Active New Top (30 days) Compact Card The sun ☀️ is our greatest survival ally Molly N. 😆 - April 29, 2022 13 2 Skills What’s worth canning? Watermelon Samurai - April 22, 2022 14 20 AdviceSkills Creating a prepping team Unobtrusive - April 20, 2022 28 40 AdviceScenariosSkills Knowing who has what skills Sun Yeti - March 26, 2022 20 8 AdviceSkills Bug Out: All you need to know UnknownPrepper - March 4, 2022 13 7 AdviceGearScenariosSkills Poison ivy, oak, and sumac – how to identify, treat, and a fun little game Robert LarsonContributor - March 3, 2022 14 24 Skills 7 things to prepare before it’s too late Mike Hill - February 6, 2022 12 13 AdviceGearScenariosSkills An experiment in growing mushrooms Josh CentersContributor - February 3, 2022 11 7 Skills Sending text messages over ham radio with JS8Call Josh CentersContributor - January 24, 2022 18 18 Skills How to defend against marauders after a disaster Bradical - January 19, 2022 18 37 ScenariosSkills Maintain a sustainable food source with the prepper’s garden UbiqueContributor - January 19, 2022 18 36 Skills A story of survival – surviving 72 days in the snowy mountains after a plane crash by resorting to cannibalism Olly Wright - January 16, 2022 14 2 Skills Best online first aid course? Lowell - December 21, 2021 14 5 AdviceSkills Learning to bake without an oven – some suggestions Barb LeeContributor - November 24, 2021 21 47 Skills Navigating and estimating time using the sun Robert LarsonContributor - November 15, 2021 10 3 Skills Washing machine broken, might want to try something non-electric PrepPrepPrep - October 29, 2021 16 38 GearScenariosSkills Vacation traveling and bugout bags: How do you pack to stay prepared? Crysis - October 8, 2021 11 12 AdviceGearSkills Utilities shut off – Do you know what to do? Bigwig - September 18, 2021 6 5 AdviceSkills What is the best practice for starting a fire? Jonnie PekelnyContributor - September 9, 2021 9 21 AdviceSkills Austere First Aid video course trailer + 50% off preorders are live John AdamaStaff - August 31, 2021 25 24 NewsSkills Spiders – the insidious attack insects Illini Warrior - August 22, 2021 1 2 Skills Do you fish? Josh CentersContributor - August 21, 2021 7 8 MetaSkills Lessons from my 2021 garden Josh CentersContributor - August 21, 2021 9 8 Skills Gamifying preparedness for children Matt Black - August 13, 2021 7 3 AdviceScenariosSkills How to prevent and treat heat exhaustion Gideon ParkerStaff - July 18, 2021 21 28 AdviceScenariosSkills How I became a newbie ham radio operator (during a pandemic) Jonnie PekelnyContributor - July 14, 2021 26 28 AdviceSkills Fall gardening – great food + great practice for survival gardens RedneckContributor - June 21, 2021 19 48 ScenariosSkills Townsend’s homestead videos – homesteading like it’s the 18th century Josh CentersContributor - June 2, 2021 6 2 Skills Complete preparedness and the importance of inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement of items UbiqueContributor - May 26, 2021 8 4 AdviceScenariosSkills Canning jars: fabulous in freezer, reuse for decades CR - May 20, 2021 13 12 AdviceSkills Making cycling a part of your prepping Kris DzrContributor - May 14, 2021 27 36 GearSkills Are you a prepper or are you practicing prepper? UbiqueContributor - May 1, 2021 14 13 AdviceScenariosSkills How to barter UbiqueContributor - April 29, 2021 11 11 AdviceSkills The use of our senses in survival and preparedness UbiqueContributor - April 25, 2021 6 11 AdviceSkills Unnatural disaster: Methamphetamine violence and crime UbiqueContributor - April 23, 2021 5 16 AdviceScenariosSkills How to stay safe when traveling at home or abroad UbiqueContributor - April 21, 2021 7 17 AdviceScenariosSkills How to survive and avoid incidents of civil unrest UbiqueContributor - April 19, 2021 9 8 AdviceScenariosSkills Here comes the sun – When a massive solar flare, grid loss and overheated nuclear reactors change the world. [Edited to include what the prepper in the story did wrong.] UbiqueContributor - April 18, 2021 11 30 AdviceGearScenariosSkills Why I wrote: The year the crops failed and famine began in North America UbiqueContributor - April 17, 2021 5 29 AdviceScenariosSkills Home Invasion – Preparation that could have prevented or changed the outcome UbiqueContributor - April 15, 2021 13 60 AdviceScenariosSkills Germinating seeds with an Instant Pot. Has anyone tried this? Josh CentersContributor - April 13, 2021 7 0 Skills Home invasion UbiqueContributor - April 11, 2021 9 6 AdviceScenariosSkills The thrifty prepper – how to stretch the prepping budget UbiqueContributor - April 3, 2021 10 24 AdviceSkills And when that ammo runs out? Oldprepper - April 1, 2021 12 24 GearScenariosSkills How we can teach children and youth prepping skills UbiqueContributor - March 25, 2021 10 8 AdviceSkills Mitigation: How to reduce the cause, impact and severity of disasters around your home UbiqueContributor - March 23, 2021 12 35 AdviceSkills Cross training prepping skills to better prepare the family or group UbiqueContributor - March 16, 2021 6 13 AdviceSkills My water maker Oldprepper - March 9, 2021 8 4 AdviceGearSkills How to prevent injury, illness or death while cleaning up after a disaster UbiqueContributor - March 8, 2021 11 29 AdviceGearScenariosSkills < Prev 1 2 3 Next > Recently Active Turn old bed sheets into durable waterproof tarps - 2 weeks agoHam Radio Protocol - 2 months agoGames that teach survival skills - January 4, 2024What are your softcore preps? - November 18, 2023DYI Air Purifier for Wildfire Smoke - October 30, 2023 RULES This forum is heavily moderated to keep things valuable to as many people as possible. Full community policies are here. The basics: 1. Be nice to each other. 2. Stay focused on prepping. 3. Avoid politics, religion, and other arguments. 4. No unfounded conspiracies, fake news, etc. 5. Debate ideas, not people. FILTER Show all Advice Gear Meta News Scenarios Skills

