Beets? Are those even a real food? Well, I’ve never eaten them much either. My garden is there in part to be a prepper’s experimental test bed though, so I’m trying some things so I can share the results with… Continue Reading
Maybe you love your dog like a family member. Maybe you love a family member who loves the dog. One way or another, you’ve got to bug out and the dog’s coming along. Are you, and the dog, ready for… Continue Reading
Backup. It’s probably one of the most ignored preps against “everyday” SHTF disaster moments, and frankly there’s no excuse for electronics owners to not back up their equipment. None. I get it, backup is totally un-fun! It’s true, setting up… Continue Reading
This is my third year watering gardens from drip irrigation systems, and I’ve been very pleased with it. It saves water, time, frustration. It stretches a dinky little half inch thunderstorm into two good waterings. Most importantly, it saves food… Continue Reading
There’s been a lot of talk in Sports World lately about concussion, as the sports world comes at last to the amazing conclusion that smashing your brain is bad for you. Emergency situations, where people might have to do more vigorous… Continue Reading
The Satanic Banking Cult. If you have been regularly reading my PrepperNomics posts, you’ve probably realized that many of my ideas for posts come from the more fevered elements of the Prepper community. The “paranoia” about the economy seems to… Continue Reading
We use pressurized gas, and chemicals that vaporize into gas, for so many things: Natural gas for home heating and cooking, acetylene for welding, oxygen for medical use, ammonia as fertilizer; it just goes on and on. All of them,… Continue Reading
Spice and I spent the day watering our fruit tree orchard at The Place “hillbilly style”… which is to say using a cheap but effective method from the back of our rusty-but-trusty 20-year-old 4X4 pickup. Orchard care, hillbilly style First,… Continue Reading
Clean, drinkable, temperature controlled water at the turn of a tap gets my vote for the greatest invention of human civilization, and the biggest driver of improvement in human health. If its delivery fails though, its critical that preppers have… Continue Reading
Thoughts on Barter and Trade Part 3 is the third part of a series. You can read Part 1 HERE, and Part 2 HERE. Barter & Trade of Precious Metals When it comes to Precious Metals (PMs), unless you are… Continue Reading
Why is prepping seemingly dominated by men? Ah, women don’t care about protecting their loved ones! No….that’s not it. Oh I know; women are incapable of forethought or planning! That hypothesis dies in a single word: Weddings. Here’s one real truth:… Continue Reading
Wouldn’t it be nifty to just drape a damp towel around your neck and have it effectively cool you down? Cooling towels require no electricity and can be re-used for a very long time. It sounds like a great idea… Continue Reading
Ruger Mark IV. I’ve always enjoyed Salty’s gun reviews, but I seem to have a taste for different firearms, so I’ve decided to do this one, and if it is well received, maybe I’ll do a couple more. A few… Continue Reading
We’ve been testing the ranges of our various GMRS / FRS radios. We all know the silly and outrageous claims made by manufacturers about the ranges of these radios. Anybody who has used them in a real-world setting knows to… Continue Reading
There aren’t many preps so versatile you can buy them everywhere from medical supply houses to tool shops, or equally useful for keeping the smell of gun solvent off your hands and keeping you Ebola-free; but nitrile gloves fit the… Continue Reading