50 Important Homesteading Skills and Tips (With Links)
We all know that skills are critical to survival and more. As preppers, we know that skills will make or break us. As homesteaders, without skills, you will fail on your homestead.
Ten Ideas For Christmas Shopping With A Self-Reliant Prepper Perspective
Christmas is coming around the corner. To say that I find Christmas shopping painful would be an understatement. However, I have a few tips and tricks to buy presents that fit into my values and beliefs without sacrificing my pocketbook. I have a budget for everyone on my list and they are well aware of it. I almost never buy toys that are electric, take batteries, or need electricity to operate them. My kids figured this out years ago and…
16 Reusable Practical Items You Should Always Have In Your Home and In Your Preps
Being a prepper and being way more interested in self-reliance, I have become a lot more interested in items that can be reused time and time again. I would not have bought most of these things fifteen years ago, but now? I couldn’t imagine life without them.These things I think are important for home and possibly your survival. They are things that should stand the test of time, but we all know that can’t always be true. You should be…
10 Things You Should Always Have In Your Car
That being said, there are certain things you should always have in your vehicle. Whether you are a prepper or not, you should always be prepared for emergencies with your vehicle. You could leave home and run into bad weather. You could be stuck on the side of the road with a broken-down car, or the weather is so bad you can’t see.
Soap is the Prep You Should Never Be Without
Soap is a necessary and good thing to have in your preps and stockpiles. You need it to stay clean, hygienic, and safe to be around. Soap gets rid of germs, body odor, and more. You keep your clothes clean, dishes clean, and sanitize counters, floors, and more with it. Soap can mean the difference between life or death, literally, in a grid-down and disastrous situation. If you can keep yourself clean and your area clean in this kind of situation,…
When Daily Life (and Life in General) Seems More Important Than Prepping
Let us sit down and have a chat. Just you all and me. This is a conversation long in coming but needs to be had. Grab your beverage of choice, sit back, and relax.How has life been lately? Crazy? Busy? Too much to do, not enough time? Can’t keep up with the kids, the house, the job, and all the eleventy billion other commitments too?I get it. I totally get it. I have been there too.How is your prepping coming?…