Food & Water
The two things a household runs out of first. Long-term food storage, rotating pantries, freeze-dried, canning and mylar — plus water filtration, storage, sourcing and treatment. The ground truth on what actually feeds and hydrates a household when the supply chain stalls. Plain reviews and honest taste tests, no panic.
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Shortages and Inflation Crisis: 4 Things to Hoard Now
Four-minute analysis of current supply-chain and inflation pressures, identifying which goods are most impacted and recommending priority stockpiling items.
17 Hygiene Supplies You Need to Buy Now: Cargo Shipping Container & Supply Chain Crisis Worsening
Supply-chain disruption analysis and a prioritized list of 17 hygiene items to stockpile before container-shipping bottlenecks worsen.
Cooking Meat in Leaf Wrap on a Fire
Three-minute hands-on demonstration of wrapping and cooking meat directly in leaves over an open fire—a foundational bushcraft technique for off-grid food preparation.
Overhauling Our Main Garden - Part 1
First episode in a suburban garden transformation series: assessing the existing space and planning production beds for the 2021 growing season.
$278 Costco Shopping Haul – Slim Pickings!
Four-minute walkthrough of a $278 Costco haul covering 3 weeks of meals, demonstrating practical provisioning and household food-storage strategy.
Longhorns and hay rings on the homestead
Two-minute walkthrough of hay bale rings for livestock feed storage on an off-grid homestead.
Editor's note
“If you only have a weekend and $200, fix water before anything else — it's the prep with the highest ratio of survival impact per dollar. On food: most $400 emergency kits could be replaced with $120 of supermarket staples plus mylar bags. The expensive part of food prep is the marketing, not the calories.”
— Cockroach editorial
Water Storage For Preppers - Emergency Water Storage
Four-minute walkthrough of water storage planning: calculating daily needs per person and pet, accounting for climate, establishing minimum 3-day reserves, and scaling up.
Mosquito Prevention in Rain Barrels
Quick tip on preventing mosquito breeding in stored rainwater systems.
Food Prices Rise Sharply - Up 19% for 2014
Analysis of rising grocery prices and their impact on food stockpile adequacy for preppers facing inflation and supply disruption.
Trying Out My Preps
Testing stored foods in real conditions: homemade wheat noodles with powdered eggs, long-term storage meals, and lessons learned from actual consumption.
Prepping - Water Filters
Four-minute walkthrough on building a DIY Berkey-style water filter system using a commercial filter kit.