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Collapsniks and Survivalists

  • SHTF Plan
    Five Journalists Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza Hospital
    56 minutes ago
  • Ask a Prepper
    EMP Aftermath: Here’s What They Don’t Want You To Know
    8 hours ago
  • SurvivalBlog.com
    Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — August 26, 2025
    8 hours ago
  • James H. Kunstler
    Ghislaine 'Splainin'
    1 day ago
  • The Economic Collapse
    Has He Gone Completely Insane? Zelensky Announces That There Is Not Going To Be Peace
    1 day ago
  • Collapse of Industrial Civilization
    The Dice and the Dead
    1 day ago
  • Urban Survival Site
    25 Survival Items for Brand New Preppers
    1 day ago
  • Notes From The Bunker
    Land, man….
    1 day ago
  • Survivopedia
    Raising Strong Kids in a Weak Culture
    4 days ago
  • Our Finite World
    Why oil prices don’t rise to consistently high levels
    1 week ago
  • Survival Life
    Prepper Fitness Exercises: Build Strength and Stamina for Survival Tasks
    2 weeks ago
  • The Survival Mom
    Essential Medical Supplies Beyond First Aid
    2 months ago
  • The Prepper Journal
    Nuclear Panic: Separating Fear from Facts for the Modern Prepper
    2 months ago
  • Modern Survival Blog
    Does Potassium Iodide Expire? Tablets Shelf Life – Answered
    4 months ago
  • Knowledge Weighs Nothing
    Microinverters: Revolutionizing Solar Panel Efficiency
    4 months ago
  • Economic Undertow
    Ending The War In Ukraine By Attacking Russian Railroads
    4 months ago
  • TheSurvivalistBlog.net
    24 Must-Have Items That Will Vanish First in a Crisis
    11 months ago
  • Bio Prepper
    20 Medicinal Herbs Every Prepper Must Grow
    1 year ago
  • Know Prepare Survive
    Self Defense Weapons for Minors
    1 year ago
  • RESOURCE CRISIS
    Margherita Sarfatti: the Woman Who Destroyed Mussolini
    2 years ago
  • Guide Outdoors
    Forward-Facing Sonar is Changing Much of Fishing
    2 years ago
  • Graywolf Survival
    How to communicate when the world goes silent
    3 years ago
  • Bison Prepper
    April Article- Newer Relocation Guide
    3 years ago
  • The Modern Survivalist »
    Land of the Free, home of the Brave… so you mean Denmark?
    3 years ago
  • Survival Frog Blog
    Hurricane Survival 101
    4 years ago
  • Outdoor Life
    How I Introduced My City Kid to His First Hunting Gun
    4 years ago
  • Loki's Revenge
    Green Energy Kills Natives
    4 years ago
  • Skilled Survivor
    Top 10 Essential Survival Skills For The Wilderness
    5 years ago
  • The Doomsday Moose
    How to Create a Bug-Out Motorcycle
    5 years ago
  • Bison Prepper Bonus Material
    free today
    7 years ago

Useful Websites

  • After The Deadline
  • Aldi's
  • Amazing Koala (Jokes)
  • Butler Eagle Classified Ads
  • Classical Daily Download
  • Club Orlov
  • Google Calendar
  • H&R Block Small Business
  • ImgFlip Meme Maker
  • Internet Anagram Server
  • KUSC
  • Spiral Survival: The Card Game
  • Straight Talk
  • Strong Towns
  • TextBroker
  • The Book Of Life
  • ToodleDo
  • Weather Underground
  • Wind Globe
  • Yahoo! Mail

News and Aggregation Sites

  • Bullets, Beans, and Bullion
  • Daily Collapse Report
  • Daily Good
  • Daily Sheeple
  • Doomstead Diner News
  • KDog's Reading Room
  • Ol' Remus's Woodpile Report
  • Prepper Website
  • The Daily SUN

