Mea culpa
It’s been stupidly busy. We’ve had a week of “Chamber of Commerce weather”, and I’ve been doing my best to take advantage of it. Throw…
Category: 5 Minute Prepping
This might come in handy
I don’t think there’s a particular reason to run out and finish off your prep list, but I needed some quick content. Grandkids have been…
How to pack a wound
(Found at Frugal Squirrels) Very valuable information. The entire channel is nothing but videos that can fit in the “5 Minute Prepping” category. I’m subscribed…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
In the dark, of course. If you find yourself in the dark or you want to know why the lights are out, PowerOutage.US is a…
Driving tips
Over at Bayou Renaissance Man, there is a comment that deserves to win the Internet for the day. Scroll down to “Unidentified Victim”‘s comment of…
So, about those expiration dates on your meds
Dr. Joe Alton on using meds after their expiration dates. Obviously there’s more to it than what can be covered in 6+ minutes, so some…
Time to clean up the browser tabs. Again.
This is a bad habit of mine-collecting a bunch of browser tabs that I want to make note of on the blog and then never…
Saran? Like Saran Wrap?
(Via The Woodpile Report) Storing parts to minimize corrosion. This may come in handy soon.
You should have this book
(Via SurvivalBlog) The 3rd edition of the Survival and Austere Medicine book is available for free download (click on the cover art). Add this to your…
Knot on my watch
I’ve heard knots called “an orderly tangle of lines”. While that might be true, the knowledge of a few useful knots is something that is…
Need to learn something?
(From Reccomendo) You might want to try Richard Feynman’s methodology. If a Nobel Prize winning physicist could use it to reduce complicated subjects down to…
The Ranger Roll
If you Google “ranger roll”, you’re going to find two things–a method to fold clothes, which is really handy, and this: This is how to…
How does your (raised bed) garden grow?
Yes, time to get back to this spring time subject. It was a little hard to think about when I suddenly had to deal with…
So how much does this gardening stuff cost?
At this point, you’ve seen a lot of information on gardening, and you’re probably thinking something along the lines of “Dude, I can go to…
So how much do I need to plant?
If you decide to try the gardening thing (and you should, better to know what you’re doing before it’s a critical need), you will probably…
You can grow in the shade
When we were last Speaking of Raised Beds, commenter Harry Flashman noted that he was having problems with his mountaintop location where he got around…
Speaking of raised beds
I’ve been posting a lot on raised beds, but we haven’t actually talked about building the raised bed itself. It can be as easy as…
Raised bed hoop houses
You can extend your growing season dramatically with a hoop house, and you can use miniature ones with raised beds. Here’s a quick video on…
Hardening the walls of your home against pistol/rifle fire
While this is something that most people wouldn’t want to do to their home now, it might be something that you would want to consider…
Fertilizing those raised beds
One thing that raised beds require is a continual renewal of the soil in order to maintain its fertility. You can pull the old soil…
Back to it
I’ve been a little lazy doing 5 Minute Prep posts, so you’re going to get a twofer today. Here are two videos on a subject…
Motion sensors on a budget
I think we all love to hate Harbor Freight, but you can score some great deals on useful things. To whit: This shows up on…
Hardening your home
(This one is going to be your 5 Minute Prep piece for today, simply because you can read it in 5 minutes. You may even…
Keeping important drugs cool when the power is out
There are a number of drugs, the most commonly thought of being insulin, that require refrigeration. What do you do if the power is out…
How to control a common knife attack
We all hope to never get this close, but hope doesn’t win fights.
Hiding where you’ve hidden your stuff
There are reasons to hide various sorts of prep goods. You may be afraid that your house will be burglarized or raided. You might want…
Knowing the lay of the land
How well do you know the area where you live? I’m not talking about getting around on foot or by car, or where the grocery…
The Israeli Battle Dressing
The Israeli Battle Dressing and its imitators are probably the best battle dressings on the market today. They can be applied with one hand (assuming…
When a tourniquet is not the thing to stop bleeding
Some years ago, coagulating agents came on the scene. The first I’m aware of was Celox, which did the job but had some downsides, the…
Range Theatrics
Not sure if that’s what I would have named this, but I can’t argue with the message in the video. Train like you fight was…