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A Quick-Start Guide For New Preppers Who Want To Be Ready RIGHT NOW

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: April 13, 2018

A Quick-Start Guide For New Preppers Who Want To Be Ready RIGHT NOW

When you first start prepping you want everything RIGHT NOW. You look around your home and see nothing bu ...

When you first start prepping you want everything RIGHT NOW. You look around your home and see nothing but shortcomings. You don’t have enough food, you don’t have a woodstove, you have no secondary w ...

April 13, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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Making a Homestead Evacuation Plan

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: April 13, 2018

Making a Homestead Evacuation Plan

With wildfire season approaching in California, my thoughts are with my many friends there who have small ...

With wildfire season approaching in California, my thoughts are with my many friends there who have small farms. Even if you don’t live in a wildfire zone, if you raise livestock, you need to have a h ...

April 13, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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Survival Condos: A Tour of Bunkers for Rich People in the Middle of Kansas

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: April 11, 2018

Survival Condos: A Tour of Bunkers for Rich People in the Middle of Kansas

It’s time for another episode of Doomsday Bunkers of the Rich and Famous. You can find the last article a ...

It’s time for another episode of Doomsday Bunkers of the Rich and Famous. You can find the last article about a doomsday neighborhood in Germany right here. This time, we’ll travel a bit closer to hom ...

April 11, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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How To Build Your Own Perfect Bug Out Bag

Author: Gaye Levy
|Date: April 10, 2018

How To Build Your Own Perfect Bug Out Bag

For years, my bug out bag has languished in a closet, stuffed to the gills with the gear that I “thought” ...

For years, my bug out bag has languished in a closet, stuffed to the gills with the gear that I “thought” I might need if forced to flee my home following a disruptive event. My bag, as precious as i ...

April 10, 2018
| by Gaye Levy

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How To Create A Safe Room In Your House Or Apartment

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: April 07, 2018

How To Create A Safe Room In Your House Or Apartment

The homes of many rich, famous people have a secret hidden within them. Somewhere, in the depths of the ...

The homes of many rich, famous people have a secret hidden within them. Somewhere, in the depths of the home, is a secure room to which the residents can retreat in the event of a home invasion or vi ...

April 07, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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33 Brilliant Non-Traditional Preps

Author: Gaye Levy
|Date: April 02, 2018

33 Brilliant Non-Traditional Preps

Pick up any preparedness book or visit any preparedness website and you are bound to be inundated with id ...

Pick up any preparedness book or visit any preparedness website and you are bound to be inundated with ideas for getting yourself ready for an unexpected disruptive event. After awhile, the eyes begi ...

April 02, 2018
| by Gaye Levy

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The Conundrum Of Bugging Out And What To Do About It

Author: Gaye Levy
|Date: April 01, 2018

The Conundrum Of Bugging Out And What To Do About It

Over the past five years, I have seen the concept of bugging out escalate to the realm of ridiculousness. ...

Over the past five years, I have seen the concept of bugging out escalate to the realm of ridiculousness. Much of this, in my opinion, has come from the commercialization of bug out bags, the glamori ...

April 01, 2018
| by Gaye Levy

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Forget Doom And Gloom: Preparedness Is The Ultimate Act Of Optimism

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: March 31, 2018

Forget Doom And Gloom: Preparedness Is The Ultimate Act Of Optimism

Does this sound familiar? You’re talking to a friend or family member who isn’t on board with preparednes ...

Does this sound familiar? You’re talking to a friend or family member who isn’t on board with preparedness. (And it’s even worse when they think they know what’s going on in the world but garner thei ...

March 31, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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16 Important Rules Of Survival And Preparedness

Author: Gaye Levy
|Date: March 30, 2018

16 Important Rules Of Survival And Preparedness

Having a survival mindset means you are always ready to take on new challenges, right? Although I fully ...

Having a survival mindset means you are always ready to take on new challenges, right? Although I fully believe that new challenges are a good thing, it is sometimes downright frustrating to recogniz ...

March 30, 2018
| by Gaye Levy

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Grow A Week’s Worth Of Livestock Feed For Pennies! (VIDEO)

Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: March 29, 2018

Grow A Week’s Worth Of Livestock Feed For Pennies! (VIDEO)

Over the last few years, prices for livestock feed has steadily risen for various reasons, making it more ...

Over the last few years, prices for livestock feed has steadily risen for various reasons, making it more difficult to feed our chickens the organic diet we prefer they have. In order to cut costs, we ...

March 29, 2018
| by Tess Pennington

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10 Simple Strategies For Becoming A Prepper

Author: Gaye Levy
|Date: March 29, 2018

10 Simple Strategies For Becoming A Prepper

No one really knows how many preppers exist in the world but it is safe to say that there are three to fo ...

No one really knows how many preppers exist in the world but it is safe to say that there are three to four million in the United states alone. Even though at first blush this sounds like a huge segm ...

March 29, 2018
| by Gaye Levy

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The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources To Guide You On The Path To Radical Freedom

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: March 28, 2018

The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources To Guide You On The Path To Radical Freedom

Self-Reliance. It’s a revolutionary word these days and I thought it deserved a manifesto. Manifesto: nou ...

Self-Reliance. It’s a revolutionary word these days and I thought it deserved a manifesto. Manifesto: noun man·i·fes·to ˌma-nə-ˈfes-(ˌ)tō A declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issu ...

March 28, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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Here’s Why A Prepper Homestead May Not Be A Good Plan For Survival

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: March 24, 2018

Here’s Why A Prepper Homestead May Not Be A Good Plan For Survival

Lots of preppers are convinced that they’re going to “live off the land” should the world as we know it c ...

Lots of preppers are convinced that they’re going to “live off the land” should the world as we know it come tumbling down around our ears. Seed banks are stockpiled, books are purchased, and people a ...

March 24, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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Small Space Prepping: 25 Ideas for Stashing Your Stockpile

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: March 22, 2018

Small Space Prepping: 25 Ideas for Stashing Your Stockpile

The biggest challenge in small space prepping is finding storage areas for your supplies. While I don’t r ...

The biggest challenge in small space prepping is finding storage areas for your supplies. While I don’t recommend stacking food buckets to the ceiling in the living room where you receive visitors, th ...

March 22, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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The No-Excuses Guide to Self-Reliance in the Suburbs

Author: Daisy Luther
|Date: March 21, 2018

The No-Excuses Guide to Self-Reliance in the Suburbs

Do you live in the suburbs but yearn for the farm life? The two do not have to be mutually exclusive. The ...

Do you live in the suburbs but yearn for the farm life? The two do not have to be mutually exclusive. There’s a guide that can help you realize your self-reliance dreams no matter where you live. As m ...

March 21, 2018
| by Daisy Luther

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Sustainable Farming: Starting A Quail Flock

Author: Tess Pennington
|Date: March 20, 2018

Sustainable Farming: Starting A Quail Flock

Getting started raising quail requires a little more effort than raising chickens, but they’re well worth ...

Getting started raising quail requires a little more effort than raising chickens, but they’re well worth it. Domesticated quail has a delicious, mild flavor that’s not gamey and they’re prolific lay ...

March 20, 2018
| by Tess Pennington

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The 10 Personality Traits Of Successful Survivalists

Author: Gaye Levy
|Date: March 15, 2018

The 10 Personality Traits Of Successful Survivalists

Have you ever noticed that most preppers have a lot in common? There are certain personality traits that ...

Have you ever noticed that most preppers have a lot in common? There are certain personality traits that seem to be present in nearly every single prepper and survivalist I have met, and the more prev ...

March 15, 2018
| by Gaye Levy

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