Prepper news and tips for survival, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and disaster preparedness.
By Daisy Luther There’s no denying that for many of us, times are tight. Many homes have a basket by the door full of unopened bills. Bank accounts are in overdraft. Every week the charges at the grocery store are a little bit higher than…
By Daisy Luther Excerpt from The Pantry Primer: A Prepper’s Guide to Whole Food on a Half-Price Budget *** Another important consideration when building your pantry is the restrictions of family members with food-related issues. There are many people who must eliminate certain foods or…
By Tess Pennington Each of us has every intention of ensuring our family has what it needs to survive and thrive. Part of your disaster mitigation plan should be planning for the possibility of having to evacuate from your bug-out location and living off of stored rations from…
By Daisy Luther When disaster seems imminent, there’s one vital decision that preppers have to make: bug in or bug out? The lyrics from the chorus of a song by The Clash sums it up – you’ve got trouble either way, but one way will…
By Daisy Luther One day, you’re just moving through life with everyone else in your office or at your church, and then, for whatever reason, the reality of how tenuous our current lifestyle is, hits you squarely between the eyes. You realize that electricity and…
By Heather Callaghan If you are in your retirement years or anticipating that last work week, you can readily be grateful and breathe a sigh of relief. You may be the last generation in America to enjoy such hard-earned fruits of labor. A very short-lived…
By Gaye Levy As the weather continues to improve, my daily hikes get longer. I am so blessed to live in an area with miles of hiking trails, many just a few footsteps outside my front door. Even if that were not the case, hiking…
Just how much damage can result from one severed wire? One crashed circuit board? A few errant keystrokes or transposed digits? It might surprise you to learn the magnitude of the impact of such a seemingly minor glitch. With the incredible reliance we have on…
By Tess Pennington I am inspired by the very definition of self-reliance: to be reliant on one’s own capabilities, judgment, or resources. Ultimately, it is the epitome of independence and lays the groundwork of what we are all striving for – to live a life…
By Idealist Revolution Our modern society is highly dependent upon the “system.” Not only do we rely upon utility services to bring us electricity, water and natural gas, but also on an incredibly complex supply chain which provides us with everything from food to computers….
by Gaye Levy When I first started getting serious about food storage, I found myself facing an entirely new vocabulary of food storage terms. It should come as no surprise that one of those terms was “Oxygen Absorber”. At the time, I had no clue…
by Gaye Levy Over a recent dinner at my place with like-minded friends, the conversation turned to the state of the world, our country, and society in general. While this was supposed to be a fun evening and a much needed break from long workdays,…
by Daisy Luther One of the most common reasons that people give for not prepping is the cost involved. People seem to have this mental image of a bedroom or basement dedicated to being filled to the rafters with cans of Chef-Boy-Ardee. They imagine someone…
by Lizzie Bennett Not everyone is an experienced prepper. Even though I’ve been on the preparedness trail for about three years I still consider myself a newcomer, and most days I learn something new. This article is for those who like me, feel overwhelmed at…
by Joshua Krause A few weeks ago I wrote about how useful it would be to store thousands of books on an e-reader device, such as a Kindle. Surely, this isn’t the first time the idea has been proposed for the prepper community, but it…
By Daisy Luther, Organic Prepper The economic climate has a lot of people scrambling to stock up on food right now. Add to an uncertain job market the food shortage caused by extreme weather conditions across the country, and we could be looking at a…
by Gaye Levy When it comes to stockpiling survival preps, two items are always near the top my list: food and land to grow food. Those, in my opinion, are the two most valuable commodities to have if the world and society goes to heck. …
By Common Sense Home Do you love the taste and health benefits of blueberries? Would you like a fruit crop that will produce well in a short amount of time and doesn’t require a lot of space (and can even be grown in a container)?…
Natural Blaze Ladies…and gentleman! Perish the thought you ever find your hands bound in duct tape, but if you do here’s how to get out. With a proper use of force, you can use your arms to break free. That’s the important factor. By raising…
By Heather Callaghan Do you have some chocolate? An aluminum can? Cloth? Tinder and wood? Throw in some sunlight and you got fire! It doesn’t seem that this would be your best bet to start fire in a survival situation – but that’s what this…
