The Pickled PrepperNews. Views and Advice

Our wood stove is cranking out the heat, keeping the cold at bay. The pile of red-hot coals generate the most heat while the logs that are burning brightly will soon be coals themselves.

Wind chills drop to the negative teens and we work on keeping the house warm and preventing our pipes from freezing.

We are enjoyed a white Christmas, which is both a blessing and a little but of a curse when you live on a steep mountain. This is the time of year when you wish you owned a snow machine.

On Christmas, even more than other days, we are thankful that we have so much when others have so little. Give a gift so someone you don't know. Support a foodbank or other charity.

We continue to learn while heating our house with wood, We also do some exploring of local general stores and other resources.

COVID-19 is setting records across the globe as countries battle just to hold heir ground against the encroaching virus. The UK is reportedly facing a new strain and we have to wonder where else it will spread.

COVID-19 is doing lasting damage to our country and our economy. In this post, we explore the lasting effects and what you can do to prepare yourself.

We've seen what COVID-19 can do to the economy and the nation. We've all lived through a recession. Let's combine those lessons learned and prepare for 2021.

We found the Kindling Cracker to be a safe and easy way to chop kindling. Great for people with little or no prior experience or who may be uncomfortable using an axe or hatchet.

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.