Home food production is an important prepper ability. It’s also one that takes preparation on the front end, both in having materials and knowing how to use them. The best way to be good at gardening is to keep one… Continue Reading
It happens. The End Of The World As We Know It. Fortunately, TEOTWAWKI happens in the spring. (Really the best time for it; Universe please take note.) The intrepid prepper grabs his Can o Seeds, digs up his yard, and… Continue Reading
Road trip! It seems like half the prepper fiction books start with the protagonist being hundreds or thousands of miles from home when disaster strikes. Why? Because travel can be a rich source of problems for preppers. Good for authors;… Continue Reading
Should pseudoephedrine (trade name Sudafed) be among your preps? In this podcast, Salty and I explore the upsides and downsides of this potent drug. (The usual caveat: We’re not physicians and don’t give medical advice. This is for your information… Continue Reading
All of us know what kinds of weather our home areas are likely to get, and the warning signs it’s coming. We have preps and plans to deal with those. (We do, right? If not, time to get on that.)… Continue Reading
The story is as old as human agriculture. You prepare, plant, carefully tend, watching the food come to perfection in the summer sun. You watch as the colors brighten and the fruits get fat and yielding. The last dawn breaks… Continue Reading
In a previous podcast and article, Salty and I talked about what animals actually are dangerous to preppers, and under what circumstances. In this one, we talk about the most important steps anyone can take to reduce their likelihood of… Continue Reading
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
New Orleans and surrounding areas were a complete mess in so many ways after Katrina; but they did have a lot of lessons preppers can learn from. My friend Doc was called into the disaster response early on and spent… Continue Reading
It’s tough to sort out what of the endless yammering abut nutrition is accurate and relevant. Sorting out what’s relevant in the context of prepping is tougher still. One of the big nutrition topics these days antioxidants. What, if anything,… Continue Reading
Just between you and me … I’m not one of those people who finds strength training fun. And yet, here I am, twice a week: Why? It’s actually one of the more important preps I can make, both for dealing… Continue Reading
Heat injury can easily and quickly turn you from a hard-working prepper into somebody who is entirely incapacitated or dead. It’s serious stuff, so let’s take a look at what it is and what it looks like. Salty and I… Continue Reading
I was noticing this morning how many of my favorite preps are cheaper than a fancy coffee … or nearer to my heart, a prime ice cream treat. Since these can fit in most everyone’s budget, the main barrier is… 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
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