Please shop with our paid advertisers first (in the sidebar) – but, if they don’t have what you need, consider the  The Ready Store. They offer a huge selection of food storage items, MRE’s, freeze-dried foods, 72 hour kits, water storage items and other emergency preparedness gear. Related posts:The Ready Store Prepared Planet Save money and time – find the gear [...] Related posts:

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Sorry folks, I should have had this posted this morning, but car trouble threw me off schedule. My Chevrolet Blazer has given me reliable transportation for over six years and with over 200,000 miles, I can’t complain. I’ve only had to do minor repairs, over the years, but it still runs like a champ - I think [...] Related posts:

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I received an email today from a reader commenting that I’d removed my donation button and wanted to know how to support my efforts here. If anyone would like to help there are several ways to do so. 1.) Whenever you order from any of our advertisers, please mention that you saw their ad on The Survivalist [...] Related posts:

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Before we start I’d like to thank Twister for the generous donation – this was the first in over a year and I must say I was surprized. A Depression Much Greater Than The 1930’s Is Coming – An Economic Dark Age is about to descend on the civilized world. Every welfare state, to avoid failure, [...] Related posts:

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Guest Post by Danielle A survivalist and gardener at heart, my area of research over the last couple of years has been perennial vegetables. I wanted a hands off garden that would just keep giving year after year, no matter my physical ability and time constraints to manage it. My studies have lead me down grocery isles [...] Related posts:

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Reader Discussion Time. Which Handgun manufacturer is best? OK – before we start World War III with this discussion, let me set a few ground rules. 1. Be constructive - while simple responses of ‘Glock is best’ or ‘I like Smith &Wesson’ might be easy – tell us WHY you like a particular manufacturer and handgun. 2. Respect each other’s [...] Related posts:

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Guest post by PATTON**** In my youth (a LONG time ago)I learned a lot of skills as a member of the Boy Scouts that prove to be very useful today and in any future SHTF or TEOTWAWKI situation. Scouting teaches skills that can be valuable either during the ‘bugging out’ phase or at your retreat location. To be honest, [...] Related posts:

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I love to receive letters and to post articles written by readers – rest assure your identity will be protected and your email will not be sold or shared with anyone at any time. Anyone submitting a letter or article grants the right for posting on the blog or any for other use. All writings must [...] Related posts:

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I’ve kept a close eye on the comments being posted over the last two weeks and I must say I’m very disappointed in some of you. A few seem to be commenting for one purpose that is to stir-up trouble and contention effectively turning the section into a flame war (you know who you are). So to [...] Related posts:

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A couple of weeks ago I had this interesting question from a survivor calling himself the worlds oldest survivalist. I’ve been prepping since November of 2009 and I really enjoy learning new survival skills and the security afforded through prepping. My problem is that my age works against me, making it harder to get things done. Most survivalist seem to be in their [...] Related posts:

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