The Pickled Prepper
Spam and eggs cooking on our wood stove.

Prepper Diary January 30: It’s Bitterly Cold, Making it the Best...

Garden seeds sold out last year due to COVID-19 and there are hints that it may happen again, especially with heirlooms seeds. Plan your garden now!
A good sized fixed blade knife. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

Prepper Diary January 24: Trying to Identify the Best Way to...

Carrying a sheath knife is pretty straight forward, but carrying a pistol and a fixed blade knife on your belt complicates things.
Rioters in Washington DC. Photo by Koshu Kunii on Unspash.

Prepper Diary June 1: We Arm Up

With riots and looting spreading across the United States, you can't blame a guy for deciding to increase his defensive fire power.
A dirt road.

Prepper Diary December 13: Our Move is Over but the Fun...

Our move is over but the unpacking will take days. We are exhausted, but the poor truck diver had a really bad trip.
2-pound bags of four at Sam's Club

Prepper Diary July 22: We Break Quarantine, Again

After avoiding the city for almost a month and going on self-imposed quarantine for more than a week, I venture out and find others are playing it safe, too.
Woman bathing. Photo by bruce mars via Unsplash

How to Develop a Gravity-Fed Spring Water System Like Ours

Our gravity-fed water system gives us free, clean water even when the power is out or in a post-SHTF situation.
A work bench with tools

Prepper Diary October 6: It’s Been a Week of Chores

Never a dull day at Pete's Place as we've got chores to do and repairs to make as we get ready to move to our prepper property.
Bird flu is driving up the cost of eggs again.

50 Days in Quarantine: More Groceries and Lessons Learned

After more than seven weeks in self-isolation, we pick up groceries and review lessons learned so far.
We go into Self Quarantine to prevent COVID-19 infection

Prepper Diary December 17: We Begin to Self-Quarantine Again

Five month after we lifted our own, personal self-imposed quarantine, the rising rates of COVID-19 are causing us to withdraw from public once again.
Canned Meats

Quarantine Day 43 – A Dog’s Life

During quarantine, we have become like our coddled pets: well fed and lazy. But how long will the food last?