The Day the Trash Stopped Coming: Sanitation in a Long-Term Crisis Picture this: It’s a Tuesday morning. You shuffle out to the curb in your fuzzy slippers, dragging that heroic black trash bag full of last week’s pizza boxes, dryer lint, and the mysterious thing in your fridge that’s been Read more…
It’s 2 a.m. The raccoons are fighting in the backyard like it’s Fight Club for trash pandas. You’re staring at the ceiling, mentally reorganizing your food storage by expiration date, debating if powdered eggs are worth the existential crisis. Sound familiar? Friend, if you think being prepared means you can Read more…
Let’s be honest: if Diatomaceous Earth were a person, it’d be that unassuming friend who shows up in hiking boots, knows five languages, brews their own kombucha, and can field-dress a deer and a wound. It’s got range. You’ve probably heard that it kills bugs by dehydrating them to the Read more…
From homemade dry shampoo to reusable toilet wipes—because the apocalypse doesn’t have to stink. There comes a time in every prepper’s life when they must ask themselves one haunting question: Do I smell like a human or a hibernating badger who just lost a fight with a garlic clove? Let’s Read more…
From the moment I took that first fizzy swig—okay, more like a reluctant swish—of diluted hydrogen peroxide for these mouth sores that showed up uninvited like distant cousins at a family reunion, I remembered just how many times this humble brown bottle has come to my rescue. It’s not fancy. Read more…
Let’s talk about the great unraveling—literally and figuratively—that occurs every time disaster looms, whether it’s a snowstorm, a pandemic, or a news anchor saying the word “supply chain” with that furrowed brow. I’m talking about the unspoken, irrational urge that sends millions sprinting toward the paper goods aisle like it’s Read more…
(Because TP runs out, but smart sanitation never does.) Let’s talk about the real elephant in the outhouse: your so-called “prepared” bathroom. I know, I know—some of you have an entire garage packed with Costco-sized TP mountains, thinking you’re set for the next five years. But let me break it Read more…
If there were a “Swiss Army knife” of plants, it would be Moringa oleifera. This isn’t your average backyard herb—this is the powerhouse of all powerhouses. If you could only grow one thing to keep yourself nutritionally fortified in an off-grid, grid-down, or just plain “I forgot to go grocery Read more…
Be sure to read Part 1: The Truth About Vitamins: Are You Getting What Your Body Needs? As preppers, we know the importance of planning ahead, and this includes nutritional preparedness. The modern food supply isn’t enough to sustain optimal health, especially in long-term crises. Supplementing with the right kind Read more…
In a world where vitamin and mineral supplements line store shelves with promises of better health, it’s shocking to learn how little most people—including sellers—know about what they’re buying or selling. The vitamin industry is a billion-dollar juggernaut, but not all supplements are created equal. Are you taking a synthetic Read more…