How secure is your laptop or iPhone when it is on a public Wi-Fi Network? Do you know the steps to take?

How to Keep your Real Life and your Prepper Life Siloed...

How secure is your laptop or iPhone when it is on a public Wi-Fi Network? Do you know the steps to take to stay secure?
Another unprovoked stabbing took place on a subway this weekend. Are you prepared for random violence?

Different Threats in Urban and Rural Environments

Random, unprovoked violence grows. and normalcy bias can get you killed whether you are in the city or the country.
Who is reading your digital footprints, and what are they doing with that data?

How to Keep your Real Life and your Prepper Life Siloed...

Protecting your security, safety and privacy: How and why you should keep your real and your online lives siloed under different identities.
One of the many things on Pete's to do list was "Paint Bee Equipment." This is the first half of his painting project.

Lists, Inventories and the Endless Prepping Journey

Where is that? Did we get this? Who has the whatchamacallit? Why being well organized can help you on your prepping journey--or your bugout.
Fog engulfs the mountains. When not in a drought, the Appalachians can be a temperate rain forest.

Our Drought is Suddenly Over—For Now

How the weather in your retreat can affect your long-term survival and why first-hand, boots-on-the-ground experience matters.
Calories, BTUs, and manpower will be the currency after a collapse.

Trading Today’s Money for Tomorrow’s Calories and Energy

When fiat money fails and the collapse comes calling, calories and BTUs will be the new currency and physical labor will be in demand.
There are now at least 40 logs from 7 inches to 20 or more in diameter waiting to be cut.

Tree Work Means More Work for Me

Think retirement means slowing down? For this prepper, it means stacking firewood, staying self-reliant, and finding true freedom in hard work.
House Cleaning

Some Pickled Prepper Housecleaning and Improvements

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If you look closely, on the right, you can see where the comb broke apart when I lifted another super off this hive, exposing the honey. The light, white wax is newly drawn comb.

Beekeeping and Water Woes: Thriving Through the Drought

The lack of rain is affecting humans, honeybees, and plants, but some relief may lie on the horizon, at least in the Appalachians.
We might be seeing this in the near future.

The Next Oil Shortage is Here

Have you noticed how the Democrats send a memo around with new talking points, and then everyone uses them? From congressmen to television hosts...