The sun ☀️ is our greatest survival ally

Molly N. 😆 - April 29, 2022

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What’s worth canning?

Watermelon Samurai - April 22, 2022

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20

AdviceSkills

Creating a prepping team

Unobtrusive - April 20, 2022

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40

AdviceScenariosSkills

Knowing who has what skills

Sun Yeti - March 26, 2022

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8

AdviceSkills

Bug Out: All you need to know

UnknownPrepper - March 4, 2022

13

7

AdviceGearScenariosSkills

Poison ivy, oak, and sumac – how to identify, treat, and a fun little game

Robert LarsonContributor - March 3, 2022

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24

Skills

7 things to prepare before it’s too late

Mike Hill - February 6, 2022

12

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AdviceGearScenariosSkills

An experiment in growing mushrooms

Josh CentersContributor - February 3, 2022

11

7

Skills

Sending text messages over ham radio with JS8Call

Josh CentersContributor - January 24, 2022

18

18

Skills

How to defend against marauders after a disaster

Bradical - January 19, 2022

18

37

ScenariosSkills

Maintain a sustainable food source with the prepper’s garden

UbiqueContributor - January 19, 2022

18

36

Skills

A story of survival – surviving 72 days in the snowy mountains after a plane crash by resorting to cannibalism

Olly Wright - January 16, 2022

14

2

Skills

Best online first aid course?

Lowell - December 21, 2021

14

5

AdviceSkills

Learning to bake without an oven – some suggestions

Barb LeeContributor - November 24, 2021

21

47

Skills

Navigating and estimating time using the sun

Robert LarsonContributor - November 15, 2021

10

3

Skills

Washing machine broken, might want to try something non-electric

PrepPrepPrep - October 29, 2021

16

38

GearScenariosSkills

Vacation traveling and bugout bags: How do you pack to stay prepared?

