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The homeland defense pack is designed to allow us to fade into the woods and live to fight another day. Or two. They don't provide much sustainment, but enough to fight on or find a cache.

The Homestead Defense Packs; Preparing to Make our Last Stand

Are you ready to fight for your land? We are, if it comes to that. And the Homestead Defense Bag will help.
This is the first load of equipment, all bee stuff.

The Storage Unit Gamble: Redundancy or Risk?

Is offsite storage a prepper's lifeline or a vulnerability? it may work great for our excess honey equipment, but is not ideal for food storage.
Serving half a can of chili over a bed of white rice with a side of artisan sourdough turns a 350-calorie snack into a robust 750-calorie meal. In a long-term SHTF scenario, mastering the art of stretching your canned goods with home-grown or bulk-stored staples is the difference between starvation and stamina

Survival Math: Stretching Your Prepper Pantry After SHTF

Is a 15oz can of chili enough for survival? Discover the math of stretching rations and the hard truths of sharing food after SHTF.
Vacuum sealing a steel gun will minimize the chances it will rust by removing the oxygen and moisture that cause rust.

Can a Food Sealer Protect More than Food?

Pete tries to vacuum seal a handgun for long-term storage and considers other products that could benefit from the process.
Our new Polaris Ranger climbed the mountain with ease.

The New Polaris Ranger Arrives on the Homestead

Pete tests put his new Polaris Ranger out on the homestead and compares the 2025 version to a 2017 model he had been driving.
$100 bills

Do You have an Emergency Cash Stash?

If you decide to stash cash or other valuables for the bad times after the SHTF, make sure you can easily find your cache.
Hardy, waterproof work boots are a prepper's friend.

Building out a Cache in a 5-gallon Pail

I am planning to bury a couple of 5-gallon pails stuffed with supplies as an emergency cache. Check out the five categories of gear included inside.
I carried the gear up the mountain in a surplus ALICE pack

Prepping and Caching on the Homestead

I finally had a chance to place my first cache in the woods hundreds of feet above our house. I hope never to need it, but feel good it's there.
New contents for our caches

Stocking the Hidden Prepper Caches

I purchased some additional prepping supplies to add calories and trauma first aid items to our caches. We'll be hiding them soon.
Cache options

Building Caches for the Worst Case Scenario

Some caches are for bugging out. Pete is building homestead defense caches to sustain and rearm him while he fights back.