General Preps

16 unknown uses for chapstick (just in case). Call what you want (bug out bag, get home bag, survival kit) but when composing a list of things to pack, it would serve you best to have items that have multiple uses. This reduces the bulk in your pack and strain …

The Many great uses for wood ash. Do you have a fireplace or fire pit? If so you probably use it regularly and generate your fair share of Ash. It builds up and weighs more than one would think. Instead of throwing Ash in the trash, which can even be …

Back in May 2015 I was contacted by the Valley Food Storage company to sample one their long term food storage products. I agreed, and within 2 weeks there was a package in the mail with two packets of food: 1 Chicken Ala King and 1 Coeurd’ Allen potato soup. …

SODIS When all else fails look to the sun. Sunlight may be used to decontaminate water via solar water disinfection (SODIS) by using the sun’s ultraviolet emissions to kill waterborne microorganisms and is currently practiced in many third world countries. The SODIS method consist of 4 steps. 1. Clean your …

Many dogs are naturally territorial in nature. Prepping with Guard Dogs can vary by owner. With that said you do not need a German Shepherd to have a good guard dog present. A guard dog can be a smaller breed of dog such as a Jack Russell Terrier or even a …

In a hopes to help the frugal survivalist and prepper out there here are 10 items we find very useful for under 15 dollars. I personally have purchased several of these items and hope to pick up the rest. We have seen a few of these posts recently on other …

Are our readers practicing long term food storage preparation? I am sure most of our readers do in some way or another. Food is usually the first thing to come to mind when attempting to prepare for a disaster scenario. A great example of this is when someone races to …

Christopher Parrett the editor of the LDS Preparedness Manual has announced  the 2012 edition, which is the most current release. While released a few years ago I recently now stumbled upon this so I suppose others may find it of use as well. If you click over to the LDS Another …