Crysis - October 8, 2021

11

12

AdviceGearSkills

Utilities shut off – Do you know what to do?

Bigwig - September 18, 2021

6

5

AdviceSkills

What is the best practice for starting a fire?

Jonnie PekelnyContributor - September 9, 2021

9

21

AdviceSkills

Austere First Aid video course trailer + 50% off preorders are live

John AdamaStaff - August 31, 2021

25

24

NewsSkills

Spiders – the insidious attack insects

Illini Warrior - August 22, 2021

1

2

Skills

Do you fish?

Josh CentersContributor - August 21, 2021

7

8

MetaSkills

Lessons from my 2021 garden

Josh CentersContributor - August 21, 2021

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8

Skills

Gamifying preparedness for children

Matt Black - August 13, 2021

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3

AdviceScenariosSkills

How to prevent and treat heat exhaustion

Gideon ParkerStaff - July 18, 2021

21

28

AdviceScenariosSkills

How I became a newbie ham radio operator (during a pandemic)

Jonnie PekelnyContributor - July 14, 2021

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AdviceSkills

Fall gardening – great food + great practice for survival gardens

RedneckContributor - June 21, 2021

19

48

ScenariosSkills

Townsend’s homestead videos – homesteading like it’s the 18th century

Josh CentersContributor - June 2, 2021

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2

Skills

Complete preparedness and the importance of inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement of items

UbiqueContributor - May 26, 2021

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4

AdviceScenariosSkills

Canning jars: fabulous in freezer, reuse for decades

CR - May 20, 2021

13

12

AdviceSkills

Making cycling a part of your prepping

Kris DzrContributor - May 14, 2021

27

36

GearSkills

Are you a prepper or are you practicing prepper?

UbiqueContributor - May 1, 2021

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13

AdviceScenariosSkills

How to barter

UbiqueContributor - April 29, 2021

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11

AdviceSkills

The use of our senses in survival and preparedness

UbiqueContributor - April 25, 2021

6

11

AdviceSkills

Unnatural disaster: Methamphetamine violence and crime

UbiqueContributor - April 23, 2021

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16

AdviceScenariosSkills

How to stay safe when traveling at home or abroad

UbiqueContributor - April 21, 2021

7

17

AdviceScenariosSkills

How to survive and avoid incidents of civil unrest

UbiqueContributor - April 19, 2021

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AdviceScenariosSkills

Here comes the sun – When a massive solar flare, grid loss and overheated nuclear reactors change the world. [Edited to include what the prepper in the story did wrong.]

UbiqueContributor - April 18, 2021

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AdviceGearScenariosSkills

Why I wrote: The year the crops failed and famine began in North America

UbiqueContributor - April 17, 2021

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AdviceScenariosSkills

Home Invasion – Preparation that could have prevented or changed the outcome

UbiqueContributor - April 15, 2021

13

60

AdviceScenariosSkills

Germinating seeds with an Instant Pot. Has anyone tried this?

Josh CentersContributor - April 13, 2021

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Skills

Home invasion

UbiqueContributor - April 11, 2021

9

6

AdviceScenariosSkills

The thrifty prepper – how to stretch the prepping budget

UbiqueContributor - April 3, 2021

10

24

AdviceSkills

And when that ammo runs out?

Oldprepper - April 1, 2021

12

24

GearScenariosSkills

How we can teach children and youth prepping skills

UbiqueContributor - March 25, 2021

10

8

AdviceSkills

Mitigation: How to reduce the cause, impact and severity of disasters around your home

UbiqueContributor - March 23, 2021

12

35

AdviceSkills

Cross training prepping skills to better prepare the family or group

UbiqueContributor - March 16, 2021

6

13

AdviceSkills

My water maker

Oldprepper - March 9, 2021

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4

AdviceGearSkills

How to prevent injury, illness or death while cleaning up after a disaster

UbiqueContributor - March 8, 2021

11

29

AdviceGearScenariosSkills