Water is the stuff of life. You can go days and even weeks without food but a few days without water can kill you as easily as an infection or wound can, often quicker. This is why storing water for emergencies is so important. There’s quite a few ways to keep water but the big …
Category: Prepping
The Importance of Noise Discipline
One of the first things people notice when they get out of the city and into the middle of nowhere is the lack of sound. There’s still the sound of crickets, locusts, and the wind mind you, but there’s not even a hint of cars, trains, trucks, or other people to ruin the stillness and …
A Happy intersection
My usual contributions to this blog consist of pithy little bits of practical advice that you hopefully will never need to worry about, so allow me to deviate from that formula for just one go around and get all warm and fuzzy on you. It’s not that my commitment to emergency preparation has lessened, but …
The Importance of Light Discipline
Imagine this: A major disaster has struck the United States/world and you’ve implemented your survival plan. You know how to start fires, use solar power to run lights and small electronics, and finally cracked open those emergency food stores. Things are going great. But as you probably imagine, things aren’t going great for a lot …
How to Safely Store Water in Used Plastic Bottles
Storing water for an emergency is one of the most important preps you can do, and with how easy it is to accomplish, there’s no reason for you to have at least a week’s worth of water for every member of your household right now. There are lots of ways to store water for …
Organic Farming-An overview
A lot of folks, when they hear the word “Organic Farming”, think of an unwashed young person in hemp clothing hoeing a row of Swiss Chard by hand on a commune before heading off to a tasty lunch of an alfalfa grass smoothie. Well, there is nothing wrong with Swiss chard, alfalfa grass, or for …
Backpacking 101: How to Get Started
One of the best ways to experience the outdoors is on foot. A great way to do that is backpacking, the art of traveling or hiking through the outdoors by carrying one’s belongings solely in a pack. As you can imagine, this activity takes a lot of preparation, planning, and experience in order to take …
The Reluctant Prepper’s Approach
There are two types of preppers in the world. First, you have the preppers that do what they do because being prepared makes them feel comfortable and the act of prepping is fun and enjoyable to them. Second, you have preppers that only prep because they understand the need for prepping and approach every part …
5 Ways to Better Secure Your Home in an Emergency
Imagine this: Disaster has struck and you’ve decided to ride it out in your home so you can be near your supplies and have home field advantage. This is great, but if you’re anything like most people, your house is in a neighborhood and is far from defendable in its current state. All it’ll take …
Raising Bunny Rabbits: Tips
People raise rabbits for a number of reasons, including for fur, show and food. Less expensive than raising chickens, raising bunnies can turn into a profitable business or side business. If interested in this idea, check out a few tips for raising bun-buns the right way: Getting Started Before doing anything else, ensure it’s legal to …