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.
Top picks in Food & Water
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Popcorn: The Most Fun Food in Your Prepper Pantry
Popcorn storage methods using Mylar and oxygen absorbers, microwave and stovetop popping techniques with coconut oil, and cost comparison showing 75% savings over commercial bags.
One Day Off The Grid: Solar Maintenance, Battery Install, and Property Management
Ten-minute walkthrough of daily off-grid homestead tasks: solar panel cleaning, lithium battery installation for mobile power, water system operation, and equipment maintenance on a working property.
Improvised Foil Cup: Boiling Water in the Field
40-second demonstration of folding aluminum foil into a cup to boil water over a fire — useful no-gear technique for backcountry and emergency scenarios.
Planting 178 More Trees & Bushes - Adding Growth for Food, Wildlife, Bees & Birds
21-minute walkthrough of establishing perennial food sources (fruit and nut trees, berry bushes) on a mountain homestead, including site selection, planting technique, and long-term food security strategy.
In 4 days it all goes down! Will you be ready..
Doug and Stacy announce their upcoming homesteading conference, new radio show, copper water storage benefits, concerns about 6G rollout, and updates on Missouri Tea Company products
The 1 Thing You Aren't Prepping For - Super El Nino Scenario
Two-hour scenario walk-through of extreme weather cascade effects on UK supply chains, infrastructure, and food security, with military logistics applied to civilian preparedness.
Why Preparedness Gets More Expensive Over Time
Explores the cost trajectory of delaying preparedness decisions across food, energy, and supply-chain categories.
Off Grid Sprinkler System At My Cabin
Building an off-grid sprinkler system using a sump pump, 1100-gallon water tank, and 400-watt solar array to maintain yard irrigation without grid power.
Electric Cooler Buyer's Guide: Setpower DT-45 Mobile Electric Refrigerator Freezer
13-minute hands-on review of a portable electric cooler for off-grid living, vehicle storage, and emergency food preservation.
What Happens When Gas Hits $7 / Gallon in the USA?
Eight-minute scenario walkthrough: cascading household and economic effects if fuel prices reach $7/gallon, from food costs to debt defaults.
Single Parent Prepping: The Emergency Plan Every Mum & Dad Needs
20-minute practical emergency-preparedness plan for single parents covering food storage, water, blackouts, home safety, emergency kits, and preparing children without inducing fear.
Soon This Is All They'll Talk About
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Emergency Food That Needs Zero Cooking
Five shelf-stable meal types that require no cooking, designed for food storage plans and grid-down scenarios.
Sustainable Garden Infrastructure and Seasonal Harvest Management
How to build raised beds and vertical gardens from reclaimed materials, set up gravity-fed irrigation and rain barrels, and use succession and companion planting to maximize yields.
Building Shelves for Sprouting Seeds
Walkthrough building shelving units for seed germination and seedling care in a small-space urban garden setup.
No Well? No Problem. How We Got Water in Our Off-Grid Cabin
Installing a 2500-gallon buried water storage tank, gravity-fed plumbing system, and transitioning from hauled water to rainwater collection.
The Best Bushcraft Cordage for Fishing Set Line Trap
37-minute walkthrough of making natural cordage from wild materials and testing it in fish traps for food procurement.
Let Your Tank Breathe!
32-second explanation of how vented tank lids regulate internal pressure and protect water storage systems as levels change.
Transplanting 2 Fig Trees
Step-by-step walkthrough of transplanting established fig trees into containers on an urban lot, covering timing, technique, and aftercare.
Where Economic Pressure Hits Households Next
Maps how supply-chain and inflation pressures cascade into household budgets, with practical mitigation steps.
This Passive Energy Greenhouse Stays 50°F in Single-Digit Temps — Here's How
Owner and builder walk through a 36×18 steel greenhouse using thermal mass (water totes, concrete), earth tubes, and insulation to stay 50°F in winter with no electricity
3 Layer Emergency Cooking | What Most Preppers Get Wrong
Nine-minute walkthrough of three redundant cooking methods for grid-down scenarios, covering fuel types, equipment selection, and avoiding single points of failure.
Storing water sucks but you should still do it
24-minute walkthrough of water storage methods, challenges, and practical solutions for household preparedness.
Poultry Processing Equipment Unboxing
Tour of on-farm poultry processing equipment setup: scalders, pluckers, and workflow for home and small-farm chicken processing.
