Prepping is like any other worthwhile endeavor – there are going to be a few stumbles along the way. Fortunately, you can avoid some of them by learning from the mistakes of others. The important thing is to not lose… Continue Reading
Lists While some people have photographic memories, or amazing powers of mental organization, I am not one of them. So, I use lists as part of my prepping planning and as an active part of doing many of the things… Continue Reading
I’m Back! Some of you have been around awhile and may have read a few of my posts when 3BY was new. As the site developed, I hit a point of writer’s block, not to mention being kind of busy… Continue Reading
Most people (me included) aren’t fans of being considered wild-eyed lunatics, or fearful Chicken Littles. That’s what a lot of people think of when they hear ‘prepper’, though. Still, many of us want to talk to people we care about… Continue Reading
Perennial plants are a prepper’s best friend. You can put them in when you have the time, resources, and convenient shopping options. Then with minimal additional effort on your part, the food shows up year after year. Delivery trucks not… Continue Reading
3 Best Upgrades for Your Gun – Prepper Edition Salty’s Note: this guest article was written for 3BY by Josh. What are the best upgrades for your gun? You’ve probably asked this question several times before stumbling upon this article.… Continue Reading
Small Prepper Success, Failure Failure is the best teacher, but sometimes it is good to celebrate the minor victories. Let’s be real for a moment. Most of us will only experience minor successes because catastrophes are not likely to happen. … Continue Reading
Health is the single most important prep, ever. Doing what we have to do to improve our health as much as reasonably possible is the most important prep we can do. We All Know What We Need To Do For… Continue Reading
Ye Ole Prepping Fails: Yet another year has passed us by, and like every year we’ve had a lot of prepping successes and failures. Our one biggest failure of the year, a broken ankle by Salty, had elements of prepping… Continue Reading
Be honest, people think we are all a bunch of nuts because we prep, don’t they? This bothers some of us, while others wear the obvious difference like a badge of honor. While many of us find humor in the… Continue Reading
Social Chaos or Civil War? There has been a question in the news lately as to whether our politics has become so uncivil that we may fall into some sort of social chaos or even civil war. (Don’t worry, I’m… Continue Reading
Why Glock? While Salty is our gun expert, I occasionally write gun related posts. Because of living in different parts of the country, personal preferences, etc. we sometimes have contrasting views. My favorite firearms for Armageddon are ARs and Glocks. … Continue Reading
If the Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF) where is the food going & water going to come from? To me, that’s the single biggest question when it comes to choosing a bugout location. So… let’s talk about where the food… Continue Reading
Prepper Fiction vs. Reality Many of us have read a substantial amount of apocalyptic fiction and in many cases the stories have motivated us to become preppers, or to step up our prepping plans because the stories seemed so credible.… Continue Reading
You might be a prepper if… I remember the old “you might be a redneck if” jokes were all the rage, and sometimes I think you can look at our family and fill a whole comedy routine with nothing but… Continue Reading