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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
We do a lot of talking about electrical power in the prepping and survival community: specifically, how we can survive without it. But surviving without electrical power isn’t the only way that we should be concerned about it. Electrical power production can be dangerous in and of itself, especially...
What’s one thing you used to purchase but now make at home?
DIY All Purpose Cleaner
How many of you have a cabinet FULL of cleaning products?
I’m talking all kinds of products, each with a specific cleaning purpose: Kitchen de-greaser, Stainless steel cleaner, window cleaner, bathroom tile/soap scum remover, floor cleaner…...
For many people, a fitness routine oriented around traditional forms of weightlifting and cardiovascular exercise is an unchanging part of their life. However, those who are currently working out and those who are seeking a more appealing way to get back in shape should consider one outdoor activity proven...
Those of us who are part of the prepping and survival community tend to look down our noses at the government’s emergency response agency, FEMA. Granted, there’s plenty of reason for this, as FEMA doesn’t exactly have an exemplary record for quick response and cutting through government red tape....
HOMESTEADING
ECONOMICS
Are The Global Markets Tumbling Again?
A potential catastrophe could occur when the current economic bubble bursts and Peter Schiff has been warning of this for a while now. The signs...
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 Make Potato Flakes With 5 Years Shelf Life (without refrigeration)
Dehydrated potato flakes are a nutritionally healthy, highly portable source. They're pretty easy to cook, don't weigh too much and keep without refrigeration for...
10 EMP Proof Items
It’s not something many Americans think about: an Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) attack on the nation’s electric grid. However, both peer competitors (Russia and China),...
How to Make a Solar System
A small solar system designed to power lights and possibly your refrigerator for an emergency is easy to build. It is something that you...
This Natural Recipe Heals Your Knees And Reconstructs Bones And Joints Immediately!
Joint pain is a common condition that can cause aches, pain, swelling, and loss of mobility. This can happen anywhere in the body, but...
Water Powered Hammer – DIY Tuesday
I built a water-powered hammer. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This...
Homemade Substitutes for Toilet Paper
When society collapses and the shelves in the grocery store are empty for an extended period of time, people will still have to use...
6 Make-it and Forget-it Prepper Foods
For farmers around the world, growing food and raising meat is becoming even more difficult. We are seeing more crop loss and livestock losses...
Mini-Farming on 1 Acre
Many people enjoy the concept of being self-sufficient in manufacturing, they really don't see that as an objective that can be accomplished. After all,...
BUG OUT
Uncommon Items For Your Bug Out Bag
We all know what our bug-out bag essentials are, right? 90% of the items we packed are pretty much the same for all of...
SUPPLIES
How to Bake Dandelion Bread [Recipe Inside]
You would be surprised to discover than dandelions are, at the same time, yummy and quite healthy.
In fact, according to some researchers who have...
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...
How to Use Burnweed
https://www.thepreppersdaily.com/the-power-of-burnweed/
The Only 6 Seeds You Need to Stockpile for a Crisis
Seeds are an important element to every strategy for long-term survival. Stockpiling food is a brilliant idea and everybody can do so, as there...
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10 Good Spots To Hide Your Food In A Crisis
For when SHTF, we all have our food storage. Without outside interference, some of us can survive on our supply for years. What happens, though, when our supply is threatened by an outside interruption? Hungry neighbors can try to force their way in to...
Top 6 Popular Types of Guns Not Suitable for SHTF
Choosing a good gun to protect your family and property is one of the most important things you can do to prepare for a SHTF scenario. There’s no use spending months or years preparing for your survival if a small, even unarmed mob or...
18 Survival Apps That Could Save Your Life
In today’s digital age, one of the most important gadgets that we have on our phones. We bring our phones with us almost all the time and we usually use them to send messages, take pictures, check our emails, and play games. However, we...
What the Pioneers Stockpiled To Survive Winter
What does your food supply mean for winter?
Likely not much.
You won't see any fresh produce supplied locally, but modern global supply networks can cope with that. If it is too cold to grow local fruits and vegetables they can simply be imported from warmer...
How Long Can You Store Food In The Freezer? (Infographic)
A freezer is one of the best ways to store food, as long as you have power available. Meat, vegetables, dairy products, bread and most other staples can be frozen for just about everything.
Your freezer isn't a machine for miracles, though. You need to...
Easy Way to Prep For a Power Outage
According to the US Energy Information Association, in 2015, the average power outage is no more than 5 hours. (Source: EIA) These are the local weather or downed power line incidents, the random day to day power outages that affect everyone. Of course, extreme...
How to Prepare Your Mind For The Coming Crisis
Coping With Negative Feelings: Loneliness And Boredom
Today, I’d like to talk about two of the worst feelings in the world: loneliness and boredom. Now, we’ve all experienced each of these emotions at least one in our lives… and I’m sure you know just how...
