52 Prepper Projects: A Project a Week to Help You Prepare for the Unpredictable

Some background: While I am not a "prepper", I've been getting a lot of prepper email and links since we bought a bunch of 5-gallon foodsafe pails in which to store the grains we got from our local grain CSA program. And I became intrigued.My husband and I are also very into DIY, so that's another common ground!This was an interesting book for me. I have not- yet- done any of the projects- but I have bookmarked several of interest.They are of varying degrees of practicality, to my mind.The "Bug-Out Bag" seems a very practical thing, in case one ever needs to flee one's house due to weather, zombies, or whatever. The "Bug-out Binder"- a way to keep one's important papers together- would be a great addition to the bag- and probably a good addition to a fire-safe for anyone. There's even info on DIY beehives, cheesemaking, etc.- though (as someone who does both, I favor more in-depth books on each).The chicken tractor, though, just does not strike me as practical in a suburban setting. It costs (by the book's estimate) around $300US at the time of publication, and holds 5-6 full-sized chickens as reported. However, it is hideous. I think neighbors could complain. Plus, it's $300, and a whole weekend's work- and at this time one can buy a far more attractive chicken trailer for $500, albeit a bit smaller.I would tentatively recommend this book for 2 reasons: the DIY stuff is intriguing- plus, it's a great capsule look into the minds and priorities of preppers, if you're curious.

This is a very interesting book. The directions were quite helpful

This book does have a place in some people's libraries. It is a good basic starting point, and I will use a few parts of it to teach Boy Scouts some basic skills, but it is not what it claims to be at all. I really purchased it because it claims, "Make a ceramic drip water filter." I assumed, since the author is a self-proclaimed preparedness MacGyver, that I would be taking apart some ball point pens and filing down bicycles. But that chapter actually says, "Go buy a ceramic filter," then is a copy and paste from the instruction pamphlet that would come with that filter. I made a bio filter out of a sun tea jar and common landscaping materials... I was sorta hoping to up my game, but that is not what happened here.Most of his instructions are vague and hard to follow; the vast majority of them refer you to other books or websites. If you want to start prepping and are looking for a base to start, this is an alright book to give you some leads. If you are looking for real knowledge, I suggest "Naked into the Wilderness" by John McPherson or the "SAS Survival Guide" by John 'Lofty' Wiseman.

Book is helpful, and helps breakdown how to obtain prepper supplies. Also has good info on water storage, and food storage, worth the time to read.

Its an excellent reference manual and just a very fun read. I have done some of the projects, and for someone new to wanting to live more prepared for anything from power outages to full blow evacuations, this is a must read.It is presented in a way that does not try to convince you to become a full out-and-out "prepper" but it does make you think about living with no preparations in mind, and gives an unprepared person a very easy system to achieve a level of preparedness without breaking the bank. Some excellent time and cost saving projects will help anyone new to the idea of self reliance get started in the best ways and help prevent oversights in your planning.I Highly recommend this book.

Good book to give you a schedule of prepping items to purchase. Many items can be purchased at 💵 🌳

This book had several good ideas for being prepared. Most were low cost with good instructions. some simple and some more complex.

I was really hoping and expecting much more from this book. Sure there are a few interesting projects with a decent level of information (25%) but 75% are not-so useful and lack the level of detail they should have. The EMP, Pressure Cooker and Lawnmower Generator are the more complete projects while most of the projects on how to cook or bake something don't even come with an actual recipe - ??? This book is slightly better than a long list of semi-interesting things. It's mostly 1-2 page descriptions that informs you (an awareness) about what is possible but really does not get into the level of details I was expecting. Most people's How-to YouTube videos are more informative. This book could be re-written and some of the super simple topics replaced - it's an excellent concept (i.e. 52 weeks in a year) but not really ready for "prime-time". No offense meant to Mr. Nash - this is just my super honest feedback on how to improve it.

Totally useless I was expecting how to make water filters not go and buy one. It's basically just a very expensive shopping list with a large amount of it being how to make cheese.

Given as a gift to prepper brother, he rates this book extremely highly which is praise indeed. He is enjoying some of the projects and can't wait for the apocalypse to arrive. Thank you Mr Nash.

I love this book. It's full of instructions for doing stuff I've wanted to be able to do for ages and more besides. It's given me lots of new things to look forward to trying. FANTASTIC.

great starter book if you are interested in prepping lots of practical advice and shopping list to build reserves.

Excellent book well recommended. Mainly recipes for food but nevertheless an excellent read. I personally prefer the diy projects though.