Winter is usually a colorless season. The leaves are gone, the ground is white, and the trees look like skeletons. But if you look closely at the bare branches of a wild rose bush, you will see bright red spots. These are Rose Hips (Rosa canina and others). While your garden roses are dead, their fruit is […]
When winter hits, the landscape looks dead. The berries are gone, the greens are buried under snow, and the flu season begins. In a survival situation, winter usually means a deficiency in essential nutrients, leading to weakened immunity and, historically, scurvy. But if you look out the window, you’ll see green. In Chapter 7 of Survive
In a grid-down winter, the cold is a silent killer. When the furnace stops working, your clothing becomes your shelter. Most people instinctively reach for thick cotton hoodies or jeans. But in a survival situation, there is a golden rule you must memorize: Cotton Kills. The Science of the Freeze Cotton is hydrophilic—it loves water.
