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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
HOMESTEADING
ECONOMICS
Looming Economic Crisis Threatens To Push Millions Of Americans Into Starvation
The hoarding and shortages of the COVID Pandemic are actually not something new to the American scene.
While it has been over a half a...
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
Things I Wish I Knew About Prepping When I Started Out
In 2001, I was in my office at work and watched in horror with my colleagues as the second plane hit the towers and...
How To Make Aspirin From Willow Bark
Any time you open the medicine cabinet, you probably see the word 'Bayer' and it's most likely on a bottle of aspirin. Initially, the...
How to Build a BOB for Under $500/$750/$1000
As a prepper, you’ve more than likely heard about what a bug out bag is (and why it’s important). For those of you who...
How to Make a Nutritious One-Year Shelf-Life Vitamin Bar for Your Stockpile
Shelf stable nutrition is a big part of developing a successful food storage program. Nutritional diversity should be something that you're concerned with while...
26 Uses for Bandanas in a Survival Situation
Bandanas are an amazing survival tool with literally hundreds of uses. They are perfect for stockpiling and for packing in all of your bug...
How To Can Potatoes for Long Term Preservation
Potatoes are food which is low in acidity. It's important to be aware that using pressure canning is the only effective method for canning...
Getting Aluminum From Aluminum Cans for Survival
Since Neolithic times, human beings have used metals, but the metals used by our ancient ancestors were the type found in free-form, i.e. metals...
Prepping Dog and Cat Food
Dogs and cats are a vital part of the homestead or when your prepper nightmare come true. Whether you plan to bug out or...
BUG OUT
How to Maintain Your Sanity If You’re Alone?
When most people imagine various survival scenarios that they could find themselves in many of those scenarios include isolation. That’s not surprising, considering that...


SUPPLIES
10 Medicinal Uses Of Alcohol You Can Benefit From Right Now
Alcohol has been consumed for thousands of years because of its recreational and therapeutic properties. As far back as 7000 BC, the ancient people...
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...



































