Podcasts and Videos

  • The Survival Podcast
    Paleoculture the Original Permaculture – TSP Rewind – Epi-293
  • Doom and Bloom (TM)
    Antiseptics In Survival, Pt. 1
  • The Permaculture Podcast
    Q&A: Bushcrafting - Books for Beginners
  • Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton
    Podcast 713 – Spokane Potluck
  • Grateful Dread Public Radio
    Cowboy Coins
  • EatTheWeeds
    Sign Up
  • Peak Moment Television
    End of an Era
  • Living the Good Life Naturally
    Natural Thyroid Tips, Connecting to Leptin
  • Harvest Eating Podcast
    424-Roasted Carrots w Sesame, ORange & Honey
  • The Radical Personal Finance Podcast
    583 – Mega Friday Q&A: (two days early) Richest Man in Babylon, Children and F.I., Invest All at Once, Preparing for Marriage, What’s Next, Etc!
  • Chicken Whisperer
    Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer
  • Self-Sufficient Homestead - Surviving Civilization on the Homestead
    SSHomestead-01 Log Cabin

Rewilders and Bushcrafters

  • Voice In The Wilderness
    Excerpt from "Watermelon Dreams" on Love
    5 months ago
  • Dirttime
    My Fall Colors Drive
    2 years ago
  • Peter Michael Bauer
    Episode 18: A Conversation w/ Eli Loomis
    3 years ago
  • Wilderness Innovation
    How to Choose a Poncho Size
    6 years ago
  • Primitive Technology
    Wood ash cement
    7 years ago
  • Wood Trekker
    Why I No Longer Buy Under Armour Products
    9 years ago

Favorite Forums

  • AGelbert's Renewable Revolution Forum
  • Doomstead Diner Forum
  • Golden Oxen's First Amendment Forum
  • Green Wizards Forum
  • Paracord Forum
  • Permies.com Forum
  • SUN 4 Living Forum
  • Square Foot Gardening Forum
  • The Commons Free Speech Area
  • The Survivalist Blog

Blog Crypt

  • Aquaponics at RatherYes.com
  • Bacon and Eggs
  • Cheap-Ass-Living
  • Decline of the Empire
  • Gardening Along The Creek...
  • James M. Dakin
  • Living Prepared
  • New Growth Homestead
  • Of The Hands
  • Peak Oil Debunked
  • Small Batch Garden
  • TEOTWAWKI Blog
  • The Deliberate Agrarian
  • The Deliberate Agrarian 2.0
  • The Deliberate American
  • The Flying Tortoise
  • The Gardener of Eden
  • The Leibowitz Society
  • The Oil Drum
  • The Prepper Pages
  • Thermal Cooking
  • Thoughts from Frank and Fern
  • Toby Hemenway
  • Upland
  • Upland
  • Veggiegobbler

