Category Archives: Prepping

Are You Ready for a Recession? – Tips To Survive COVID-19 Economic Impacts

covid-19 economic impacts

COVID-19 is having a serious impact on the economy. Everything is canceled, people are working remotely or being laid off completely, schools across the US are closing, non-essential businesses are closing such as restaurants, bars, hair salons, etc. Tourism is down across the board. Nobody is traveling anymore which hurts a wide variety of institutions […]

How To Be Prepared in an Off Grid RV

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Living off grid in an RV is an exhilarating adventure. With a husband, two young kids and two dogs, there’s always something interesting going on. Being prepared in an RV is a lot different than being prepared in a home or even an apartment. There are many considerations to be made, but mostly, you learn […]

10 Skills To Practice Everyday To Be Prepared For a Crisis

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When it comes to emergency preparedness, we’re realists. We understand that bad things do happen. Mother nature doesn’t care about us. Bad people want to do bad things. This is a hard pill to swallow, especially because we want to simply live our lives without having to worry about anything bad happening. Of course we […]

How To Survive the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster

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A natural disaster usually comes and goes so quickly that you barely have time to register it. What sticks around, however, is the aftermath. How would you be able to survive and thrive the aftermath of the destruction left behind by a natural disaster? When we talk about emergencies and disasters, more often than not […]

How To Stay Warm Without Power

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This is a guest post by: Jeff Larsen is the founder and editor in chief at Elements Survival. In my free time I like to spend time outdoors with my family either Camping, on the trail hiking or working on survival skills in the bush. My kids love getting away from the busy city and […]

3 Sweet Plants and How To Grow Them – Prepper Garden

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This is guest post by: Elle loves food forests: wild jungle-style self-sufficient gardens. She is a former plant nursery owner and now runs Outdoor Happens (https://www.outdoorhappens.com) from her 10-acre homestead, shared with 3 dogs, 11 chickens, 4 horses, countless cattle, a husband, and 2 little girls. You can find Elle on Pinterest (pinterest.com/outdoorhappens) and Facebook […]

23 TSA Friendly Prepper Items – Stay Prepared While Flying

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We do as little flying as possible. We love to road trip. Plus, you can take any gear you want when you’re in your own vehicle! Whether for work or personal, flying might be unavoidable for some. As preppers, we want to stay prepared at all times, regardless of where we are or what we’re […]

Preppers: Why So Serious? Here’s How To Lighten Up

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I don’t know when or why it happened, but the prepper community has gotten a very large stick up the butt over the past several years. Every single time I attempt humor through my YouTube channel, I get a ton of unsubscribes and down votes. Way more than on my regular “serious” posts. I’m not […]

How To Prepare Your Home, Self & Car for Winter

winter preparedness

Each season we should be changing out our preps to serve the needs of the season. If it’s summer then we need to be thinking about summer needs such as sunscreen and bug spray. Around September or October is when we should get together what we need for winter. At the end of this post, […]

What If Nothing Ever Happens And You Never Use Your Preps?

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I’ve heard countless people complain that they bought all this gear and learned all this stuff but they’re worried or have come to the conclusion that nothing is ever going to happen! I think this is such a strange mindset. You’re mad cause you’re prepared?  I’d like to summarize one of my subscribers: Do you […]