Imagine a situation where the world is going into chaos for whatever reason – natural disaster, financial collapse, whatever. Bugging in is just not an option because your dwelling is in immediate peril. It’s time to bug out! But you have to act fast. What do you do? Bugging out is going to be the beginning
Armed defense is always an interesting topic when it comes to prepping, survivalism and suburban homesteading. At the end of the day, I strongly believe in a person’s right to stand their ground and protect themselves. Jim Cobb shares that belief. He has used his latest offering, Prepper’s Armed Defense, as a means of explaining
Bushcraft survival is something that a lot of folks in the prepping community have an interest in. Most of us spend some time outdoors away from our homesteads. Knowing how to survive if SHTF in those situations is quite important. In his book The Complete Survival Shelters Handbook, Anthonio Akkermans walks you through the different
Riots, EMP threats, NASA’s megadrought, clashes between religious fanatics, the U.S. debt increasing and the coming elections – all of these situations point to the same thing: the world may go down south at any time. I’m not saying they will – I hope they won’t – but are we really crazy for prepping for them? Our minds
The prepping population knows their stuff. Knowing your stuff is sort of the name of the game when it comes to preparing for the worst. It’s necessary to be innovative, resourceful and aware in order to be in control when life as we know it changes drastically. There are many different ways that this scenario
Natural medicine is something you will invariably hear about as you get involved in the prepping community. We, as a general society, have become very dependent on conventional medicine – doctors, hospitals, pharmacists, etc. If a SHTF scenario ever happens, we’ll need to be able to take care of ourselves both from a conventional medicine
I don’t know anyone involved with preparedness and survival that hasn’t heard of, seen or even purchased paracord. Be it a survival bracelet or a 100ft coil, you stow it in your Bug Out Bag for an emergency situation. I am a strong believer that you should know HOW to use each and every single piece
Financial freedom is something I often preach about here on Suburban Steader. All suburban homesteaders can benefit from being free of financial burden. How do you get there? There are lots of ways to go about it. You can get quite overwhelmed with all the different ways to get to financial independence. Jim Cobb’s latest offering, Prepper’s
Julie Sczerbinki’s latest offering – The Survival Savvy Family: How To Be Your Best During The Absolute Worst – is different than most survival and preparedness books. Most are written from a gloom-and-doom, the-world-is-about-to-end point of view. Those books and the skills described in them have their place. I, however, enjoy survival based books which
Prepping with kids is never easy. And, as a suburban homesteader, you probably have a few running around your place. But, just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean that you can’t do it. Kids are amazingly resilient and are also sponges for knowledge. If you can introduce them to prepping skills wrapped in fun activities, you’re well