Fellow Upslopers

  • Miss Mustard Seed
    late summer bedroom refresh - The master bedroom was the first room we worked on when we moved into this house. Literally, on day one, mom and I were pulling off wallpaper. We were ...
    1 hour ago
  • Epic Gardening
    The Best Grains to Grow at Home for Delicious Bread - The post The Best Grains to Grow at Home for Delicious Bread is by Jerad Bryant and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponi...
    2 hours ago
  • one hundred dollars a month
    Neal’s Yard Dairy - The other day I visited Neal’s Yard Dairy in their Borough Market location for the second time in two years. I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! Oh how I wish we had so...
    5 hours ago
  • Paracord Projects, Art and Tutorials
    Paracord 101: Types, Sizes, and Versatile Uses - [image: Paracord 101: Types, Sizes, and Versatile Uses] https://beadshub.co/blogs-paracord-paracord-101-types-sizes-and-uses/ submitted by /u/Fit_Island_...
    7 hours ago
  • My Adventures in selfreliance
    Rain, corn ready for the freezer and cleaned the chicken pen - A little rain this morning and a cool, muggy day. It hit about 85 degrees F. but with 60% humidity the swamp coolers struggle to cool the house. The house ...
    10 hours ago
  • Rural Revolution
    The tick theory - Many years ago, when we lived in southwest Oregon, we had loads and loads of ticks. It was revolting, but it was life. We learned to keep a can of soapy ...
    11 hours ago
  • Organic Authority
    Cutting Ultra-Processed Foods from Your Diet Can Help You Lose Weight - Even “good-for-you” processed foods can contribute to weight gain, study finds. Ultra-processed foods have been linked to all sorts of […] The post Cutti...
    1 day ago
  • M.D. Creekmore
    Everyday Carry in Appalachia — My No-Nonsense EDC - New video is up: Everyday Carry in Appalachia — My No-Nonsense EDCSimple, reliable gear that actually earns pocket space—knife, light, pepper spray, holste...
    1 day ago
  • Deep Green Permaculture
    The Role of Lectins in Plant Defense and How They Impact Human Health: A Double-Edged Sword - What Are Lectins? Lectins are a type of protein that can bind specifically to carbohydrates (sugars). They are found in nearly all living organisms, includ...
    3 days ago
  • Shareable.com
    Restoring our capacities: How an asset lens can serve movements today - This article was originally published by NPQ Online on July 23, 2025, https://nonprofitquarterly.org/restoring-our-capacities-how-an-asset-lens-can-serve-...
    3 days ago
  • Tiny House Blog
    Dan Price – Living 35 Years Underground - I’ll be honest with you, I’ve been playing with AI the last few months with mixed results. I’ve decided to come back and write as me and not let the mach...
    5 days ago
  • Krazo Acres
    Uh. Hi there. - It’s strange to come back here after so long. And when I say, “back here”, I mean not only my blog, but **HERE** (taps foot on the still-unfinished living...
    6 days ago
  • Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
    Late Summer News: A Dancing Rabbit Update - One of my fears showed up this week, which is that I injured myself, and, as I thought to myself repeatedly over the next four days, “in the middle of no...
    1 week ago
  • A Moveable Garden
    LIMINAL LIVING #85: 11 AUGUST to 17 AUGUST 2025 - Weekly recap of my ritual of existence in this liminal space called life. (See here for more info.) A nice warm week here, with over an inch of rain! The a...
    1 week ago
  • The Wealthy Earth
    Tasty gems from my square foot garden - I don’t post much about cooking the things I grow but this is one of them. Except for the freshly shaved parmesan cheese, everything in the picture was har...
    2 weeks ago
  • MorningChores
    How to Attract Bats to Your Garden (and Why You Should) - Some people cringe at the thought of trying to attract bats, scarred by the thought of them swooping past their heads at night. Gardeners should look at t...
    3 weeks ago
  • Milkwood - Courses + Skills for Real Life
    Growing Mushrooms on Logs in Australia: Best Tree Species for Shiitake, Oysters, Reishi and More - Thinking about growing mushrooms on logs at home? Choosing the right kind of wood is one of the most important steps — especially if you’re working with ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Plain and Joyful Living
    Building a Barn - We brought some of our animals with us to this one acre lot (with a bit of the land including a slope down t...
    4 weeks ago
  • Open Source Ecology
    Future Builder Crash Course Is Here - September 1-14, 2025 Factor e Farm, Maysvile, Missouri + Kansas City Area, USA Future Builder Crash Course Build a Complete House in Just 14 Days – Fro...
