When you go to your bug out cabin or cave or wherever it is you plan to go when the SHTF, you will want it well stocked with provisions. Not just food but various items – tools – that you will need to maintain your livelihood. However, while setting up your sanctuary, you will not…
(Video) Clever Storage Ideas to Store and Prepare Food for SHTF
You can be the strongest most mentally sound survivalist or prepper on the planet but if you don’t have food you are pretty much destined for failure. Oh sure, you can always go out into the wilderness and kill a deer, roasting it over an open fire, and that is good for a while. However,…
How Prepping and Homesteading Are Similar
Some people prefer to be called preppers over homesteaders and visa versa. We were always a little confused over the difference between the two. Even when writing articles, whenever discussing alternate SHTF lifestyles we would always list them as: “ … preppers, homesteaders, survivalists …” without truly knowing the difference between the two of the…
(Video) How to Survive Post-Collapse Like a Prepper’s Life Depends on It
We have talked a lot about preparation here in these pages. As important as food storage is and getting ready to bug-out on an emotional or mental level, have you worked on the physicality of preparation? Many homesteaders and preppers think they are ready for most, if not all, that might happen should the grid…
(Video) Diving in a Little Bit Deeper Into the Psychology of Bunker Survival
Bunker survival has always been an interest of ours. We’ve talked to a few people who have made “arrangements’ without being too clear exactly what those arrangements are. We can appreciate that from a security point of view but also have to wonder if these people have considered the emotional and psychological problems with bunker…
What Preppers Need to Know About Fermenting Food
Want to keep your GI tract healthy? Trying fermenting your food! There are things that you need to know first to ferment your food. Luckily no special equipment is needed. All you need is vegetables, a starter (sugar, whey, salt or – seaweed!), some water, and an air-free container. Just a note: Some foods don’t…
(Video) Using Chemistry, Here’s How to Make a Matchless Survival Fire Kit! Incredible!
More than a few times we have talked about a fire, what it can do and how we can make it. However, this is the first time – that we are aware of – where you will watch a video on a fire made with chemicals! You may consider this type of skill necessary because…
8 Ways Preppers Can Find Free Food
There are hundreds of ways out there to make a little extra “easy money,” some far more effective than others. However, when it comes to finding free food for your family, although there are certainly ways to acquire that too, it is often not as easy. We always consider preppers first because we are the…
(Video) During Doomsday, Making Weapons Out of Random Supplies is an Invaluable Skill. Now Check Out the Clothespin Pocket Pistol as an Example…
If the world ever finds itself in a SHTF situation, where it is every man for himself, where a family must protect themselves against any manner of threat, it’s nice to know there are options. The most interesting tools or weapons are of the “homemade” variety, something you or others have hand crafted. They are…
3 Ways to Effectively Recycle Wooden Pallets
We see them all over the place. If you have ever walked into one of those big box stores, you nearly have to go through an obstacle course to avoid them. Pallets. They have their purposes in their raw form, holding and transferring boxes and other objects with the aid of a forklift to many…
Thumbdial: Finding a Way Through the Fog When Directions Seem Impossible
Every year we hear about it on the news. Brave and adventurous men and women who decide to take a hike in the mountains or woods and inexplicably get lost. Some are found safe and others, sadly, are not. The wilderness is a big place, and even the best of outdoorsmen will tell you a…
14 Pieces of Weather Advice From the Pioneers
Back in the day, when farming was considered a good enterprise, the pioneers learned a lot merely by experience. Some of their observations were written down and others simply came to us by word of mouth over the generations. Some sayings may seem odd and fanciful. Anything that uses a cow to predict rain today…
(Video) With Just a Piece of Sandstone, Learn How to Make an Arrow Shaft Sanding Block
It is safe to say that when the SHTF most of us will be pretty much set – initially. We’ve been gathering our supplies, making certain our tools are primo, and probably have been reading up on if not already hunting small game for food. However, if the chaos that ensues after the grid goes…
7 Genius Bug Out Packing Tips That’ll Make Preparing for SHTF a Lot Easier
Prepping does not have to be a difficult thing. Sometimes simpler truly is better – and less expensive. There will be many things we must deal with when the chaos of the SHTF progresses. Having cash in hand may be vital. Therefore, the more you keep things simple when it comes to preparation, holding onto…
12 Ways to Prepare for SHTF Without Spending Any Money
Now, this is our kind of topic. Surviving on the cheap! Yes, we know the saying about how if you buy cheap you get cheap but if you are a skilled survivor you know that free and disposable are not bad words. Oh yes, you do want the better-made products when it comes to serious survival; something…
(Video) How to Forge a Bronze-Age Sword
Any young boy who ever wanted to be Spartacus or any young girl who wanted to be Xena, Warrior Princes, has one thing in common. They want a sword! As adults, we can look back on those innocent days and smile but when you truly look into the past, during the bronze-age, the stories of…
(Video) Prepping With Pets: How to Prepare Fido for SHTF
We suppose it’s a given. When the grid goes down and it’s time to bug out, Fido will go with us. But have any of us really given any thought to how well he or she will cope without preparation? It’s not enough just to have a sack of dog food. We need to consider…
Just Because Hot Air Rises Doesn’t Mean an Energy Bill Has to… Discover How to Easily Save Money
We are all about saving money when we can, but there are times when we feel when it comes to home repairs like we are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Not everyone is handy with brick and mortar and less so when it comes to insulating the house. Then we go off…
(Video) Avoid Doing THESE Things That’ll Instantly Give Away a Location Post-Collapse…
We do not want to be an alarmist but when the SHTF there will be desperate people out there. While your neighbors and good friends may remain that way, there will be others who will come in, deciding what is yours is theirs, and they will not hesitate in trying to take it from you.…
7 Long Lost Survivor Skills Reclaimed From Old Cards
Who knows when those “old fashion” survival tips were created? Was it in our father’s, our father’s father, or even Great-Great Grand-Daddy’s youth? The point is what was once old is now new again – especially for a prepper. During this time, when homesteaders, survivalists, and preppers are waiting for the grid to go down,…