Preparedness

As you are more likely aware, the best way to ensure one’s survival after TSHTF is to move to a rural area, this is why so many city preppers have a dwelling outside the city limits. Indeed, many of these dwellings have been optimized to turn into self-sustaining farms. While it is true that owning […]

I first learned about petroleum jelly for survival when researching ways to make my ferro rod more effective for starting fires. However, the more research I did the more uses I found for this miracle substance. Petroleum jelly is the generic term for Vaseline, a petroleum byproduct that is technically considered a lubricant. It should be

I remember when I was a teenager and saw the Mad Max movies for the first time. I remember thinking, “Wow, I sure hope that never happens for real”. Then I saw the fall of the Berlin wall, followed shortly after by the fall of communist Russia, where, although I didn’t see it firsthand, I

When thinking ahead for emergency survival for their families, most preppers have a general plan and many have started stockpiling general supplies that would be essential if disaster struck. But what about the furkids? Many assume that pets can just eat human food and will live off the land if they ever had to be

Being a prepper is a lifestyle choice, and as such you will need to build up habits that will allow you to become a proper prepper rather than just somebody who happens to have food and supplies stocked up. Some of the habits listed here might seem hard to manage and that is precisely why

So you have taken a step in the right direction. You have started prepping and honing your survival skills. However, even as you become more experienced there will likely be times when you overlook important skills, preparations, and procedures in your survival strategy. This can result in “blind spots” that can spell certain disaster in

So much information on prepping is geared toward prepping for a group of people, whether that is a family unit, a group of families, or a mutual assistance group (MAG) that goes beyond your family and neighborhood boundaries. But not everyone is prepping for a group. Perhaps it is by choice, perhaps not, but the

Some of my favorite memories are from camping trips. I’ve been lucky enough to hike in Yellowstone, Monongahela, Rocky Mountain National Park, Acadia and many parks and forests around my home region of Eastern Ohio. The pictures I’ve taken don’t do justice to the experiences I’ve had, experiences of freedom, self-reliance, community, and even fear.