The Pickled PrepperNews. Views and Advice

We need to prep not just for world-ending disasters but for frequent interruptions to what have been reliable aspects of our daily life.

Water is critical to survival. After the SHTF, where will you get your water, how will your transport it and what are your plans for purification?

Buying gear is easy. Preparing mentally for the end of the world is another story. You need to have mental toughness, perseverance, and resiliency.

Its early in the second year of raising bees and the hives have already produced more honey than they did last year.

Do not to let the news distract you or get you down. Concentrate on keeping your family safe, housed, clothed, shod, and fed. In other words, prep.

If the high cost of diesel is keeping trucks off the road, I could not tell on a recent road trip. Truck traffic remains high.

When faced with a choice of inflation or a recession, I'll take a recession any day, and so should you.

Peak oil didn't destroy us, but "peak fairness" may as socialists and apologists try to make everything "fair."

Monitor what's going on overseas to look for warning signs. Europe is likely to slide into a collapse before the U.S.

The supply chain is a vast interconnected system. When one component fails, everything can grind to a halt.

Monkeypox is spreading around the world and there are cases in the U.S. Is monkeypox something you should prep for?

The problem this country face is that the people who are supposed to be in charge of the economy don’t know what they are doing..

Have you ever checked the caloric content of vegetables? Many of them offer just a coupe hundred calories per pound. Give yourself survival options.

The U.S. suffered through a decade of rising inflation and stagflation more than 40 years ago. What can we learn from those bad times?

While we're all watching the war in Ukraine, we're ignoring the possibility of of conflict breaking out in the Middle East and Asia.

Gas is going up in price, diesel is getting scarcer, but grain prices may be heading down if a new plan goes into effect.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is resist those in charge and their agenda. Start with passive resistance. Here's how.

It's been a busy spring, but that didn't stop us from doing a minor renovation to our garage and adding a new door.

If history is a guide, high inflation and energy crises are difficult to address and may affect us for years to come. There is no easy cure,

What if we ARE back to normal and the past 20 years of fast growth and low inflation are the aberration? Are you prepared for that?

There comes a time when they can't hide the bad news, but when it hits the mainstream media, it often too late to prepare.

Long known for exaggerating and lying, President Biden told some whoppers earlier this week while trying to promote gun control.

They say you gotta make hay when the sun shines. Around here, we make firewood, practice beekeeping, and do other outdoor chores.

If you’ve gone to the trouble and expense of getting a CCW permit, why leave your gun at home? It won’t do you any good there. Practice constant carry.

We looked for signs of the food shortage at Sam's Club but found only signs of intermittent supply chain disruptions.

Whether in a mass shooting on an isolated event, you have to be prepared to defend yourself and your family. Guns remain the best way to do so.

As our last frost date is behind us and temperatures rise, we "spring" into full speed, as do our bees and the plants in our garden beds.

Us against them, emotional thinking, and the inability of many to live and let live is contributing to the decay of society. Here's how to survive.

As a new wave of COVID-19 rolls through the U.S. and is expected to worsen. a few cases of Monkey Pox raise fears or another pandemic.

Only 56 percent of the items on my Sam’s Club grocery list were in stock at my local store. The food shortage is about to become real.