Prepping with Fibers
My family and friends call it my obsession. I call it my passion. What it really is is part of our everyday prepping. It’s been almost 50 years now since I first started knitting and sewing. At first it was Read more…
Good for the Body and Soul
Since May of 2011 I have thrown away several no longer needed prescription drugs, and I have lost 40 pounds, because of things I learned and practiced while prepping. I learned a lot of great stuff from Kellene. I learned Read more…
Reality Checks and Baby Steps
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 Read more…
To-may-toes, To-mah-tohs, TEOTWAWKI, Life’s Curveballs
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 Read more…
The Decision to Overcome All Excuses
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 Read more…
Left-Leaning Feminist, Democrat, Liberal Prepper
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, Read more…
7th Grader Leads the Charge
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 Read more…
A Return to Self-Reliance
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 Read more…
Prepping by Faith
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 Read more…
I’m a Prepper and I’m Not Afraid
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. Read more…