- newPrepper’s Pantry: Beans
Beans, beansGood for your heartThe more you eatThe more you… One of the longest cultivated foods, beans have been grown and eaten since before humans developed pottery. Beans were placed in the tombs of pharos in ancient Egypt, and beans are still…
- 13 hours ago 18 May 22, 9:56pm -
- Reloading: Brass Cleaning
One of the things I mentioned in my reloading overview post was starting with clean cartridge cases. The importance of using clean brass cannot be overstated.When fired, the inside and outside of a cartridge case is covered in gunshot residue (GSR).…
- 8 days ago 11 May 22, 3:35am -
- Growing Zones
Winter is over, so it's time to get into the fields and gardens and start growing things. I've been seeing a lot of interest in growing food as a result of increases in food prices and reductions in availability in stores. The reasons for inflated p…
- 12 days ago 6 May 22, 11:08pm -
- Prepper's Pantry: Nuts
A food item that’s good for long term storage, is energy and nutrition dense, and can be eaten as-is or combined with other ingredients, are nuts and their biological or culinary cousins.From the perspective of science, nuts are considered fruits…
- 15 days ago 4 May 22, 1:32am -
- White, Red, Green, Blue
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.A few weeks ago I talked about a head lamp with red and green lights. I thought that now would be a good time to talk about the benefits of each type of light. White LightThis is w…
- 17 days ago 2 May 22, 2:21am -
- Is Prepping in the Cards?
I apologize for the lack of content lately. Life has been kicking me from several directions at once, and my free time to write has been one of the casualties. Most of my online activities were the first things cut in order to make time for more impo…
- 20 days ago 29 Apr 22, 10:42pm -
- Vacuum Sealers Suck
Unlike the ancient techniques of dehydrating or smoking, vacuum sealing is one of our youngest food preservation techniques. As with many newer technologies, this one came out of the industrial boom of World War II. Vacuum sealing as we know it was d…
- 22 days ago 27 Apr 22, 2:15am -
- This Is a Post
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Dear readers, how are you these days?I must confess that for about the past month I have struggled to stay on target. I wouldn't call it depression, exactly (although I suppose it c…
- 24 days ago 25 Apr 22, 3:07am -
- Building an AR PCC
Over the past few months I wrote a series of posts about assembling an AR at home. I hope this helped some of our readers with their projects. What I did not mention is that I’ve been sourcing parts to build a Colt Model 6450 9mm Carbine replica (t…
- 29 days ago 20 Apr 22, 1:29am -
- Head Lamps and Night Hikes
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.If you are Christian, Jewish, or Muslim, then I wish you happy holidays.This past week has been very busy for me, so in the spirit of David Blackard I'm going to make a Buffet Post…
- 30 days ago 19 Apr 22, 3:19am -
- Should You Buy Gold?
With the current set of economic upheavals, we're seeing the “BUY GOLD!” ads, and ads disguised as information, in a lot of the prepper-sphere. There are always a few such ads -- investing in precious metals as a hedge against inflation can be a…
- 33 days ago 16 Apr 22, 2:44am -
- Prepper's Pantry: the Tomato
In a previous article I discussed the apple, so it seems only proper to discuss its unrelated cousin the poisonous love apple, also known as the tomato.Tomatoes are actually a fruit (specifically a berry) and not a vegetable, although the United Sta…
- 36 days ago 13 Apr 22, 1:24am -
- Lightening the Load
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Last year my prepping mission was to lighten and reorganize my Get Home Bag, and I succeeded in that task. My task for this year has been to do the same to my Bug Out Bag, and I whi…
- 38 days ago 11 Apr 22, 3:57am -
- Keeping Records
Reading and writing are two things which separate humans from animals, giving us ways to record information and relay it to others, or refer back to it ourselves, at a future date. Keeping records is a two-edged sword for preppers: it helps us keep…
- 42 days ago 7 Apr 22, 10:56pm -
- Cosmoline
Any collector who has acquired a Curio & Relic military firearm knows the smell of Cosmoline or one of its foreign counterparts. We both prize and curse this stubborn preservative. Its ability to protect a firearm through decades of storage earns our…
- 43 days ago 6 Apr 22, 3:51am -
- Product Review: AOTU Isobutane Stove
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.This is a review of the AOTU gas stove and Coleman gas cannister I mentioned last week. For comparison across all the different products I've tested, the tests have always been and…
- 48 days ago 1 Apr 22, 8:01pm -
- Update and Welcome
First, an update on last week's post about shovels. I was asked a few questions about specific types of shovels, and rather than belabor a point I'll just post a link to an excellent website that I found while looking for references. The Shovel Zone…
- 48 days ago 1 Apr 22, 12:23am -
- Prepper's Pantry: Eggs
Humans have eaten eggs since before recorded history. They were, and are, an essential part of our diet, featuring in the cuisine of every culture, region, and religion. They are an incredibly versatile ingredient, whether eaten as-is or combined in…
- 50 days ago 30 Mar 22, 12:16am -
- Erin is Cooking with Gas
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Up until now I've only ever cooked on electric ranges or over fires, and never over any kind of gas fuel like propane, butane, or whatever constitutes natural gas. This is partly b…
- 53 days ago 27 Mar 22, 10:09pm -
- More About Shovels & Spades
After seeing David's post about shovels, I thought I'd add my two cents worth of shovel knowledge. I've done a fair amount of dirt work over the years, and I agree that spades are for digging and shovels are for moving material. For most jobs, the ty…
- 55 days ago 24 Mar 22, 11:45pm -
- Used Revolver Checklist
With demand for firearms continuing to be high and economic indicators pointing to increased inflation, our gun buying dollars don’t go as far as they used to. One potential solution to this challenge is buying used. However, when looking at a use…
- 57 days ago 23 Mar 22, 12:28am -
- FireFlame Fire Starters
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.As I've mentioned before, I have difficulty getting fires to start without cheating (using fire starters and/or accelerants) at the best of times. Since a survival situation is the…
- 60 days ago 20 Mar 22, 8:26pm -
- A Spade By Any Other Name...
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping.I was asked by our illustrious Editrix to write a post on digging implements, and not just my ability to write myself into a hol…
- 63 days ago 17 Mar 22, 12:03am -
- Prepper's Pantry: An Apple A Day
Apples are one of the oldest cultivated fruits, having been domesticated between 4,000 and 10,000 years ago somewhere in central Asia. Being fairly storage stable, they followed trade routes to other parts of Asia, Europe and, by the 17th century, t…
- 65 days ago 15 Mar 22, 7:43pm -
- The Agricultural Extension Office
Last week I mentioned local Agricultural Extension Offices as a source of information about renting land to garden on, but that's not all they're good for: most states with a significant agricultural market will have some form of Extension Office to…
- 69 days ago 11 Mar 22, 9:55pm -