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Here are a few ways we can cut down on the labor and time of gardening and increase our yields, whether we’re just getting started with some pots or whether we’re ready to expand our production in times of crisis

If you have the tooling, settle for the basics and shop wisely, you should be able to bring this in under $50

It has been on my list of things I should probably know how to do and when my stepfather, who keeps bees, brought me seven pounds of beeswax from his hives, I thought the time was right.

Your emergency bag is just as important as the supplies inside it, so pay close attention to what you are buying.

For us it was the combination of hearing about the increasing devastation of more natural disasters in the U.S. and abroad, and seeing how many people lost their jobs and homes during the economic recession.

Sometimes collecting knowledge can be a pricey and time-consuming prospect. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t learn, but we need to prioritize as with anything else.

These hobbies for preppers will give you skills that you can use in a survival situation but can also enrich your life right now.

We plan on how we will act, what prepping supplies we will need to acquire and we plan how to talk to family members and avoid neighbors. But are you planning to fail? Is what you are doing really a plan at all?

Ladies and gentlemen, I am a banker. That’s right, that evil, fat cat, wall street banker that became such a popular moniker during our last administration and I’m also a prepper.

Even if you are not a woman, including female hygiene items in your prepping is still a great idea!

Good health is more valuable than gold but is ignored until it is no longer there.

Managed Livestock Breeding Livestock keeping is one of the things that those interested in self-sufficiency…

A lights out, no power debacle for an extended period of time is going to result in total chaos in any community.

It’s far more likely to encounter a little emergency than a major movie-style event. So what to do with the big pile of food, gear, etc. that represents an investment of time, money, and storage space?

What are the most important things to consider? In this article I cover some of the requirements of creating your master food plan.

Survival assured by matching one’s skills and ability to adapt to the problems at hand. The problem will be whatever threatens our well-being and existence.

It’s that time of year again; time to over eat and over drink, and wonder where on Earth 2016 went?

Whether it is ourselves, our loved ones, or the friends who will be with us, we will need to know how to take care of each others injuries and illnesses.

Here are some formulas and ideas for turning common storage foods into actual meals, increasing the variety of meals we can make with a few standard ingredients.

Ever try to answer all the questions that you ask yourself about how you will survive as a single, senior woman living alone with no family, no spouse, no other support other than yourself?

Seems everyone online is focused on prepping for a nuclear war these days, so I thought I’d share the contents of my radiological medical response kit.

You REALLY don’t want all of your prepping supplies in your house. Such as a generator and fuel, oil and vehicle parts, battery banks and so on so building a storage shed makes a lot of sense.

So how do you defend yourself using unarmed combat skills if you get stuck in such an unpleasant situation?

The simple fact of the matter is, you can’t survive a natural disaster without preparing for it.

I have a tight budget. I’m talking, poverty level budget, and with survival products being over the top expensive, prepping can be really hard.

I have compiled a list of 11 gifts for non-preppers under $50 that can put that loved one in a better predicament of preparedness without them even knowing it.

Do you know how to survive the end of the world? Get the keys to apocalypse training 101 and learn how to prepare for SHTF.

What do you do if you’re in the city, the grid is down, and the toilet won’t flush?

Considering the regular commitments like mortgage and car payments they have to keep up with, average income Americans may feel they have no money to start prepping for disasters.

The Blizzard of ’77 is a prime example of why you should be prepared.