Dwarf Trees – When Less is More We spend a lot of time looking at annual crops and gardens, but perennials have their places. When it comes to fruit...

When planning for disaster, we run through scenarios in our mind and those scenarios give us a visual baseline for which we make plans. As preppers we...

I generally agree with the premise that skills are far more important than stuff, and that knowledge weighs nothing. There are skills that benefit us,...

  I’m a mother of two in Texas who is very concerned about the very real possibility of SHTF happening within the next several years. I began p...

Part Two – Preparation and Use The term COLLOID refers to any substance that forms a particle so finely divided that it will not precipitate due to...

Many times through the years I have stumbled into prepper articles or discussions about the best firearms to have for SHTF. There are always different...

Hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean runs from June 1st to November 30th with a sharp peak in activity from late August through September. It was p...

One of the biggest hurdles to actually doing something that can save your life is getting started. I know many people who research topics, watch movie...

  Be ready for your workday. Like many other preppers all over the world I find myself in daily situations where I feel less than fully prepared....

Don’t kill, spray, tear up, or destroy the weeds in your garden, yard, and fence rows. Many of them are actually highly-regarded, widely-used, and e...

  Gathering tinder is for when you are out in the bush right? True, locating and identifying good sources of tinder and fire craft is more common...

During the difficult days of World War II, victory gardens became popular symbols of frugal living and self-reliance. As the nation’s resources beca...