So how much do I need to plant?
If you decide to try the gardening thing (and you should, better to know what you’re doing before it’s a critical need), you will probably…
Category: Prepping
You can grow in the shade
When we were last Speaking of Raised Beds, commenter Harry Flashman noted that he was having problems with his mountaintop location where he got around…
Hardening the walls of your home against pistol/rifle fire
While this is something that most people wouldn’t want to do to their home now, it might be something that you would want to consider…
Fertilizing those raised beds
One thing that raised beds require is a continual renewal of the soil in order to maintain its fertility. You can pull the old soil…
Back to it
I’ve been a little lazy doing 5 Minute Prep posts, so you’re going to get a twofer today. Here are two videos on a subject…
Motion sensors on a budget
I think we all love to hate Harbor Freight, but you can score some great deals on useful things. To whit: This shows up on…
Hardening your home
(This one is going to be your 5 Minute Prep piece for today, simply because you can read it in 5 minutes. You may even…
Keeping important drugs cool when the power is out
There are a number of drugs, the most commonly thought of being insulin, that require refrigeration. What do you do if the power is out…
Hiding where you’ve hidden your stuff
There are reasons to hide various sorts of prep goods. You may be afraid that your house will be burglarized or raided. You might want…
Knowing the lay of the land
How well do you know the area where you live? I’m not talking about getting around on foot or by car, or where the grocery…
When a tourniquet is not the thing to stop bleeding
Some years ago, coagulating agents came on the scene. The first I’m aware of was Celox, which did the job but had some downsides, the…
Distance vision
There are times that you’ll need to see at a distance. While you could use a telescope, telescopes are generally something less than portable. Of…
Toward a useful first aid kit
Everyone has seen and some of us have purchased a pre-packaged “first aid kit”. You know, one of the little plastic boxes with the pretty…
One more C-A-T video
Here’s the last one I’m going to post, DIY, for an arm.
C-A-T Tourniquet Lower Exteremity Application Video Tutorial
In keeping with yesterday’s video on applying the C-A-T tourniquet to an arm, here it is, DIY, for a leg.
Don’t let your guard down
A lot of people think that since “our side” won, that we can ease up and take a break from prepping and training–maybe even spend…
C-A-T Tourniquet Upper Extremity Application Video Tutorial
Tourniquets used to be something that were all but banned from first aid and first responders. Wartime experience has shown that properly employed, they are…
Product Review: Datrex Emergency Rations
Time to get off the election thing and back to the real world. Just because we have Hillary bottled up somewhere doesn’t mean the rainbow…
Bugging out: A real life case study (of a sort)
As we used to say in the Army, “No shit, there I was…” And still am, sitting in an RV, a little less than 100…
Book Review: Makeshift Workshop Skills and More Makeshift Workshop Skills
We’re going for a two-fer this time. This pair of books may or may not merit a place on your preparedness bookshelf. We’ll discuss them…
Twenty Rules To Live By as America Goes to Hell
(Prompted by a post on Frugal Squirrels) When I started to write this post, it was going to be one of those “When you can’t…
Time to think about next winter
“What? It’s just now Spring!?!” (Northern Hemisphere only, your mileage may vary, see dealer for details.) Yes, it’s time to start considering how you’re going…
Could you use a 1000 hour flashlight?
How to take a $4.97 flashlight (plus tax, because Ghu know the government needs your money, even if you have been taxed on it already),…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
(As heard on the Survival Podcast) Most often, the answer to that line is “In the dark!” However, that doesn’t necessarily need to be so–not…
Stay in touch
One of the topics any prepper will run into is that of communications. While there are differing schools of thought on the necessity of maintaining…
Book Review: Barbed Wire, Barricades, and Bunkers
(I’m trying something new here in an effort to have some more to write about. Since I’ve tired of ranting about our government, keeping track…
It’s the cold and flu season
Along with more than a few other…interesting…diseases. HealthMap will keep you updated on the latest hacking, puking or whatevering bug in your area. If, in…
It could be useful
And it’s definitely better than putting on a tinfoil hat. Electromagnetic Pulse Protection by Jerry Emanuelson, BSEE I’ve got no way of telling if it’s…
Prepping as you age
There is an uncomfortable fact of life that you can’t get around—if you are fortunate, you get old. And getting old isn’t for sissies. Each…
ZOMG, we’re all gonna be eaten!
I’ve been rolling around survivalist boards, prepping boards and so on for a lot of years, and there is a common idea that I’ve seen…