Prepper news and tips for survival, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and disaster preparedness.
By Lizzie Bennett We hear a great deal about the prepper mindset, the will to survive. Well I have discovered during the last couple of weeks that having a prepper mindset may not be enough to get me through a major crisis. A…
By Lizzie Bennett Are you predator or prey? If you spend any amount of time around animals you will notice that they are creatures that maximise every opportunity to get a meal or gain the upper hand in most situations. Even domestic pets follow…
By Lizzie Bennett The reasons we turn to preparedness as a way of life are so variable it’s impossible to cover all of them. Some have a personal crisis (me), others have a bad feeling about the way the world is going, some have been…
By Ryan Banister Preparedness is more than a method of planning, it is a lifestyle. Long-term survival strategies are most effective when they are incorporated into one’s daily life. Anybody who seeks to be prepared for the future should be prepared to live out their…
By Natural Blaze Permaculture homesteader Justin Rhodes successfully raised ten free-range organic turkeys for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays for no cost. In the video below, Justin documents his first attempt at raising turkeys from getting poults to pasture. He recovers his feed costs by…
By Lizzie Bennett Some Life-Saving Advice About Mylar Emergency Blankets: And 28 Alternative Uses for Them As it’s getting colder it’s a good time to revisit the uses of mylar blankets in survival situations…and to warn people that these things can kill you if you…
By Lizzie Bennett I wrote a few days ago about vehicle preparedness in winter. I want to follow on from that today with things you should be thinking of if you find yourself caught outside in freezing weather. People find themselves caught outside in freezing…
By Lizzie Bennett Okay, so you have a three-year food supply, bagged, wrapped, canned and stored. You have rotated your stock, and stored what you will actually eat. You have it covered right? Well maybe, maybe not. Do you know how many calories are in…
By Lizzie Bennett Although all vegetables are good for us some are more nutrient dense than others. As a general guide the more vibrant the colour the more packed with minerals and vitamins a vegetable is. Dark green ‘curly’ cabbage trumps light green every time….
By Lizzie Bennett Regardless of what you think the future may throw at you there are some things that will put you in good stead whatever happens. A crisis will fall into one of five categories: Personal Local Widespread National International Global Each one of…
By Lizzie Bennett If you want a versatile, strong plant that has a huge amount of uses look no further than bamboo. Much Maligned But A Perfect Prepper Plant: 15 Reasons Why You Should Grow Bamboo Bamboo is a grass that most people assume can…
By Lizzie Bennett You know the story, the weather forecast puts out a hurricane warning and the store shelves are empty within two hours, but hurricane preparedness is much more than stocking up on extra food. Hurricane Matthew is currently battering Haiti with 145mph winds,…
By Joshua Krause Several months ago I wrote about some of the ways that you can make gunpowder from scratch if society collapses. Those methods were crude and could be used to create a product that doesn’t have as much punch as modern gunpowder, but…
By Amanda Froelich A photographer traveled to Russia and Ukraine to document the hermits that live in self-imposed exile. These images are enchanting… While the idea of living off-grid might seem like an exciting one, it certainly isn’t for everyone. In the depths of the…
By Daisy Luther Life hacks are all over the place at the minute (seriously, they’re everywhere) and some are really good – but often they’re more Martha Stewart than Grizzly Adams. Here are a few life hacks that are applicable not only to regular everyday…
By Jeremiah Johnson “I’ve always wanted to have a neighbor…just like you. I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood…with you, so…let’s make the most of this beautiful day….” – Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood ReadyNutrition Guys and Gals, this piece summarizes one of the episodes of…
By Amanda Froelich The First Aid Blanket offers clear instructions with regards to dealing with an unconscious victim. You never know when disaster might strike. And, not everyone is CPR-certified or capable of thinking clearly during tense situations. Fortunately, researchers of Zhejiang University in China…
By Daisy Luther Around the world, governments have recently been issuing an unsettling call for their citizens to become more self-reliant. Just this week, the governments of both Germany and Czechoslovakia warned that people should be prepared for ““be prepared for the worst case possible scenario.” But…
By Gaye Levy Essential oils have been used for healing and medicinal purposes for centuries and most certainly long before we had pills, capsules and big pharma to take care of our medical woes. And while there is a place for manufactured pharmaceuticals in our…
By Amanda Froelich The internet is infatuated with an unidentified man who is teaching primitive technology – the art of surviving using only basic tools such as fire, sticks, water, dirt, and rocks. A nameless Australian man has gained internet stardom in a relatively short…
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