2011 10 pages

  1. A year under siege: one survivor's account of urban collapseAwareness
  2. Economic redundancy: two incomes are one, and one is noneMoney and preparedness
  3. Survival sanitation: disposing of garbage when collection stopsAt home when the grid is down
  4. The top 10 most influential survival and preparedness blogs of 2011Outdoors
  5. Dew collection: wiping drinking water off a morning fieldOutdoors
  6. Survival sanitation: how to deal with human waste when the toilets stopAt home when the grid is down
  7. How to eat common milkweed, season by seasonWild edibles
  8. Making chlorine solution for emergency drinking waterAt home when the grid is down
  9. Wild edibles: how to find and eat Japanese knotweedWild edibles
  10. The flashlight as a personal safety toolAwareness

2010 19 pages

  1. The Slatt's rescue belt: 100 feet of paracord you can wearOutdoors
  2. The survivalist's bucket list: skills worth learning before you need themOutdoors
  3. How to make fresh cheese from powdered milkFood storage
  4. The military Modular Sleep System: layers, ratings and spotting a fakeOutdoors
  5. How to make pinole, the parched-corn trail flourFood storage
  6. Where There Is No Doctor and Where There Is No Dentist: free to downloadOutdoors
  7. How to make powdered eggs, and why the store-bought kind is saferFood storage
  8. Wild edibles: the daylily, a year-round food plantWild edibles
  9. How to choose a survival knifeOutdoors
  10. How to eat dandelion flowers: pickled buds and frittersWild edibles
  11. Dandelion greens, the first wild food of springWild edibles
  12. How to make a candle heater from clay pots, and what it can really doAt home when the grid is down
  13. How to eat a pine tree: nuts, needle tea, pollen and inner barkWild edibles
  14. Homemade firewood: rolling logs from old newspaperAt home when the grid is down
  15. How to turn nonfat powdered milk into whole milkFood storage
  16. How to build a self-sufficient cabin for under $4,000Money and preparedness
  17. How to make a paracord bracelet, step by stepOutdoors
  18. The rocket stove: a full meal from a handful of sticksAt home when the grid is down
  19. Homemade lamps from everyday objects: a tuna-can oil lamp and a grease candleAt home when the grid is down

2009 8 pages

  1. How to eat cattail: digging the rhizomes and making cattail flourWild edibles
  2. The fantastic four: grass, oak, pine and cattailWild edibles
  3. How to make acorn flour, from gathering to leaching to dryingWild edibles
  4. The color code of awareness: white, yellow, orange and redAwareness
  5. Pre-assault indicators: the warning signs before a confrontation turns physicalAwareness
  6. How to make sumac lemonade from staghorn or smooth sumacWild edibles
  7. How to make a survival stove, and how to keep warm in a stranded carAt home when the grid is down
  8. How to put together a survival kit in three tiersOutdoors