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How These Elections Will Affect Preppers
There was never a time when emergency preparedness was on the minds of so many Americans. In fact, you might argue that the world's...
The Police and Military when SHTF – Friend or Armed Foe?
It is difficult to plan to live in a post-SHTF environment. More than anything, we have to know we're making blind plans. We don't...
PREPAREDNESS
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ECONOMICS
6 Best States to Outlive an Economic Depression
The world is facing the biggest catastrophe it has faced since World War II. As the Coronavirus spreads around the globe, governments and medical...
SHTF
How to Use Acorns as Survival Food
Spring's fresh growth attracts aphids in their thousands-sucking plant life, stunting their growth. Fortunately, aphids love new nettle shoots, which has many benefits for the garden – meaning you can use them as sacrificial...
How to Consume Oak – Nature’s Powerhouse
Man is inextricably tied up with the great oak tree and its many varieties. In the most bleak times of our early history and even in more recent years, this great tree has given...
REMEDIES
9 Natural Remedies for Faster Wound Healing
We can all agree that as we age our skin goes through a lot. In fact, some of us have the scars, wounds, and blemishes to prove it! Maybe an old scar from a...
Just Like Doxycycline: The Antibiotic That Grows in Your Backyard
Overuse of antibiotics has been a cause of much concern in recent years and the dangers that overuse can bring, even to a normally safe person. While prescription antibiotics certainly have their place and...
DIY
How to Dry Can Beans and Rice for a Shelf Life of 20 +...
Beans and rice, that should be an essential staple in the pantry of a prepper. And, if the 2020 pandemic showed us anything, it's...
What To Do With Your Wood Ash
Maybe you’ve heard about old timey uses for wood ash. It’s a remarkably useful substance even today, though. There are several uses for wood...
DIY Chicken Tunnel (Step-by-Step Guide)
If you don't have room and your chickens are being co-oped in a small coop or even if you need some help in gardening,...
How to Purify Water with Charcoal
You that shit really hit the fan and broke it when you have no other choice than to drink water out of muddy puddle...
How To Cook In A Cactus
We all know how important it is to keep abundant food on hand to get us through a crisis. Stockpiling food is usually the...
50 Days of ‘Survival’ Calories with Rice and Beans
Editor’s Note: The rice and beans combination is not random at all.
Next, white rice has around 90% of carbohydrates, making it one of the best...
Pressure-Canning Hamburger Meat for Long Term Preservation
July 4th is famous for the juicy fresh off the grill hamburgers. After an emergency or unplanned event, it is important for the morale...
Review – HydroBlu Water Filters
Recent reviews have been a bit repetitious; no really innovative products or approaches. Recently; however; HyrdoBlu contacted me regarding reviewing their innovative product line. I picked...
BUG OUT
DIY Hunting Fishing Cooking Kit for Preppers
In a survival or emergency situation, you’re going to be burning calories fast – so food will become a critical need to maintain your...
SUPPLIES
9 Items For The Winter Prepper Checklist
It’s time to get to the business of readying the house for winter. Be aware that Hurricane Season is here and Fire Season has not ended. This article...
GEAR
12 Things You Forgot to Add to Your Stockpile
Building a survival stockpile is a never-ending task. No matter how much you have, it always seems there’s something more to add. Stockpile a...
Five Emergency Survival Tools
As preppers we strive to acquire skills, knowledge and yes tools that can assist us should we ever be faced with dire circumstances. The...
8 Silent Weapons To Have Against Intruders
Generally speaking, protecting your home and family is a very important activity, but today it seems to be more important than it has ever...
PLANTS
Delicious Recipes Using Cattails – “The Supermarket of the Swamp”
Cattails (Typha latifolia) are among Earth's most versatile plants. With good reason it is called the "Supermarket of the Swamp," because it can be...
DIY Mini Greenhouse For Year-Round Vegetables
To those with a love of growing plants or for those who enjoy living a healthy life with little to no effort, building your...
Post Apocalypse Gardening: Living From a Small Piece of Land in Tough Conditions
What do you do, in a world where you can’t go to the supermarket and pick up a can of Campbell’s Chunky Soup? Where...