Is raising quail a realistic livestock project for you? So, you want to live more self-sufficiently but your city ordinances won’t allow chickens or big gardens? You live in an apartment which limits your “self-sufficiency square footage,” or is limited to your balcony. These conditions are deal killers. They Read more…
Preparedness is not about being a hermit, or a Rambo-like survivalist. And there might not be much time left for you to get one of your most critical assets in place–Your Community. There’s a component of preparedness that I fear most preppers omit, either because they don’t understand the Read more…
Awesome Projects for Preppers—by Guest Contributor Matt Stevens While there are a lot of people whose prepping starts and stops with stockpiling supplies, there are many others who make it a lifestyle. These people ultimately end up much better prepared, because they look beyond just having food and water and Read more…
Meatball Soup Recipe — One thing I love about my good friend Shawna is that she has a lot of good recipes that are easy, delicious and can easily be adapted to be made from your preparedness food pantry. She has shared quite a few with me over the Read more…
One of the fundamentals for being prepared for all that life throws at us is having what we really need, when we really need it–and having a back-up. I accomplish a lifestyle of Panic Free Preparedness by living by the Rule of Three. The Rule of 3, is the Read more…
Another St. Louis Police shooting of a black man just 5 miles away from the Ferguson, MO shooting that’s the cause of so much unrest this week. (WARNING: You can watch it on mute and see what happens just fine, but if you watch it with sound there is plenty Read more…
What You Need to Know About Lice– By Guest Contributor Jackie K. What I know now, compared to what I knew in January of 2010, are worlds apart. If you’ve never had the pleasure of being exposed to lice, count your blessing. I never experienced them as a child, Read more…
Everyone has the right to defend themselves. Fact: 100% of ALL firearm “accidents” occur as a result of someone violating one of the four most critical safety rules in the ownership and use of a firearm. Firearms don’t kill people as the media would have us believe, any more than Read more…
Hey there, I’ve been busy preparing for an education event that I’m taking part in this weekend. It’s an event that I’ve attended (and taught at) regularly and I’ve not missed it over the past 4 years. I got to thinking today about how much I wanted to do to Read more…
I decided that it was time for me to share with you my original list of 85 different things that I’ve come up with over the years that just might be a dead giveaway that you’re a prepper. If you find that you can nod your head to even 10 Read more…