Essential Prepper Skills for Beginners

By Scott Bascom

When you’re just getting started on this prepping journey, there is an essential list of prepper skills for beginners that everybody should start with before moving on to more complicated skills.

Food Saver Review

By Scott Bascom

Food Saver Review Oh my food saver, how do I love thee. Let me count the ways. What is a Food Saver?             Food savers are a brand of vacuum sealer. They are designed to store food in plastic bags by putting the food in a special bag, vacuuming out all the oxygen, and then…

Top 6 Books for Preppers and Survivalists

By Scott Bascom

Top Books for Preppers and Survivalists             What books should preppers read/Books for preppers (that might make good gifts)?             A lot of prepping blogs focus on nifty gadgets- this is a sock that is meant to light a signal fire if you are lost in the wilderness, is made from the fibers of an…

How to Stay Warm in Short Term Emergencies

By Scott Bascom

How to Stay Warm in Short Term Emergencies Even though it is a related subject, staying cool in an emergency is a large enough subject I feel that it deserves its own article, and will be addressing that closer to summer. For now though, this is a run down of the most important things to…

Why Dave Preps

By Scott Bascom

Why I Prep, or An Introduction, Of Sorts I am Dave, and you can, too!  That’s not as much of a joke as it could be, honestly. I am the Dave, the Kilted One, War Chief of the Wee Horde. My lovely wife, hereafter known as Mrs. Dave, is active duty military, and my first…