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Vermeer Mini Skid Steer with Auger

Prepper Diary: We Review our Options and Pick a Powerful Fence...

After evaluating a number of power augers, we decided to go with a powerful option to dig our 25 fence post holes.
The dollar's buying power is being eroded by inflation.

Prepper Shopping Basket Inflation Report Shows Surprising Results

It's been five weeks since we first noted the average online cost for key prepping items, so we check back in to see the results. They may surprise you.
Ice hangs from a pipe

Texas Freeze Damage Assessment Continues: Time to do Your Own

As the amount of damage done to lives, livelihoods, houses, business and agriculture continue to climb in Texas, you may want to re-assess your preps.
Skyscrapers in the city

Survival Diary February 24: We Make a Trip to the City

We made our first big shopping trip to the city in two months and it drove home the difference between living in big cities, small cities and rural areas.
The first flower of spring

After the Deep Freeze, we Experience the First Twinges of Spring

After a spate of cold days with temps dropping into the teens, we see the first signs of spring and we test our gravity-flow water system.
The Capital. Image by JamesDeMers from Pixabay.

The Best Way Preppers Should Spend their Stimulus Check

As Congress creeps closer to yet another stimulus bill, Preppers may be in for a windfall. Here are our suggestions on how to spend it.
chickens free ranging

Prepper Diary February 21: Our Chicken Coop Plans Get Updated

We get some professional advice regarding our chicken coop design and garden layout.
Shop you r local main street instead of online. Image by Stephen Marc from Pixabay.

Don’t Feed the Beast: Why You Should Take Going Galt to...

Are your hard-earned dollars supporting companies with positions you don't agree with? Don't feed the beast! Seek alternative companies and brands.
A pile of wooden fence posts.

Prepper Diary February 17: We Make a Start on the Garden...

We venture out to fetch supplies for our future garden and load up the pick-up truck with fence posts and welded wire fencing.
An oil pump at sunset. Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash.

Bitter Cold Temps, Power Outages, Gas Shortages and How to Prepare...

Thanks to regulators and green energy policy, we can no longer supply enough power to meet peak demand for electricity and natural gas.