Things growing wild in my garden: Purslane (an edible weed); calendula (used to make an ointment for minor skin ailments), and raspberries (just yummy). Prepping for hard times is nothing new. Like a lot of people who live paycheck to paycheck, I know what it means to be on a Read more…
TEOTWAWKI??? I call it preparing for lifes curveballs When I was a child living in Oakland, California, my daddy was a truck driver. The Longshoremen went on strike in the mid 70’s. Since my Daddy hauled off the docks he could not get loads. He could not cross the picket lines Read more…
My wife and I made the decision to begin prepping in one day. That is the point that I feel really needs to be made, it’s a decision that can be made in one day at one moment and the impact can affect hundreds, if not thousands. We have been Read more…
Okay so I admit it. I’m a left leaning, Feminist, Democrat,science believing Liberal Prepper. Ah, I feel so out of the closet here. How could such a thing happen? Come TSHTF and TEOTWAWKI when the Zombies go after the Mormons, NRA’s and Preppers to steal all the goodies. Hopefully my Read more…
Hello, my name is Seth Ives, a 12 year old 7th grader in Albuquerque New Mexico that is prepping out of my bedroom. As you can see I have a variety of items, but I have more than what you see. On the top I have my food/water and items Read more…
I grew up on a farm in Idaho. My father had a day job so he could only work on the farm at night and on Saturdays. This left my sisters and I to help in the fields and tend to our very large garden. In the fall, we helped Read more…
I’ve been a prepper for more than 30 years so it no longer takes much thinking to keep the basics covered…even had a time when my kids were all grown when my stash greatly diminished…but now I have two adopted kids and three foster kids and prepping seems hugely important Read more…
Sometimes it’s lonely being a prepper. Many years ago I knew a woman whom I thought was a little tad on the “crazy” side of preparedness. I wish I had gleaned more and more information from her over the year. She has always been more than willing to share. And Read more…
Hi! My name is Sallie, and I am a Newbie Doomsday Prepper. Watching the Nat Geo show has opened my eyes and forced me to face the realities that are right before us. I work for a state agency that assists families in need. We receive over a 100 new Read more…
Being a young couple with four small children in 1973, we knew we should be building a food storage for our family but there was NO extra monies to do that. There just had to be a way. Out of curiosity we contacted a farmer who was selling 50 lb. bags Read more…