No, no, not coffee drinkers deprived of their morning cuppa! (Hmm, well maybe, but that’s another story.) I’m talking about actual wild animals and the risk they bring to preppers. The most dangerous animals on the planet It’s no contest.… Continue Reading
It’s that time of year in my neck of the woods where neighbors might sneak bags of zucchini or tomatoes onto your porch at night. They’re easy and popular garden vegetables, so there’s often a superabundance in mid-season. They grow… Continue Reading
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
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
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
It’s dry here, and has been for months. Well, droughts happen. We recently did a piece on some things we’d done to drought-proof our food production (you can find that here). In this piece and podcast, Salty and I talk… Continue Reading
Unglamorous as it is (no matter if you put a cute name on a toilet like Lovable Loo does), waste management has got to be done wherever there are people . Some people are more full of waste than others!… Continue Reading
Suppose you’ve bugged out. You’ve arrived at the chunk of land where you have decided to stay — maybe for a few days, maybe longer — and it’s time to set up a place to rest your head. You don’t… Continue Reading
Having all waste water whisked effortlessly away is one of the great under-rated luxuries of modern life. That luxury might not be there in an emergency, and/or at the bug-out location (BOL). What’s the next best thing? Handling gray water… Continue Reading
Suppose the time has come to bug out to The Woods! Everything got packed, no child got left behind at a rest stop, you successfully negotiated the highways clogged with traffic. Nice! Now you’re turning off the pavement onto the… Continue Reading
Perennial plantings are the gift that keeps on giving to preppers. Put the work in now, reap the benefits from now on. Two such plants are a match made in heaven: They cooperate very well in the same bed, they… Continue Reading
Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and more: All berries are perennial fruits with attractive flowers that are good for supporting pollinators and attracting wildlife. Between them, they can keep you in fresh fruit May though late summer, with plenty left over to… Continue Reading
Long shelf-life freeze-dried foods are ubiquitous in Prepper World. They’re pretty good and have an enormous shelf life, but they’re also fairly pricey. A vacuum sealer & system for mason jars gives you the capability to store a wide variety… Continue Reading
In the first article of this series, we looked at why garlic is useful to a prepper — I mean, beyond being tasty and keeping away vampires. In this part (see Part 1 by clicking here), we look at how to… Continue Reading
Americans have long had a love/hate relationship with the dandelion (Taraxacum species). The early Europeans immigrants clearly liked them; they imported dandelions to plant in their yards. To say the plant was successful here would be pretty accurate. Dandelions show… Continue Reading