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
Planting Another Potato Bed
Twenty-three minutes on establishing and planting a potato bed in a small urban space, covering bed preparation and seed potato selection.
Rosemary Rescue: The Science of Reviving a Dying Herb
Five-minute walkthrough: diagnose and fix common rosemary plant failures indoors using soil, light, watering, and pest-management techniques.
Always dedicate a drinking water hose to your water storage
21-second tip: use a dedicated hose for drinking water storage to prevent cross-contamination and maintain water safety.
2026 Food Shortage Warning: Are You Ready? Here's Your Action Plan
Jonathan and Kaylean walk through six strategies for weathering 2026-27 food shortages, from rotating pantry basics to building living food sources and community networks.
Spring Garden Update: Container Growing, Chickens, and Quail
13-minute walkthrough of a spring garden in progress: container vegetables, fruit trees, herbs, chickens, and quail on a city lot.
Control These 5 Things or Your Emergency Food Won't Last
Twelve-minute walkthrough of oxygen, moisture, heat, light, and pests—the five primary threats to long-term food storage shelf life and how to counter each one.
Easy Moose Jerky: The Ultimate Survival Food
A demonstration of cutting moose meat cross-grain into thin slices, seasoning with salt and spices, and air-drying it above a stove for shelf-stable storage.
This Is What Preparedness Actually Looks Like
Six-minute walkthrough of everyday food-independence tasks—comfrey harvesting for garden fertilizer and topical remedies, and other small consistent actions that build real food security over time.
Coffee Chat: What I'm Seeing Right Now
Seven minutes on garden progress, food self-reliance fundamentals, and the mindset behind small-scale food production for household resilience.
Beans or Lentils? Which Is Better for Survival Food?
Comparison of beans and lentils as long-term storage staples, examining nutrition, calories, and meal-building potential for grid-down cooking.
The Most Overlooked Canned Food Category: Base Foods
Overview of seven canned food types for emergency meal systems, with focus on 'base foods' as nutritionally dense foundation ingredients for grid-down cooking.
Simple Rain Catchment & Power to the Cabin
Walkthrough of a DIY rainwater collection system and off-grid power setup for a cabin, demonstrating practical water and energy independence.
Water storage for emergencies - long term
Twenty-minute walkthrough of long-term water storage systems for household emergencies: container selection, treatment, rotation, and maintenance.
Spring At My Off Grid Cabin: Projects and Homestead Tour
April tour of an off-grid cabin showing spring plantings, blooming trees, and annual homesteading projects for sustainable living.
Hummingbirds and Greenhouse
Season-long look at growing vegetables, herbs, and specialty crops in an Arizona greenhouse, plus solar and wind power setup for a 43-acre homestead.
Outdoor Garden Beds Tour, Greenhouse Progress
25-minute walkthrough of diversified garden beds, greenhouse expansion, and dual solar-wind power systems on a 43-acre off-grid Arizona homestead.
Fishing Knots for Preppers, Bushcraft and Survival
Six-minute walkthrough of essential fishing knots for survival and bushcraft scenarios, demonstrating easy step-by-step techniques.
March Florida Garden Tour Zone 9b | Prepping the Land for a Year's Worth of Food
17-minute garden walkthrough in central Florida showing raised beds, seedling starts, food forest setup, and permaculture techniques for year-round food production.
Atmospheric Water Harvesting: How to Pull Clean Water From Air for $30
How atmospheric water generation works, materials for a DIY $30 device, real-world performance tests, and scalability for off-grid households.
Garden Progress: Seedlings to Success
Twelve minutes on spring seedling propagation and early-season garden setup on a 43-acre Arizona homestead, covering raised beds, transplanting, and crop timing.
How to Store 90 Days of Food in a Small Apartment (Without Looking Like a Hoarder)
Ten-minute walkthrough on building a 90-day food supply for a family of four in a small apartment using calorie math, rotation systems, and hidden storage spots.
How to Grow Loquat Trees | Must Have Fruit Tree
Eighteen-minute guide to cultivating loquat trees for warm climates: growing zones, soil prep, harvesting, and preparing medicinal leaf tea.
The Survival Gear Buying Guide: What You Actually Need vs. What to Skip
Nine-minute breakdown of the 72-hour preparedness framework, household water and food math, beginner gear mistakes, and how to start preparing for under $100.
How to Clip Chicken Wings the Right Way
Two-minute walkthrough on safely clipping primary flight feathers to prevent flight while keeping chickens healthy and mobile.