    4 weeks ago
  • Root Simple
    Always Be Modeling - One of the many benefits of woodworking as a hobby is the privilege of customizing furniture to fit your house. You can make a unique piece to fit a unique...
    5 weeks ago
  • LOW-TECH MAGAZINE
    How to Mount a Balcony Awning - Hi Kris, I’ve been reading your website for quite a while. It’s one of my favourite blogs. Thank you for what you are doing! We are currently experienci...
    1 month ago
  • The Essential Herbal Blog
    July/August 2025 Essential Herbal Magazine - I don't know if I'll ever get used to starting out with an empty folder, adding in my own contributions to an issue, and then watching it get fat and ju...
    1 month ago
  • Wilderness Dweller
    Leaves at Last - Our deciduous trees are without leaves for nearly 8 months of the year. The first hint of spring green was visible from my window on May 11th. A lot earlie...
    2 months ago
  • The Homestead Survival
    Ultimate Guide to Predator-Proofing Your Chicken Coop - Raising backyard chickens is deeply rewarding, but it also comes with its fair share of challenges—chief among them: predators. Losing part of your flock t...
    2 months ago
  • PRACTICAL PARSIMONY
    Xray Day - Today, we got little done, but they were important things. For the first time in months, we picked up food. We shared it with someone and gave away lots...
    3 months ago
  • Mom's Scribbles
    This and That - Thinking about my Dad today. I was loudly complaining one day years ago, after weeding the garden and mucking out the hog barn. Dirty, sweaty and crab...
    3 months ago
  • Ecological Gardening
    To Garden Honestly - [image: To Garden Honestly] From "Minnesota" 1980 by Joan Mitchell The call to action appeared in my inbox: “are we gardening while the world burns?” Yes, ...
    5 months ago
  • Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
    Pasa joins lawsuit to restore funding to farmers - Dear Pasa Community, Earlier today, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and Public Rights Project jointly filed a lawsuit against the US governm...
    5 months ago
  • Heavenstretch
    Apple Syrup in February - Here’s another short (and sweet) essay by Lyle Stout. It was sent to me last month (February) but I’m a little late getting it on here (“a little late” is ...
    5 months ago
  • Small Holding
    The Small Hold Has Lost The Fight - This will be the last post for The Small Hold. Pioneer Preppy loved sharing his thoughts on this blog and he had a lot to say! He was smart, funny, opini...
    7 months ago
  • A Home Grown Journal
    A Change - *Blogging was different when I made my first post in mid-2008. I've thoroughly enjoyed it as a way of communication and treasure the many readers with who...
    1 year ago
  • Small virtues
    Replanting a thought - Northern hemisphere readers will be taking in the sunshine, as summer days increase the enjoyment of outdoors. It's quite the opposite in the Southern h...
    1 year ago
  • Living on a Dime
    Cottage Cheese Salad Recipe – Cool And Refreshing! - This quick and easy cottage cheese salad recipe is a tasty and colorful way to take a break from regular veggie salads and sweet salads. The post Cottage...
    1 year ago
  • Gully Grove
    - *2022* Hello there, dwelling place of the crickets. My last post was almost a year ago. What happened? A lot! I could say it was a lack of time and that ...
    1 year ago
  • Food Assets
    Ocean Currents - A basic overview of how the world’s ocean currents work:
    1 year ago
  • Rain's Garden
    Rain Frances Creations - Are you looking for Thursday Art and Dinner Date? Please click on the above image to be redirected to my new website where TADD is now hosted!
    1 year ago
  • Cairncrest Farm
    Gratitude vs. Thanksgiving - Gratitude journals are fairly thick on the ground these days. Try to find a solution to most any problem, from raising an adolescent to an obsession with...
    1 year ago
  • Dark Green Mountain Survival Research Centre
    Every Day Is Halloween. Fires, Floods And Fascism - Preppers had their Fe-wings hurt when that meme showed up in the spring, about this year. I’d been warning them about this since my first year of this blog...
    1 year ago
  • Chicken Feathers
    Dear Friends - Coopville Monday, August 21, 2023 Dear friends..... I have decided to put the blog to bed. I am having too many problems with Blogger and my old, ol...
    2 years ago
  • Living Echo
    Putting the Home into Homesteading - We have been living at The Knob for less than a week and we are already up to our eyeballs in projects. First off was the task of unloading every shiny ...
