Strait up: In Salty’s humble opinion, a lot of preppers spend far too much time “observing” instead of actually prepping. The biggest keyword in prepping is DO. Hear me out, I’m not trying to be mean… but… “do”, not “observe”.… 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
How do you know what herbal treatments actually work? Pro tip: . The real answer is not “Read it here on 3BY!” … or at least that’s not the full answer. Truth is, many herbal remedies, health advice, etc. work very… Continue Reading
Physical training and being fit takes time and effort, no two ways about it. How much time and how much effort? Is it worth the payback? In this podcast, Salty and I talk it over. We’re not physicians or physical… Continue Reading
This year I started my own garden plants, and it was actually pretty fun (mostly). I will be doing it from here on out, using what I learned this season. Why start your own garden plants? Many prepping experts agree… Continue Reading
Operational Security (OPSEC) is really, really hard for a motor-mouth like me to maintain, but it’s something we HAVE to do if we don’t want the whole town showing up on our doorstep if the Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF).… Continue Reading
Train like you want to react in an emergency, because it could save your (and other people’s) life. Train like you want to react – an example When a bad guy charged the prepper, the prepper pulled out his handgun… Continue Reading
Prepper vs. hoarder — Do you remember how ammunition, especially .22LR, essentially disappeared from the shelves after Sandy Hook? Prior to Sandy Hook, some of us had stocked up on ammunition, just like we stock up on food and other… Continue Reading
Eliminate things? Cut back? It’s a hard thing, to get out the loppers and cut a perfectly decent limb off of a fruit tree. You can just see the fruit it might bear come fall! Of course, the way it’s angled it will… Continue Reading
Why are AR-15s so controversial? The rule here is no politics, but we are pro-2nd Amendment. I was asked to write a post on AR-15s explaining why they are both popular, and such a hot button with 2nd Amendment opponents. Since I… Continue Reading
Paranoid Prepper recently wrote the article PrepperNomics 107: A Look At Mutual Assistance Groups (MAG) Contracts. A reader mentioned that the hard part is to figure out who to trust if your MAG is not family based. Trust Trust is probably… Continue Reading
Collecting Swarms – The Nuts And Bolts Of It One option that may be employed to collect swarms is the swarm “bait hive”. It is simply a box that is placed as an artificial nest cavity for bees. Prior to… Continue Reading
Starting your first hive or expanding your current colony numbers? Just getting started in beekeeping? One method of acquiring bees would be to capture a swarm. Although this may not be a guaranteed method of acquiring bees, it is one… Continue Reading
The 4th in the Rule of 3’s is the amount of time someone can survive without food – three week period. Candidly, I didn’t consider three weeks without the possibility to resupply to even be a possibility. Seeing what happened… Continue Reading