The Forgotten Household Skills Our Grandparents Used Every Day
A few years back, my daughter came home from her first day of Middle School with a torn backpack strap.…
Conservation: The Prepper’s Real Survival Edge
When you think about being prepared, you’re probably picturing shelves stocked with all different kinds of canned food, stored water…
How To Make Pemmican: The Ultimate Long-Lasting Prepper Food
I put pemmican just above beef soup cubes in this category and a few miles ahead of hardtack because I…
Lessons Learned From My First Vegetable Garden Failure
Growing up, it was always my dad’s vegetable garden. He was the mastermind. Sure, I helped out turning the soil,…
How To Create Sustainable Income Streams Living Off-Grid
I work from home now, but at least once a week when I was commuting into the office, I would…
Tactical Communication for Preppers: Hand Signals, Silent Coordination, and Survival Teamwork
Over the last 30 years or so, I’ve heard tons of statistics about non-verbal communication. My nephew, Tristan, works on…
The Most Overrated Prepper Foods
I could spend hours on this one. Just mention Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) at a party, backyard barbecue, or…
Hardtack: The Food That Could Keep You Alive for Months
In my younger days, if you asked me what the best survivalist food was, I would have rattled off a…
A Prepper’s Guide to Candle Making
Well, I said I was probably not going to do this. My wife actually laughed out loud when she read…
Tallow: One Ingredient, Dozens of Practical Uses
I remember the first time I saved beef fat. We were still living in our first apartment before we got…