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Prepping and General Interest The UMOS – Universal Manual Operating System Pump Action AR-15 Kit How to Build a Vertical Garden from Soda Bottles Everything You Need to Know About Vegetable Gardening in One Graphic 10 uses for eggshells | MNN – Mother Nature Network Preppers: Time to Regroup and Make Sure You Have All the Bases Covered Portable Soups as Carried by Lewis and Clark and How to Make It. 11 All-Natural Ways To Get Rid Of Ants In Your Kitchen How To Clip The Wings of Your Chicken 27 Survival Uses for Common Mullein Besides Cowboy Toilet Paper … Continue reading →

Doom and Bloom, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, have a video worth your time. It’s entitled, Video: What If It DOESN’T Hit The Fan? | Doom and Bloom (TM), and is something every person who prepares needs to consider. Prepping is important, but don’t let it consume you. Prepping and General Interest How To Grow Your Own Antibacterial Bandages Tips for Increasing Your Herbal Know-How Bug Out Bags, and Bug Out Bag Content Lists – What You Need to Know Before Bugging Out… CRAFTING: Mending, Knitting & More Small Batch Fruit Preserving Building Our Family Ark Learn to Shoot … Continue reading →

The news report that ISIS Has Seized 88 Pounds Of Uranium In Northern Iraq is quite disturbing. Reports I’ve seen are focused on whether the nuclear material can be used to make a nuclear weapon. The issue that worries me, though, is whether this material will be used in radiological dispersion devices, AKA “Dirty Bombs.” Use of these devices in key areas of our society, such as Wall Street and the nation’s capital, would create social and economic chaos on a level not before seen in this country; beyond that of even the terrorist attacks of 9-11-2001. Prepping and General … Continue reading →

Be sure to check out my latest podcast, Episode 229 – Have You Reached Peak Prepping Stress, where I discuss some of the issues that may be adding to your preparedness stress levels. Also, I have a new article up on The Survival Mom website, Preparedness Uses for Coffee Filters? , where I test coffee filters and their efficacy in preparedness tasks. You might be surprised to find out that they aren’t as good of a prepping item as you may think they would be. Prepping and General Interest See This Hidden Trap Door In The Ground? Just Wait Til … Continue reading →

This is a curated list of news stories and articles having interested to the preparedness community. 125 Years Ago… Or Today? It isn’t evident to younger preppers, but as one ages, it becomes apparent we have been dealing with the same issues for decades. The economy, immigration, banking, jobs, political issues – all are the same. Not much has changed. They say without the perspective of history, we are doomed to repeat it. However, I think it’s more accurate to say that without the historical perspective, we become the fools of history. Be sure to listen to the next podcast, where … Continue reading →

This is a curated list of news stories and articles having interested to the preparedness community. I don’t generally post political commentary on this site, as it’s a site about preparedness, but completely ignoring what happens politically is also not good. There were a few news articles over the holiday weekend I needed to comment on. In this country, we are suffering a group of people that seem to be desparately bent on destroying what this country is, its values, its honor. This article seems to explain why: Pew Survey: 60% of ‘Solid Liberals’ Not Proud to Be Americans . If … Continue reading →

This is a curated list of news stories and articles having interested to the preparedness community. Prepping and General Interest How to Stock up on Antibiotics without a Prescription REVIEW: Green coffee beans – The Perfect Cuppa Joe Today and Long-Term Storage Tomorrow Is America Under Biological Attack? What to Do If Your Partner Thinks Prepared = Paranoid Permaculture Gardening Tips for Food Production How To Field Dress A Turkey Some Tips for Preppers on Cooking with Wet Packed Canned Foods Growing Potatoes in Thin Air with Aeroponics 5 Simple Steps To Robust Spaghetti Squash Street Justice: Devastating Counter-Attack Leaves … Continue reading →

This is a curated list of news stories and articles having interested to the preparedness community. Prepping and General Interest Episode 228 – Discussing Economy and Prepping Articles Essential Survival TV – New Essential Oils for Autism & PTSD Prepper Preparedness: Personal Fitness and Health 50 Plants to Keep Away from Your Survival Farm Does Death Loom Over the CSA Already? Top 5 Barter Items for Surviving in a Barter Economy Asthma and Survival How I Started Growing Food….about 41 years ago Disabling Mosquito Virus Invades US Food Storage for Long Term: Vacuum Sealers, Mylar Bags and Oxygen Absorbers 6 … Continue reading →