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No unfounded conspiracies, fake news, etc. 5. Debate ideas, not people. FILTER Show all Advice Gear Meta News Scenarios Skills

Preps for people with physical disabilities and limitations or who aren’t in great physical shape

Jonnie PekelnyContributor - May 4, 2022

19

61

AdviceMetaScenariosSkills

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