Survival seeds sold in packages for preppers… we’ve all seen them advertised, but how many of us have ever tried to use them? This year, we’ve decided to give a package of seeds we bought 7 years ago a try.… Continue Reading
The Survival Mindset By Jim Cobb As many of my readers know, I love to talk about the mental aspects of survival just as much, if not more than, the physical preparations. The so-called soft skills like interpersonal communication, conflict… Continue Reading
How to choose the best survival knife – 5 things to remember Salty’s Note: The following is written as a guest post by Billy of Perkin Knives. Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You doesn’t do affiliate links or advertising, but we… Continue Reading
Nuclear Suburbia While my modus operandi has been to largely ignore the type of disaster until it actually happens, there has been concern that New York City would be a terrorist target, . . . again, with the terrorists using… Continue Reading
Ice. We live in north Missouri, and the winter of 2018-2019 has been absolutely horrible in terms of ice, and dealing with ice has been a daily chore for us since October. I’m not talking “an ice storm here or… Continue Reading
Furnaces fail. Cars slide into snowbanks. Mass transit doesn’t arrive when it was counted upon. Kids lose gloves. Footing slips, landing feet in cold water. Cold injuries (read more about them here) are a real risk in these kinds of… Continue Reading
Trangia Westwind Alcohol Stove Evaluation. Short version: IMNTBHO – This is a VERY GOOD BOB burner / stove. Using either Ever Clear grain alcohol or Denatured Alcohol from a paint store, it raised a quart of water from 69 degrees… Continue Reading
Survival seed banks are good… but… Because there has to be a “but”, right? I recently read a good article on a very popular, well run prepper site which extolled the virtues of survival seed banks. It’s a good article,… 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
Rescue Capabilities While we generally think of prepping as preparing for some widespread event, quite often life-threatening events are quite personal, involving just one person or a small group. All that is required is for someone to get themselves into… Continue Reading
I recently spent most of a vacation visiting some of America’s wild places. This trip took a friend (Doc) and I out of our comfort zones and out of range of quick assistance. It was a good model for some… Continue Reading
Emergency Funds Many emergencies are personal in nature and there is a perpetual concern among preppers that during a SHTF event bank cards and checks won’t work and only cash will do. The truly concerned will worry that even cash… Continue Reading
Slugs Don’t you just hate slugs? Giant slugs that not only gnaw on your strawberries, tomatoes, and other formerly-fine produce, but leave sliiimmmeeeee all over what’s left…. Don’t even get me *started* about what happens if you walk out into… Continue Reading
You have to know your place. Nah, this post is SO not about telling you to behave; it seems to me when people say “Know your place” in that sense they’re always certain your place is below them, and I’m… Continue Reading
Toxic spills. Spice & I work as a volunteer on a regional emergency management committee, and the #1 thing we prep for around here is something I don’t hear anybody talking about… probably because it’s not sexy, doesn’t require guns… Continue Reading