Prepping and survival blogs, including this one, are replete with advice and commentary on all kinds of ways to be self-sufficient: grow your own food, raise chickens, install solar power, grind your own flour, and many other tasks. And self-sufficiency … Continue reading
Our latest installment of Prep-Blog’s survival reader offers a select list of the latest articles and resources for prepping on various other blogs and websites. Friday: 6 December 2013 * The Survival Place Blog: 8 Lessons Learned From The Great … Continue reading
Pro-Second Amendment blog The Truth About Guns (TTAG) first broke this story, by posting a scan of a letter to a citizen of New York City from the NYC Police. The letter explains that, under NYC regulations (not State or … Continue reading
Remember the “partial shutdown” this past fall, due to a failure by Congress to agree on a budget? It ended because of a stop-gap measure that gave Congress until December 13th to reach a tentative agreement in committee and until … Continue reading
The .30-30 Winchester rifle cartridge has been around since 1895. Today, 118 years later, it remains a popular choice for ammunition. The cartridge shoots a .30 caliber bullet from a case about the length of the .308/7.62 case. But the … Continue reading
An IT professional had a laptop with 7,500 Bitcoins stored on it. Bitcoin is a virtual currency, whose value fluctuates widely. Back in 2009, when he mined the Bitcoins, one Bitcoin was worth less than a penny. Some years later, … Continue reading
It’s time for another installment of Prep-Blog’s prepping and survival reader. Friday: 29 November 2013 * Doomsday Moose: Top five trekking tips * Shooter’s Log: Knives — A Must Have Tool for Every Prepper * Grit.com: Heirloom Tomatoes * Doom … Continue reading
So after seeing that headline, my first question is: Didn’t they save the moose from the shark, and not the other way around? But another news report clarified that the shark was choking on a piece of a moose carcass … Continue reading
What is the National Food Freedom Initiative? It’s a project of the non-profit Institute of Justice to protect every American’s right to produce their own food, advertise and sell food, and eat as they see fit. Here’s the official website. … Continue reading
Many people have a garden, large or small, in which they grow different fruits and vegetables. But this prepping and survival blog post is about how survival gardening differs from the ordinary backyard garden used to grow food. I think … Continue reading
There’s a fight going on in medicine today, a battle between medical researchers seeking new antibiotics and bacteria developing resistance to those antibiotics. And medicine is losing ground. Resistance to antibiotics is spreading, and fewer new antibiotics are available to … Continue reading
This week’s prepping and survival reader has a good assortment of topics, from guns and ammo, to survival gardening, to DIY laundry soap and more. Friday: 22 November 2013 * Willow Haven Outdoor: How to make a Paracord Every Day … Continue reading