    2 years ago
  • --- Living Prepared ---
    Good Bye Mrs. Yukon - Good Bye Mrs. Yukon, we will miss you, especially me! She was in perfect medical condition but on 9/4, she had a seizure which led to the discovery of...
    2 years ago
  • Ready Nutrition
    This Giant ‘Water Battery’ Under the Swiss Alps Could Be a Game-Changer for Renewable Energy in Europe - There is a gigantic water battery located in the canton of Valais, under the Swiss Alps, called Nant de Drance. It's a hydropower plant that provides the...
    3 years ago
  • Eat The Weeds and other things, too
    Sedum: Stonecrop - Confessions of forager: In a general sense I have known for many years that “Stonecrops” were edible. I avoided them as they were usually associated by ...
    3 years ago
  • Financial Velociraptor
    Bull Call Spread Dell and strangle QYLD - Two trades this week. music selection: “Drive” — The Cars weigh-in: 193.8 n/c I like the chart on DELL. It is in a steady uptrend with only very minor p...
    3 years ago
  • The Self-Sufficient Blog
    How to respond to “why are your farm products so expensive?” - The post How to respond to “why are your farm products so expensive?” appeared first on Farm Websites & Marketing Support for Farm & Craft Food Businesses.
    4 years ago
  • Around The Cabin
    Video Game Scum - Scum is a game I have been playing and find very interesting. The post Video Game Scum appeared first on WWW.AROUNDTHECABIN.COM.
    4 years ago
  • FoodProduction101
    อาหารที่มีคุณภาพดีอย่างไร - ในปัจจุบันนี้เรื่องของอาหารนั้นก็เป็นเรื่องหนึ่งที่เราเองก็ควรที่จะต้องให้ความสนใจและให้ความสำคัญกันอย่างที่สุดจะยิ่งเป็นเรื่องที่ดีเพราะว่า...
    4 years ago
  • Highly Uncivilized
    What Makes The Best Belize Fly Fishing Lodges Different Than A Regular Fishing Lodge? - When someone says Belize many things tend to come to mind: Beautiful Island Living White Sandy Beaches Friendly, English Speaking People But, when a fly ...
    4 years ago
  • coldantlerfarm
    A FRESH START! - Hey all! Great news! The new home of this blog is at coldantlerfarmny.com with updates several times a week in a much snazzier viewer! Also all the farm ...
    4 years ago
  • Mind Your Dirt
    Hired Goons: Protecting My Backyard Chickens from Hawks in the Most Organic Way Ever. An Army of Crows. - Have you ever stepped out into your yard to admire your flock while sipping the morning coffee and scratching your butt only to hear that death scream from...
    4 years ago
  • The Natural Health Library | Site-Wide Activity
    Angie posted an update in the group Recommended Products: I bought a Rumblex Plus - you may have heard me mention it [ ] - I bought a Rumblex Plus – you may have heard me mention it in the FB group. I highly recommend them. I noticed a difference from the first time I used mi...
    4 years ago
  • Of Brambles and Bears....
    Reset.... - Been slacking a little with regards work this week, just found myself absolutely knackered mentally and a tad physically. Trouble is with this slackin...
    5 years ago
  • Arthur Haines Blog
    #GetOverYourselfYounger - I read the following article recently (“OK boomer” isn’t just about the past. It’s about our apocalyptic future; URL: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/19/20963...
    5 years ago
  • Paradise Lot
    2020 Garden Help Days - Spring is on its way! Winter is winding down – some might say it never really arrived. We’re looking forward to seeing all of our wonderful volunteers agai...
    5 years ago
  • City Farmer News
    Missouri charmer led double life, masterminded one of the biggest frauds in farm history - One of the biggest organic farm scams in history By Mike Hendricks Kansas City Star January 12, 2020 Excerpt: Records showed that in 2016 he sold 7 percent...
    5 years ago
  • Tenth Acre Farm
    How to Build a Rain Garden to Capture Runoff - Learn how to build a rain garden that captures rainwater runoff from hard surfaces, such as a roof or pavement, for irrigation or to reduce water polluti...
    5 years ago
  • Scirpidiella's Plants
    Hybrid of Hardy Tamarillo’s (Cyphomandra corymbiflora x fragrans) - part 3 - On July 2019 I posted the photos of first flowers the hybrid of *Hardy Tamarillo **Cyphomandra corymbiflora* (female parent) and male *Guava Tamarillo **C....
    5 years ago
  • Frippery Farm
    Protect Yourself - I refuse to be dragged into the politics of the various mass and public shootings we have recently had in this country. What this post is about is Protectin...
    6 years ago
  • Food Forest at Restful Trails
