Food & Water
The Essentials of Urban Beekeeping
How to keep bees on a small city plot, including the legal and neighbor concerns, so you can produce honey and pollinate your garden in town.
Ronald
Ronald's been taking things apart since before US Preppers existed, just to see if they hold up. Research, writing, gear testing, all of it runs through him, and the kitchen table pays for it. Bug-out bags get stripped to the stitching. Water filters get timed against each other, over and over, longer than anyone reasonable would bother. Food storage claims get checked against a bucket that's actually sat in a garage through a real winter and a real summer, not a lab. If he hasn't put his hands on it, or trusts someone who has, it doesn't make it past him. It's not really a work thing, it's just how he's built. Reads the manual first, asks the annoying question second. Lives in the U.S., and a new box on the porch still gets treated like the start of something worth figuring out.
Skills
8 Common Mistakes To Avoid When Prepping
Prepping for exactly one disaster is how you get caught flat-footed. Rotate your stock, train for more than one scenario, and never pin your plan to a date on the calendar.
Food & Water
Emergency Food Storage 101: 10 Best Items to Get Started
Start with a 30-day food supply, not a five-year bunker. Rice, beans, canned meat, and vegetables cover the basics cheap. Buy an extra can each grocery run and rotate what you store.
Safety
Privacy vs Intelligence Gathering: What You Need To Know!
A look at the tradeoff between individual privacy and government surveillance, and why the balance shifts during wartime and the War on Terror.
Health
Are Medication Expiration Dates Accurate?
What medication expiration dates actually mean, and how long common drugs really stay potent, so you know what to keep in your medical cache.
Health
Are You Ready For An Epidemic?
How to prepare for an epidemic, from handwashing and hygiene basics to understanding how viruses spread, so illness never catches your family off guard.
Health
Nature’s Top 5 Most Effective Medicines
Five of the most useful medicinal herbs to grow and use at home, and the ailments they treat when a doctor's office is out of reach.
Gear
Duct Tape And 9 Other Survival Tools You Already Own
Ten everyday items you already own, from duct tape to WD-40, that pull double duty as survival tools without buying more gear.
Food & Water
Urban Homesteading for Urban Preppers
How to homestead on a small city lot or apartment balcony, scaling up food production with container gardens and community-supported agriculture.
Skills
Yes, you can Prepare on Your Budget
How to build a prepper stockpile on a tight budget, with small, steady purchases and savings habits that add up to a full pantry over time.
Food & Water
Are Plastics Unsafe for Long-Term-Food-Storage?
Whether plastics are safe for long-term food storage, and what to know about BPA and chemical leaching when you pack away food for the future.
Skills
Bushcraft Survival In The Wilderness
The core bushcraft skills that keep you alive when you get lost in the backcountry, from building a shelter to starting a fire with limited gear.