I’m sitting here in a significant amount of pain with my right foot in a boot because I ignored one of my preps and went blindly about my business. Ignored Prep This morning I was heading off to work (I… Continue Reading
Few things make for crankier campout mornings than waking up wet. To be fair, by the time morning comes you’ve often been up for a while, shivering and miserable and trying to fix problems that can’t be quickly fixed. If… Continue Reading
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Want five(ish) easy ways to help your immune system out that won’t cost you an (extra) dime? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Almost without exception, giving your immune system a boost is a good thing, so lets take… Continue Reading
Dual Purpose, One Radio One of the things I look for when buying short-range group-communications radios like GMRS/FRS and CB is that they also have a dual purpose… a NOAA weather radio built into the unit. I’ve also a couple… Continue Reading
Americans spend a lot of time in their cars. We’re in our cars when we’re farthest from where our main preps are (our homes). That makes a well-prepped car an important feature of overall prepping. It’s particularly important in winter,… Continue Reading
Hurricane Preparations As I write this, Hurricane Florence has hit the Carolinas and is the worst hurricane to hit that area since 1954. 1.5 million people were under mandatory evacuation orders. Hopefully, the powers that be (TPTB) will have responded… Continue Reading
Five Preps You Can Buy For $5 Since prepping can be very expensive, we thought we would share five preps you can buy for a total cost of $5. There are a whole host of preps you can buy for… Continue Reading
It’s a rainy Sunday morning … so I went for a hike. Why? Well honestly, walking in the rain can be its own excuse; it’s got a peaceful groove all its own. I also put on my ‘bugout gear’, what… Continue Reading
I almost died yesterday. I’m going to break format here at Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You and simply just tell you what happened. I looked, but I never saw it I was driving a company-supplied automobile, a late model Chevrolet… Continue Reading
Prepping 101: How To Compost Composting is a critical prepping skill, one that’s important to know (and do) whether in good times or bad. There’s nothing better for a garden than good, quality compost, and a compost pile in your… Continue Reading
Here’s a Catch-22 for the prepper: Many disasters might make it necessary to produce one’s own food to have all you need. Also, many disasters make it harder to produce food by their impacts on the weather. How can preppers… Continue Reading
Locations, Locations, Locations After spending a lot of time on prepper forums and websites, I’ve noticed something interesting. People are spending an inordinate amount time talking about their Bugout Bags (BOB’s) and Bugout Vehicles (BOV’s), but very little time discussing… Continue Reading
Volcano Weather The title of this post is also the title of a book, “Volcano Weather: The Story of the Year Without a Summer 1816” by Henry Stommel and Elizabeth Stommel. Unfortunately, this book (non-fiction) is now out of print,… Continue Reading
I didn’t get my little boat to be a prep. I got it because I like paddling around on our little local lakes. But is a small boat a legitimate prep? In certain kinds of circumstances, it can be. Salty and… Continue Reading