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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
Why Are Food Prices Increasing One Month into the Corona Virus...
After one month of lockdown, here in the United States, COVID-19 has radically changed the way we live our lives. Our routines have been...
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
Easy and Simple Garden Preps!
There’s a lot to buy on the path to preparedness and self-sufficiency, and garden supplies are no different. Happily, there are a few things...
Prepping for Long Distance Hikes
It’s easy to forget that a lot of bushcraft and survival skills practiced today, recreationally or as part of a survival/preparedness strategy, were once...
How to Acquire Intelligence Post-SHTF
When the SHTF; information will become a very powerful commodity. Initially; the breaking news about the doomsday disaster will likely blare from the television...
The Long-Lasting, Never-Go-Bad ‘Survival Soup’ The Pioneers Ate
The pioneering lifestyle didn’t really lend itself to long leisurely lengths over the stove. If you weren’t married and, on the prairie, running cattle,...
Homesteader’s Guide to Rescuing and Reusing Nearly-Dead Car Batteries
When I was but a tyke, dad kept telling me that when I’ll grow up and have my own house and family, the best...
How to Make Stevia Extract (Liquid or Powder)
Sometimes you just need a little bit of sweet, but you could do without the extra calories. Artificial sweeteners contain some pretty scary stuff,...
How To Deal With Unusual Garden Invaders
For many people, gardens bring so much positivity, from a rewarding hobby to providing the food needed to survive. So, the last thing a...
How To Prepare Medicinal Pickled Garlic
Medicinal Pickled Garlic
I learned how my grandmother, who was always ready to treat us with her self-made remedies, would prepare medicinal pickled garlic. Garlic...
BUG OUT
32 Foods for Your Bug Out Bag
Food is one of the crucial items for your bug out bag and INCH bags. It seems as if you typically find the same...
SUPPLIES
How To Make Activated Charcoal (Recipe Inside)
Activated charcoal has so many applications. It often used by emergency personnel to treat acute poisoning; and is great for absorbing toxins. I’ve used...
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...