Skills
How Will You Contribute To A TEOTWAWKI Colony?
How to figure out which skills you could offer a post-apocalyptic colony, and why a useful trade matters more than stockpiled goods when communities rebuild.
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.
Shelter & Power
What Does Living Off The Grid Mean To You?
Off the grid means something different to everyone, from keeping a standby generator to generating your own solar or wind power. Here is how to figure out what it means for your household.
Food & Water
Is Gray Water Worth a Look?
What gray water is, how reusing water from sinks and laundry can stretch your supply, and which household products make it unsafe for your garden.
Food & Water
DIY Root Cellar For Long Term Food Storage
How to design and build your own root cellar so your garden harvest lasts through winter, covering size, temperature, drainage and the basics every cellar needs.
Shelter & Power
Passive Solar Power for Preppers
Passive solar energy uses your home's orientation and materials to collect and store heat without a single panel. Learn how building design can keep you warm using nothing but the sun.
Food & Water
The Keeper Vegetables
Which vegetables store naturally for months, from winter squash to onions and garlic, and how curing and proper handling extend their shelf life far beyond the average garden crop.
Food & Water
Food Storage Isn’t As Easy As You First Thought!
The factors that quietly ruin stored food, from moisture and rancidity to compromised packaging, and how to pick ingredients and oils that actually last.
Health
Ebola vs Pandemic Flu: Which is Truly Scarier?
A data-driven look at why the flu has killed far more people than Ebola ever has, and why a pandemic flu outbreak may be the bigger threat to prepare for.
Food & Water
Urban Homesteader: Raising Backyard Chickens
What it takes to raise backyard chickens in town, from coop options to fresh eggs, fertilizer for the garden and the quiet birds that keep the neighbors happy.
Skills
Ammunition vs Gold
A direct look at whether gold or ammunition holds more real value after a collapse, weighing market worth against practical uses like hunting and defense.
Safety
Government Disaster Response & What’s Left to You
How the Incident Command System organizes local disaster response, why help starts at the local level, and what you still need to handle on your own.
Safety
Karma Smacks Putin but what about the Rest of U.S.?
Why Russia's currency collapse and oil price drop matter to American families, and how global economic shocks can ripple back into your own household finances.