    4th of July 2019 - Well Joel bought the three of us a new to us used car. Had a few glitches, as we had to replace the brakes, they were a mess, wierd fluid in them. But it...
    6 years ago
  • Temperate Climate Permaculture
    Permaculture Showcase Garden - Here are a couple photos from a garden area next to our house... what I am calling our Showcase Permaculture Garden. It's only a couple seasons old, so the...
    6 years ago
  • Oklahoma Transient
    *****Winners Announced***** - The winners of the Gerber Suspension Multi-Plier + Sheath, and the Victorniox Swiss Army Knife are: Wyoming Heart, you won the *Gerber* And Hobo, you ...
    6 years ago
  • Tramp's Camp
    Flicker Family - This season we have three Flickers that are visiting regularly. The first time we had them visit some years ago, one was working hard to chisel away at ...
    6 years ago
  • Moneyless World - Free World - Priceless World
    Gift Economy - Suelo's TEDx talk - *[*As of today (March 11, 2019), I finally published the edited written transcript of the TEDx talk, with slides, on my website: Suelo's TEDx talk & Tra...
    6 years ago
  • Sunnybrook Farm
    Monday walk to the barn - Aggy went for a walk to the barn and a doe was watching her from near the creek. She had probably never seen a dog spinning around in a circle and of cou...
    6 years ago
  • The Thrifty Garden/Home
    Historical Docu-Drama - ... set between 1785 through 1812 in the state of Maine, USA. *A Midwife's Tale*, ..."*this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household ...
    7 years ago
  • Fernglade farm: A permaculture and organic small holding farm
    We have moved to a new website... - Hi everyone! The blog continues, but at a permanent new location: http://ferngladefarm.com.au/ I look forward to seeing you all there. Comments posted he...
    7 years ago
  • Farm Hack Blog
    Gathering for Open Ag Technology! - Hello Farm Hack community! You are invited to apply for GOAT: Gathering for Open Agricultural Technology hosted at the Omega Institute in New York state ...
    7 years ago
  • *Framboise Manor*
    Welcome March 1, 2018 - we know that we have 30 more days of potential storms, lots of snow, power outages, etc., but when march 1 looks like this, we are more than pleased! that...
    7 years ago
  • 500 Dollar Tomato
    Time Flies - A few weeks ago I got the bright idea to start a Facebook Group for Family pictures. Sort of a Ancestry.com for my Mom, siblings and their extended familie...
    7 years ago
  • the irresistible fleet of bicycles
    - Agriculture Conference 2018 will take place from the 7th to 10th of February at the Goetheanum in Dornach. The biodynamic preparations bring vitality to th...
    7 years ago
  • Planning And Foresight
    A Much Needed Update - Like the title suggests, I'm doing a much needed update and probably the last one of the year. I'll try to cover all the bases... Since my schooling has of...
    7 years ago
  • Casaubon's Book
    Foster Care, Immigration and Where We are Headed - Four years ago we were foster parents to two wonderful children whose family was broken up by deportation. The parents had overstayed their visas (ie, they...
    8 years ago
  • Agriphemera
    1941Planet Jr.Agricultural Implements Catalog - Cover of the 1941 Planet Jr. Catalog Here's a great find for the Planet Jr. collector. This 1941 catalog has 48 pages and is packed with photos and infor...
    8 years ago
  • Maple Seeds of Maine
    Knitting and Reading -
    8 years ago
  • Polyface Hen House
    Kick the Supermarket Habit! 10 Tips for Identifying Nutritious, Life-Giving Foods - Tip #10 – Ignore the food pyramid… and the “My Plate” Let’s take a look at the role of the USDA in this mess we’re in. Why does it continue to recommend D...
    8 years ago
  • Epiphany Now
    Plutocracy - I don't understand how they get away with it. That is the mystery to me. All of the power should be with the people as we have the numbers, but it's no...
    8 years ago
  • Simple Everyday Living
    Pickled Salmon and Applesauce - Made my first batch of pickled salmon yesterday. I had a King salmon fillet in the freezer from 2015 and since it was from the Columbia River in Washington...
    8 years ago
  • treeseeddreaming
    Defcon 3 - Crazy enough, in the midst of our scandalous Presidential election, we have managed to get up to Defcon 3 in a battle of wills with Russia. Our Defcon (de...
    8 years ago
  • EducationalGardens
    How to Keep Your Garden Safe from Wildlife - They’re so cute! William Moss, Master Gardener with the National Gardening Association, knows that everyone likes wildlife. The sight of a pair of deer pau...
    8 years ago
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