How to prevent and treat nutrient deficiencies during long-term disasters
Nutrient deficiency is a likely and dangerous long-term threat during SHTF scenarios. Preppers and homesteaders must get ready well in advance by stockpiling
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Prepper Gardens – Vertical Expansion
There are lots of ways to produce food, herbs, and medicines, whether we have small properties with just a patio or deck, or
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29 Essential Tips for the New Prepper: “Start Small. Develop Your Skills. Create a Plan”
Whether you are just starting out with prepping and are figuring out what to focus on first, or whether you are a veteran
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How Long Will Your Food Last After SHTF?
One of the central pillars of preparedness is being able to feed yourself. Preppers focus some of their attention on stockpiling food as
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Back to Basics: How to Stockpile Food for Emergencies
Last week I began a new series called, Back to Basics. As I said in my first article: “Why and How to Stockpile
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Bug In Contingencies
Though Katrina hit more than a decade ago, I remember it like yesterday. Forty-eight hours before the pundits at the National Weather Service
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12 Prepper Challenges for the New Year
What are the challenges designed to do? We all prep throughout the year, have our own goals, weaknesses and strengths in regards to
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The 5 Wise Men of Prepping
To approach any scenario in life, the 5 wise men give clarity, direction and purpose to the question at hand. The concept of
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Testing Your Preps – One Family’s Journey Into Darkness
Editor’s Note: This post is another entry in the Prepper Writing Contest from Marshall Prepper. Prepping is a combination of many disciplines but
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GridCrash: Instant Chaos, Just Add Code
With all the recent attention about cyberterrorism flowing from the popular media’s kitchen sink approach to journalism, I thought it an appropriate time
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Prepping 101 – Preppers List of Supplies
OK, so you have decided that you want to take steps to protect your family from unseen events. You may not know what
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Back To Basics: How To Make Sugar At Home
One of the best bartering products when SHTF is undoubtedly going to be sugar. It will also be a great product to have
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The Six P’s and the Three S’s of Prepping
Prepping is more than warehousing freeze-dried food and ammunition for the onslaught of the zombie apocalypse. As a prepper, I’ve accumulated some insight
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Bug out Bag on a Budget
Editor’s Note: This post is another entry in the Prepper Writing Contest from T-Man. I want to first thank The Prepper Journal for
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DIY Water Well in a Day
For anyone lucky enough to have a shallow water table without bedrock, a do-it-yourself driven well saves thousands of dollars compared to having
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The Ultimate Survival Kit for Bugging Out with Your Car
The Ultimate Survival Kit for Bugging Out with Your Car What’s the best vehicle for bugging out with and what are the essential
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Fear and Prepping
What’re you afraid of? If you’ve ever talked about prepping to someone not of the same mindset when it comes to preparedness this
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Charity When SHTF: How to Give So It Doesn’t Hurt
Charity is a virtue that we all have to some extent. The amount of charity we are willing to dispense may have its
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