- Guest Post: Dangers and Praises for Multi-Use Preps
by Levi Ethan GroenendaelWhat "multi-use" meansFor whatever reason, our society has become one of "gadgets" - and, as time goes on, we see those gadgets turn into "2 in 1" or "3 in 1" or "819 in 1" devices. For purposes of this article, we're talki…
- 3 days ago 20 Jan 17, 8:56pm -
- Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, spam and spam.
Much maligned as a food for the poor, the ubiquitous nature of Spam has earned it a place in a prepper's pantry. I know that at least one of you out there is gagging at the thought of eating “mystery meat” out of a can, but I'm betting that you'd…
- 3 days ago 20 Jan 17, 2:56am -
- Prudent Prepping: Junk In The Trunk
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping.Well, 2017 is looking to be an eventful, 'interesting' (in the Chinese proverb/curse meaning) year. I have a new-to-me car that is…
- 5 days ago 18 Jan 17, 8:32pm -
- Alternative Navigation
We've established that a map and compass are necessary for navigation, providing vital information about where you are, where you want to be, and what is between you and that goal. Unfortunately, sometimes these vital tools fail: maps can become wet…
- 5 days ago 17 Jan 17, 9:20pm -
- Gun Blog Variety Podcast #126 - Panthers, Po-Po, and the Pew-Pew Life
It's the pew-pew life for us!Guns are civil rights for us!Steada resting, we fight back!Nearly all our guns are black!It's the pew-pew life!Beth is going to the SHOT Show. Since she started attending in 2000, some things have changed... and some have…
- 7 days ago 16 Jan 17, 1:43am -
- Book Review: The Little House Cookbook
Hey all, it's Evie and I'm recovering from a cold -- a nasty little strain that waylaid both myself and my fiancé. DR, being the lovely chap that he is, decided to surprise me with this book after it was clear that I had indeed caught the cold from…
- 9 days ago 14 Jan 17, 4:00am -
- The Lee Loader Kit
We have mentioned reloading ammunition in a few posts, and one of the comments we got back was about the Lee Loader series of reloading kits. I started reloading with a single stage press, and still do most of my reloading on that press, but I have b…
- 10 days ago 13 Jan 17, 1:14am -
- Prudent Prepping: 2016 in Review
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping.The past year went well for me, prepping-wise. I filled many needed items, shifted some supplies into and out of various bags and b…
- 12 days ago 11 Jan 17, 6:06pm -
- Running on Limited Water
In the past week, the southeastern part of the US has been hit by a major snowstorm. Where I live, the snow that they got wouldn't have meant more than getting up a couple minutes early for work. But in places like North Carolina, they get these funn…
- 12 days ago 11 Jan 17, 4:24am -
- Guest Post: Survival Security
by George GrootGeorge is a member of our Facebook Group and has written for us before.The Security MindsetI wanted to write a post about what sort of military training could be useful to a prepper, and it isn’t learning how light infantry kick…
- 13 days ago 10 Jan 17, 3:40am -
- Gun Blog Variety Podcast #125 - Forbidden Thoughts, Lack of Sleep, and Voicemails
It sounds sinister when we put it like that, but anything can seem threatening if it's written tersely. Example: "The last gun owner on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door..."Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens have nothin…
- 14 days ago 9 Jan 17, 6:10pm -
- Guest Post: Conflict Resolution, or Post-Apocalypse Politics for Survival
by George GrootGeorge is a member of our Facebook Group and has written for us before.As a prepper, you have the stuff needed to survive. But however romantic the idea of “doing it yourself”, at some point someone has to crawl out of the fall…
- 16 days ago 7 Jan 17, 12:22am -
- New Year, New Goals
Many people create lists of things that they want to change about themselves with the beginning of a new year. These resolutions generally have a poor track record of success, but the idea has some merit.I prefer to spend this time reflecting on the…
- 18 days ago 5 Jan 17, 5:46pm -
- Prudent Prepping: Low Cost First Aid
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping.I'm always looking for a bargain or a low-cost way to add to my preps. Since I'm in a different Home Depot every day, I start where…
- 19 days ago 4 Jan 17, 5:56pm -
- The Right Cutting Tool for the Job
As a proper redneck geardo, my supplies include hatchets, axes, and saws. All of these tools have a purpose, but this weekend I was asked how I decided which to use for a particular task. If you can cut down a tree with an ax or a saw, how do you dec…
- 19 days ago 4 Jan 17, 12:27am -
- Apocabox Unboxing #15 (December 2016)
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.Is it possible?Have I actually managed to record an Apocabox unboxing without video or audio issues? And I did it without being massively behind behind deadline?Well... maybe the…
- 20 days ago 2 Jan 17, 9:14pm -
- Gun Blog Variety Podcast #124 - Happy New Year!
It's pronounced TWENTY SEVENTEEN. Are you really telling me that when it hits 2020 you're going to call it "two thousand and twenty"?NO, YOU'RE NOT. How can piano lessons make you a better shooter? Beth tells us why it's not actually that far-fetched…
- 22 days ago 1 Jan 17, 8:05pm -
- Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
The staff of Blue Collar Prepping is on vacation this week. Have a happy and safe 2017, and remember that it's always better to be prepared than to be sorry.
- 27 days ago 27 Dec 16, 12:06am -
- Gun Blog Variety Podcast #123 - Happy Holidays 2016
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at the GunBlog VarietyCast! Enjoy our holiday-sized episode and we'll see you next year!Beth is "On Assignment" and will return next week.Two suspects are arrested in the murder of a third, and you'…
- 28 days ago 26 Dec 16, 1:00am -
- A Story About Winter Driving
Some years ago, I was heading home from work on a Saturday morning. It was about five degrees with, as I recall Doctor Fever once saying, "a gentle wind wafting out of the north at about a thousand miles an hour." I thought one of my tires was a b…
- 31 days ago 23 Dec 16, 7:21pm -
- Hoarding or Stockpiling?
Most preppers tend to keep extra amounts of food, water, and clothes on hand, as they are important enough that we like to have a backup supply available. Keeping a full pantry and storing bottled water in a closet is called stockpiling, as is havin…
- 31 days ago 23 Dec 16, 1:53am -
- Prudent Prepping: Monthly Recap
The dust has settled and the First 72 Hours have passed. Follow along as I build a long term plan via Prudent Prepping.This post is a series of follow-up about other products which I've blogged about previously.The TOOBI mentioned that I replaced th…
- 32 days ago 21 Dec 16, 11:45pm -
- Solo Stove Review Redux
Erin's love of the Solo Stove is well-established, so based on her recommendation I recently acquired a pair of their smallest models, the Solo Stove Lite, through one of the sales Solo is known for. Erin has shown how the Solo performs at sea leve…
- 34 days ago 20 Dec 16, 5:31pm -
- Mule Light V2 Video Review
Not actually Erin.Picture by KJ Photography& is used with permission.I know that Lokidude already wrote a very nice review of the Mule Light V2, but there were a few points I wanted to make and I felt that a video would help illustrate them better.On…
- 34 days ago 20 Dec 16, 6:10am -
- Gun Blog Variety Podcast #122 - Weekend Glory
"Some clichty folks don't know the facts, posin' and preenin' and puttin' on acts, stretchin' their backs."Beth got a letter, and it wasn't a happy one. Is it so wrong to focus on women in the shooting sports?There are no walls between the "Safe" uni…
- 36 days ago 18 Dec 16, 5:43pm -