James Rawles: Salt Will Be The #1 Bartering Item
Salt is a valuable commodity that could become hard to come by in a long term disaster situation. In Ancient Rome, salt was used as...
Author: Tess Pennington
Beefing Up Your Prepper Pantry with Jerky
Beef jerky is the epitome of homesteading. Our pioneer ancestors dried beef as a way to help them make it through the harsh winters and...
20 Medicinal Herbs That I Have in My Prepper Garden
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates So, many of you may be asking why I want to go to all...
7 Laws of Gardening: Time-Tested Tips For Growing a Successful Garden
We all have the best of intentions in the beginning of summer. We plan on spending the season growing a beautiful lush garden. As the summer...
10 Brilliant Ways to Keep Chickens Cool in Summer
Chickens can withstand a lot of weather extremes, but heat is not one of them. Did you know that a sudden increase in temperature is more...
A Beginners Guide to Sausage Making (Recipes Included)
My grandfather was a large influence on my passion for homesteading. He was an avid gardener, hunter, made his own wine and sausage; and was...
Survival Food Series: 25 Survival Seeds You Need For Your Garden
Living off the land sounds as inviting as Christmas dinner. But many have hardly had adequate experience being “farmers.” In fact, many have had no...
Smart Survival: This is How You Find Water When There Is None To Be Found
This article first apeared on Readynutrition.com Three weeks without food is survivable, but three days without water will kill you. With water being one of...
How to Purify 12 Gallons Of Water A Day WITHOUT Filters or Electricity
If you are like me, and you worry about the life span of your water filters in a collapse situation, and how you’ll keep purifying...
An Urban Guide to Surviving a Nuclear Attack
If you’ve been paying attention to current events lately, you might have noticed that relations between the United States and Russia haven’t been so tense...
10 Skills That Urban Preppers Should Learn
Skills are a major part of prepping. Although it is important to have supplies in place; the belief is that skills, and not supplies, will...
Preparing for Economic Instability: 6 Ways to Ready Yourself For the Inevitable
For several years now, many economic forecasters and trenders have warned the general public of a looming economic collapse – all we needed was a...
Antibiotics for SHTF Planning
If any of you have purchased antibiotics for your long-term medical supplies, you know that these are considered prepper gold. Having this medicine on hand in extended...
Off Grid Refrigeration
It is a fact that our entire way of life is dependent upon gadgets of convenience and being tied to the grid. The grid supplies...
Hunting Skills: A Necessity for Emergency Preparedness
Hunting is not for everyone, but everyone should know how to hunt to some extent. If you end up in a survival situation without food,...
Biomass Briquettes: An Alternative Fuel Source Made From Paper
We are dependent on fuel sources to provide power to run our homes and businesses, help us maintain our body temperatures in extreme weather and...