Category: Preppers

The virtues of raising honey bees!

The Top Bar coming your way 1/27/13.  It’s a (BYOB) Bring your own bottle affair because we are talking about that sweet elixir HONEY! That’s right Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honey Bees joins the Other Side of A Preppers Path once again to talk about the virtues of raising honey bees and answer your questions.…
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January 27, 2013 0

Foraging for balance in today’s world.

Foraging for balance in today’s world. Typically on my foraging for life shows I speak about the wild edibles and herbs. This week on Foraging For Life I will be taking a different approach to things and welcome the audience to join me in a discussion concerning balance. The world we grew up in as…
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January 25, 2013 0

Socialist programs, and government turning on Free Markets vilifying what they call hoarders.

We have a tough fight ahead of us friends if we want to keep our way of life as a Republic. Join Deb tonight on Common Sense Prepping as she and her guest host, Sargent Dale, talk to different citizens to discuss what we can do sensibly to secure our rights as free citizens. We…
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January 25, 2013 0

Learn how to prepare for the future with skills of the past with Ozark Mountains Preparedness!

A very special Sunday heads your way on Jan 20th 2013 as The Other Side of a Preppers Path spans the country from the Selkirk & Cabinet Mountains of Idaho to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.  Learn first-hand how to prepare for the future with skills of the past with Jerry Ward of Ozark Mountains Preparedness. Jerry…
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January 20, 2013 0

It’s time to start planning your garden!

This Saturday on “The Prepared Canadian“, with snow levels measured in feet and temperatures reaching the minus 30 range, I thought this would be a great time to start talking about this year’s garden.  No, I’m not completely off my rocker with cabin fever!  There is actually very little time left to start thinking about…
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January 19, 2013 0

Raising Chickens – Part 2 – What You Need to Know!

During the last show of “Preparing to Provide“, we had a great discussion with Paul Wheaton and several callers. A lot was discussed, with quite a bit of focus on long term objectives. Things like rotating paddocks and free ranging would seem to be the end goal for a truly self-sufficient method of raising chickens.…
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January 18, 2013 0

Presidents’ Media Circus…Declaring “Religious Freedom Day” while infringing on our “Rights to Bear Arms”!

How often we hear the term knee jerk reaction today. Once again the colloquialism is alive and well in the halls of government and public hand wringers. Unfortunately, in the wake of another horrendous tragedy rather than cool heads prevailing, knee jerkers abound. As I draft this dissertation, the President’s looming “Package of Concrete Proposals”…
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January 16, 2013 4

The importance of skills over gadgets and what’s on everyone’s minds right now $$.

Preppers aren’t all Doomsday Preppers and it’s actually a much more practical option than most realize. Main keys are to NOT become overwhelmed by the media’s frenzied attempts to make prepping appear something it isn’t, and that it’s ok to start now, don’t worry that someone else has been at it for years. Charley and Courtney of  Ready Go…
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January 13, 2013 0

Desperation, Fear, Death, a Prepper surviving a Zombie!

Desperation, Fear, Death, a Prepper surviving a Zombie! I shot a man in desperation the other day and haven’t been able to sleep since. I had often wondered if I had to, would I be able to, now I know. Pulling the trigger was not that hard, not with what I could see was going…
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January 12, 2013 8

Stranded with nothing to eat, what will you do?

Stranded with nothing to eat, what will you do? This is our topic for the upcoming episode of “Foraging For Life“. The scenarios below are just a couple of untold numbers that could actually take place and put you in a position of having to forage for food in order to survive. You’re heading home…
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January 11, 2013 0

The Simpsons and Fox, their take on Preppers facing the end of the world!

Fox entertains us with their version of Preppers last night on “The Simpsons”. While their representation was not far from the version that main stream media or National Geographic’s “Doomsday Preppers” portrays a Prepper to be it did make this Prepper smile, even laugh. In my humble opinion they were a little closer to the…
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January 7, 2013 3

Susun Weed renowned herbalist, teacher, joins A Preppers Path to share knowledge!

The wait is over! The Wise Woman returns to The Other Side of a Preppers Path with the 2nd installment of The Herbal Medicine Chest!  Susun Weed renowned herbalist, teacher, author and wise woman will grace the first show of 2013  with the awaited 2nd herb in the chest. In August 2012 Susun absolutely captivated us with…
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January 6, 2013 0

Raising Chickens – What You Need to Know!

With the cost of eggs and chicken in the stores, and the uncertainty of exactly where they came from or what they have been fed, I’d like to start raising my own chickens. But unlike gardening, I know very little about chickens. I know barbecue wings with ranch dressing make a great snack. And I…
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January 4, 2013 0