Estimated reading time: 7 minutes In 1914, the German mark had about the same exchange rate of four or five to the U.S. dollar as the British shilling, the French franc, and the Italian lira. However, by 1923, Germany’s exchange rate had ballooned to one trillion marks to one dollar. Newspaper photos captured German citizens pushing wheel barrels full of money to buy even the most modest of grocery items. The causes of this financial firestorm included the German government's abandonment of the gold backing of its currency and a grueling, disastrous World War that lasted far longer than anyon ..read more

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes While many states have passed concealed carry laws for firearms allowing for everyday carry, most of us store our guns long-term waiting for that annual, fall hunting trip or for emergencies. Regardless of your usage, maintenance is a critical step in firearms ownership not only for safety reasons, but to maintain the quality and performance of the gun over the long-term. We’ll cover a range of steps to take to maintain guns including storage, cleaning, lubricating, and troubleshooting malfunctions. The telegram is that you should clean your gun af ..read more

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes The prepper / survival world has some boogeymen that reside in the dark parts of our minds. There are a lot of doomsday scenarios, and that is why we prepare. However, the EMP (electromagnetic pulse) is one of the top-tier terrors of the prepping world.  Ever since the mainstream media started touting the “END OF THE INTERNET” due to an EMP triggered by the sun, more people have been considering this situation. What would our world look like if it went off-grid in a snap?  What we fear about the EMP is a MASSIVE surge of energy that is so powerful i ..read more

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes How many times have we walked into a hardware store or home center hoping to replace an old nut or bolt and found ourselves paying $2 dollars for a single screw? If you haven’t already started, it’s a good idea to keep that old hardware. It will not only save you a lot of money in the long run, but make a lot of repairs faster and simpler. Here is some hardware you can salvage. Nuts, bolts, screws, and washers are the obvious place to start. It may seem like an imposing assortment of hardware, but generally these items fall in a range of standard sizes most ..read more

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes If you have eyes and ears, you know things are not good. Having a stockpile of food is an absolute necessity. Maybe you’ll never actually need it, but the peace and comfort you’ll have knowing it’s there if you need it makes it all worth it. No parent wants to tell their child they don’t have anything to feed the. Food is energy. Energy is survival. You are going to have a lot of tasks that require manual labor. You’ll burn through calories pretty fast. If you don’t have calories to do things like chop wood, haul water or take care of your garden, you’re not ..read more

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes Anyone living in an apartment is well aware of the obvious limitations when it comes to something like gardening. Most apartment dwellers have only a patio at best, and even people who live on the first floor usually can’t extend a garden into lawns surrounding the building. The solution many apartment dwellers have pursued is a patio garden. It seems to have minimal opportunities at first, but there are some innovative ways to grow a robust amount of vegetables and herbs on a small patio. One of the best solutions is vertical gardening, which uses designed ..read more

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes I think there are two goals many preppers share when it comes to their gear or supplies. The first is to have items that have multiple purposes. This helps to cut down on weight when supplies are carried, it saves money, and multipurpose items provide you with more options when a problem arises. And the second one, quite simply, is to find the most affordable gear. I don’t think this one needs much of an explanation. Sometimes it can be difficult finding a product that fulfills both of the above requirements, so today we’re going to talk about one of them. An ..read more

Estimated reading time: 13 minutes For about 12,000 years humans have been growing food. Agriculture became the distinction between the stone age (or paleolithic) and the neolithic period. Wrap your head around that. We have been screwing up in the garden for 12,000 years! So, don’t feel bad. I have cobbled together most of the gardening mistakes that I have made over the years. I was surprised that in all my gardening years I was only able to come up with 29 vivid gardening mistakes that have plagued me. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! 1. Poor Garden Plan ..read more

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Prepping is like anything else, there are levels. If you have your survival basics covered, you have done some training, found a BOL, and maybe even met some people then you are well on your way. One of the next things to happen is the F word. Fatigue. Prepper burnout is real. It is most frequent when things aren’t going to hell in handbasket but prepper fatigue can also take the wheel when you have reached a certain level of preparedness. How do you keep pushing to get better? What types of things should you even be doing? We have compiled a list of some adv ..read more

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes A bug-out plan is a strategic evacuation roadmap, designed for swiftly leaving an area during emergencies. It underpins your safety, ensuring prompt, organized departure amidst chaos. Throughout this guide, you’ll learn to create a tailored bug-out strategy, covering essentials from kit composition to route mapping. While no two disasters will be the same, learning these general strategies will give you a head start when SHTF. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It On Pinterest! Understanding Your Situation Before looking into the specifics of ..read more