The Pickled Prepper
A house in the mountains

How to Start a Retreat from Scratch

Read the story of a family that bought raw land and built their own retreat, including the many steps they took.
mountainhome

Our Prepper Property Search – Part 1

You can live in your house and bug out to your retreat, or you live at your retreat. We’re working towards the latter.
A log cabin under construction.

Looks Like More Preppers are Moving to our Mountain

Apparently we are not the only folks who think this is a good area for prepping. Far from the cities and off the beaten track, it is attracting other preppers
Average annual perciptation

It May be Time to Move

If you live in Southern California or in any of the states that draw water from the Colorado River, you might want to move before it is too late.
storage foods in buckets

Prepper Diary October 2: How to Build Your Food Storage Over...

We have buckets of long-term storage food. We have cans of dehydrated food. But we didn't build up this supply overnight. Live the prepper life and you can build up your supplies as well.
Mountain View

Prepper Diary June 8 – We Make an Offer

Our search for the perfect prepper property that is both our retreat and our permanent residence takes a big step closer.
The view from our deck

Prepper Diary July 26: We Close on our Prepper Property

After two years of searching, we finally spend our first night in our new property. There's work to be done, like eradicating the mice that call it home.
Covered wagon

Prepper Diary November 1: Bugging Out and on Being Charitable

Our old house is for sale so we're bugging out to the mountains. Moving has encouraged us to downsize and minimize.
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.
A farm in a valley

10 Tips for Buying Prepper Properties

We've seen 40 properties in multiple states, and its been a learning experience! Here are our top 10 property search tips for preppers seeking their forever home.
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