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How To Add Military Surplus To Your Prepping Plans

How To Add Military Surplus To Your Prepping Plans

We see it everywhere. Ranging from fashion statements, to practical gear, to people pretending to be something they aren’t. I’m of course talking about military surplus gear and equipment, and…

The Best Pepper Spray to Keep With You

The Best Pepper Spray to Keep With You

Editor’s Note: This resource has been revised and updated for 2020. Every level of prep needs a pepper spray. It can provide simple protection from everyday assailants, or it can even…

A Review Of The Jackery Explorer 240 Power Center and 50 Watt Portable Solar Panel

A Review Of The Jackery Explorer 240 Power Center and 50 Watt Portable Solar Panel

The Jackery 240 watt hour power center has a lot to offer those looking for a source of reliable, lightweight, portable power at home or on the road. There are…

Exploring Night Vision Options

Exploring Night Vision Options

This post is a collaboration between Matt and Samantha Biggers. For those that don’t already know Matt Biggers, he is my husband and best friend of 15 years!  He does…

Tsunami: History, tips for preparation, and what the future may bring us

Tsunami: History, tips for preparation, and what the future may bring us

I was born within the Pacific Ring of Fire. Where I grew up in the North Cascades, I could see volcanos from basically every room in the house. Sauk Mountain…

The Herring Hearing:  Which is best for your food stash?

The Herring Hearing: Which is best for your food stash?

I have to admit that the canned meat tests that my husband and I have been doing have been a bit of fun!  This next installment concentrates on herring or…

How to Make Your Own Seltzer and Soda

How to Make Your Own Seltzer and Soda

Editor’s Note: This is a revised and updated version for 2019. My first experience making soda was with my father back in the mid-nineties. We made and bottled our own root…

15 Cinder Block Ideas For The Prepper Homestead

15 Cinder Block Ideas For The Prepper Homestead

Editor’s Note: This resource has been revised and updated for 2019. Cinder block is an excellent building material. They are strong, weather resistant, fire proof and relatively inexpensive. All of these…

Overall Hygiene For Extended Emergencies and SHTF Situations

Overall Hygiene For Extended Emergencies and SHTF Situations

I have done some specific articles on hygiene issues, but I think it is worthwhile to discuss the basics for overall hygiene during a SHTF situation. I have included links…

Prepper Mistakes: 50 Mistakes Made By Preppers and What to Do About Them

Prepper Mistakes: 50 Mistakes Made By Preppers and What to Do About Them

The longer you have been prepping, the more you realize how easy it is to get sidetracked and to prep for things, that in the big picture, are of a relatively low priority. It is no wonder that articles on prepper mistakes and lessons learned are so popular.

With the wisdom gained from living as a prepper for the last seven years, here are fifty common and uncommon prepper mistakes we can learn from.
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Laundry Kit For SHTF: How to make your own detergent, wash, and more!

Laundry Kit For SHTF: How to make your own detergent, wash, and more!

If you have never been in the position of being without a means to clean your clothing then count yourself lucky! During a SHTF situation or even if you are…

Survival Uses of Peanut Butter

Survival Uses of Peanut Butter

Peanut butter has been available in the United States since the late 19th century. Originally sold as a snack food, or used for therapeutic purposes, today peanut butter is a…

The Prepper Ham Slam

The Prepper Ham Slam

Some of you may have read my post on chicken in a can. I wanted to share various types o meat with you because I know a lot of you…

A Review of the Kaito KA900 Emergency and Off Grid Radio

A Review of the Kaito KA900 Emergency and Off Grid Radio

I have always loved radio. Growing up in a small logging town with my Dad, we always had several types of radios but often no television or phone. Books, cassette…

Dealing With The S In SHTF

Dealing With The S In SHTF

For this post, we are going to talk about the S part of SHTF. This is not something I see covered enough on survival sites. Considering that hygiene is so…

What’s Coming To The Prepper World In 2019

What’s Coming To The Prepper World In 2019

I don’t mean to get all Nostradamic but because of my involvement in this niche and community, I feel like my experience can be of use to the many preppers…