The Pickled Prepper
The track up the mountain in the snow and fog

Conducting a Shoe-Leather Recon of Your Retreat Area

How well do you know the area around your retreat or your home. Don't count on a car ride or a Google Earth map. Get out there and see it first hand.
the mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay .

Gas Prices, Food Shortages, and the End of the World

One meglomaniac in Russia desides to make a name for himself by bringing Ukraine back into the fold, and we're suddenly looking at the end of the world.
Making bread is far cheaper than buying it.

How to Prepare for the Coming Wheat Shortage

Wheat prices are soaring, and it doesn't bode well for your grocery bill. Here are some tips for managing the rising cost of bread and related products.
Prepper pantry

Welcome New Preppers; Get Started Here

We've seen lots of new preppers this past week so we've put together this special prepping primer to help them get started.
A hidden forest cabin

The Ugly Truth About Prepping

It's one thing to prep for a hurricane, an earthquake, or high inflation. Preparing for a potentially cataclysmic disaster takes it to another level.

Prepper News Update November 27

My house is still filled with family and friends after Thanksgiving, so we will only have prepper news update today instead of original contents. ...
posters on a wall reading "Who will survive in America?" Photo by LOGAN WEAVER on Unsplash.

Cutting Our Legs out from Under Us – Part Five

Will hyperinflation lead to an economic collapse? If it does, do you have what it takes to survive until the recovery?
An empty soup shelf from May 2020

Cutting Our Legs Out From Under Us – Part Two

In Part One of this series, we discussed how food, energy, and money at the three legs of the tripod the supports human life on Earth. Today, we take a closer look at food.
Soybeans growing in a field. Photo by Braden Egli on Unsplash.

Prepare for Unrest, War and Regime Change Next Year

As food prices rise in the U.S., its worse in countries that import the majority of their food. Expect shortages and much higher prices to cause disruption in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Plenty of meat at Costco

We Stock up on a Big Shopping Trip

The time has come to store food for the coming bad times. Fragile systems are collapsing and the weather is hurting global crop yields. We may have reached Peak Food.