12 Simple Secrets for Building Healthy Soil
It’s rare that we see raw land healthy and ready to plant our survival gardens. Usually, we’re going…
Survival Gardening: Squash Bugs and Borers
If you have a squash bug (SB) or squash vine borer (SVB) problem, it can be a big…
Reflectors and Mylar: Home, Garden and On The Go
There are all kinds of ways windshield reflectors and space blankets can make life easier and increase our…
Modern Minuteman – Wilderness Skills
Editor’s Note: As we prepare to celebrate our Republics 243rd birthday what could be more appropriate than a…
Modern Minuteman – Yes-No-Maybe Skillsets Vol. 2
Many aspects of the Modern Minuteman toolbox apply to preparedness in general, however personal and small-scale or widespread…
Prepper Pantry – A Pound of Pasta
Editor’s Note: To answer your question, Yes! After moving this post into WordPress for publication I did have…
Run-n-Gun: Lights, Camera, Action
Whatever our primary shooting type and needs, there are a few things we can do to make sure…
What’s Your Trigger Finger Doing?
If our accuracy has plateaued or backslid, we may have picked up one of several finger habits. Two…
Upcycling for Preppers – Pool Noodles
Fear not, you’re not going to see cutesy flowers, beer floats, or kiddie obstacle courses. Pool noodles have…
Modern Minuteman – Yes-No-Maybe Skillsets
As if preparedness alone didn’t have enough to learn and do, along with the modern minuteman movement comes…
Practical Prep: Range Tips
For many preppers, static square ranges are the only opportunity to put rounds through the barrel. They do…
Shooting Tactics and Training: Practice Practicality
Static square ranges and competitions are commonly the only firearm practice available to preppers. Sometimes, those square ranges…
Survival Gardening: Cutting Costs
Starting, expanding and maintaining a garden can be expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. From developing and…
Survival Gardening: Back and Body Savers
Being able to produce food with minimal wear on the body has a number of advantages. One, it…
Roughing It – Tips I Never See
I should say rarely, not never. And some I do see, I just don’t see them pointed out…
DIY MRE Alternatives
MRE’s enjoy unending popularity within prepper folds, although sometimes the issues – weight, waste, size, and expense –…
Backyard Self-Reliance: Luffa
The desire to be more self-reliant tends to strike all preppers here and there, regardless of location. While…
Productive & Easy Container Gardening
Some of us are restricted entirely to small spaces, and some of us have either clay, rock, or…
Snap Caps: Training Anywhere, Anytime for Anyone
Beginner or advanced shooter, incorporating dry fire in training can help us improve. There is the potential that…
Prep to Excesses – Supplies to Over Stock
Balanced storage is important to ensure we really can weather life’s storms, great and small, personal or widespread.…
Insurance Checkups
Many of us consider our preps – from spare boots and cold-weather gear to our backup tools and…
Better Training with Cheapo Targets
A lot of times, we get what we pay for. Sometimes, though, the best things in life are…
Modern Minuteman – Big-time Basics
Beyond individual and small-group home, property, and self-defense, we increasingly hear a call for citizens to stand up…
Upcycling for Preppers: Coat Hangers
There must be 101 ways we can use coat hangers, all over the house, yard, and vehicle. For…
Fact-checking Gun Factoids
There’s a number of things that get passed around about firearms, even among shooters, that bear some consideration.…
Raised Beds – Pro-Con Fact -check
Before we get started, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of permanent and raised beds.…
Sprouts for Preppers
Sprouts can be a great solution for preppers at all levels, as well as our animals. They can…
Practical Preps: Backyard Projects Big and Small
Dead of winter or height of summer, there are some relatively quick, easy, and commonly inexpensive projects we…
The Case for Hybrid Seeds
Once we join this prepper culture, we start getting pushed toward heirloom seed stockpiles. There’s definitely value in…
Canning Jars – Versatility Via Variety
Canning jars come in a wide variety of sizes, and two common lid sizes. It’s not a bad…