Today’s graphic: A map showing Rice Asia versus Bread Asia. (Graphic by Rartofel, courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.         — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted. The post SurvivalBlog Graphic of the Week appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

The following recipe for Storage Peanut Butter Bread is from SurvivalBlog reader D.G., who says:  “This is a great way to use some of your storage food staple ingredients. This recipe makes one loaf.” Ingredients 2 Cups Flour 4 Teaspoons Baking Powder 1 Teaspoon Salt ½ Cup Sugar 1 Cup Milk (fresh or reconstituted powdered milk.) ⅔ Cup Peanut Butter (fresh or reconstituted peanut butter powder.) Directions Pre-heat your oven to 425 F. Grease a loaf pan, set aside Sift flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl. Stir in the sugar. Add peanut butter, working it into the dry … The post Recipe of the Week: Storage Peanut Butter Bread appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

Big Idea Design makes some high-quality pieces of gear out of titanium. The strength and light weight of that metal make it well suited to items for everyday carry (EDC). The Big Idea EDC item that I like the most is their Ti Field Watch. It is rugged, light-weight, and accurate. With a price at the time of this writing of $499.99 at BigIDesign.com , it is definitely not inexpensive. But it is by far the best watch that I have ever owned. If you can afford a watch in the mid-price range, this one would be an excellent choice. … The post Big Idea Design Ti Field Watch, by Thomas Christianson appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

On June 16, 1487: Battle of Stoke Field, Nottinghamshire. English Tudor King Henry VII defeated the remaining Yorkists led by John de la Pole and Lord Lovell in the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. (Pictured is a print titled: “The Last Stand of Schwarz and His Germans, Stoke Field.”) — Today is the birthday of pioneering economist Adam Smith, in 1723. He was born in Kirkaldy, County Fife, Scotland. He died July 17, 1790. — The big Mauser sale ends tonight! We have been running a two-week-long sale on all of the pre-1899 Mauser rifles in our … The post Preparedness Notes for Monday — June 16, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

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Behind rows of cookie-cutter tract homes in Hesperia, California, at the southern edge of the Mojave Desert, hides what looks like a playground for grown-up hobbits. Arches, perfectly round dome-shaped structures and emergency shelters sprout from the sand.  Among these fanciful-looking constructions is a fully permitted 2,300-square-foot three-bedroom house, with a two-car garage and two bathrooms that are hooked up to the city’s sewer and electricity. The bedrooms and living rooms are painted in earthy tones. Arched ceilings and curved walls lend a coziness to the dwelling, which features modern amenities like an oversized closet and a conventional kitchen.  This home — called Earth One — and the surrounding structures were created by the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture, better known as CalEarth. The institute is at the heart of a growing movement grounded in the belief that the future of housing lies in the oldest material on Earth: the earth itself. Arched ceilings and curved walls lend a coziness to Earth One. Credit: Michaela Haas At first glance, the structures resemble adobe, the traditional mud brick homes in desert communities for centuries. But they are what their late founder, Nader Khalili, calls SuperAdobe. Unlike their sundried ancestors, these homes are constructed by filling sandbags with earth, coiling them into layers and reinforcing each row with barbed wire. The result is a series of strong, curved and fire-resistant structures — plastered for waterproofing, but humble in composition: dirt, sandbags, wire and water. “This whole village was built using this earth. We dug this courtyard from material right here, under our feet,” explains the founder’s daughter, Sheefteh Khalili, now CalEarth’s CFO. “That’s the beauty of it. You’re building with what’s already there.”  On a recent Saturday morning, more than a hundred people made the trek to remote Hesperia for the monthly open house to get a first-hand look at the unique structures. Several of them were wildfire survivors or contractors from Los Angeles on a mission to find fire-resistant, cost-effective alternatives for clients who lost everything in this year’s megafires. “I read that these SuperAdobes survived 7.2 [magnitude] earthquakes and fires and Hurricane Maria,” explained a grey-haired contractor who wants to check if his research pans out. “And they cost about a third of what traditional homes do.”

Colin Meloy’s band were raised on Roxy Music, British folk and concept albums. He isn’t big on Jethro Tull, but he’s in awe of Rick Wakeman’s King Arthur ice show