Prepped and Petty

Mama K
  • 0.0 (0)
  • Personal Journals
  • Updated Daily

I'm Mama K — a single woman over 40 who moved to Mexico with no land, no farm, no clue, and no man. Now I'm building a homestead from zero, raising chickens and ducks, rescuing strays, and figuring it all out in real time. Prepped & Petty covers homesteading, recipes, emergency prep, natural living, and the conversations nobody wants to have out loud. I'm not an expert — I'm learning as I grow and growing as I learn. If you're starting over, starting late, or just starting to question everything — pull up a chair, babe. We're figuring this out together. Prep Smart. Live Ready. Stay Petty.

  1. Ep. 14 — My Mormon Mother Was Right (And I’m Grateful As Fork)

    May 23

    Ep. 14 — My Mormon Mother Was Right (And I’m Grateful As Fork)

    What happens when the rebellious off-grid daughter realizes her Mormon mother may have been right about preparedness all along? In this hilarious, emotional, and brutally honest episode of Prepped & Petty, Mama K dives into: driving 7 rescue dogs from Mexico to Canadasaying goodbye to Lobolife with toddlers and family againchickens raising ducklings because chaos never restswhy women are NATURAL preppersand why preparedness is about PEACE… not paranoia.This episode is for the overwhelmed women quietly realizing:“Okay… maybe I should have a backup plan.” We talk:✨ food storage without fear✨ feminine preparedness✨ nervous-system survival✨ the collapse of modern convenience culture✨ practical prepping for REAL people✨ why your grandma would absolutely survive the apocalypse✨ and how tiny baby steps create REAL resilience. Because preparedness isn’t about bunkers and tactical nonsense. It’s about protecting your peace.Protecting your family.And refusing to panic while everybody else loses their minds over toilet paper again. 💅 Stay prepared. Stay petty. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎁 FREE PREPPER RESOURCES FOR WOMEN: 🖤 FREE 72-Hour Emergency Kit:72 Hour Prep Kit 🖤 The Blackout Binder:Blackout Binder 🖤 Survival Starter Vault:Survival Starter Vault 🖤 Getting Out Of Your Own Damn Way:Getting Out Of Your Own Damn Way ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🐾 Support the Rescue Work & Sterilization Clinics:JBARS Animal Rescue ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 Follow Mama K & Prepped & Petty:🎙️ Podcast + Blog:Prepped & Petty ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #PreppedAndPetty #WomenWhoPrep #Preparedness #Homesteading #OffGridLiving #PrepperWomen #SelfReliance #FoodStorage #EmergencyPreparedness #MamaK #ModernHomesteading #PreparedNotPanicked

    19 min
  2. My Dad Burned a Whole Country. My Mom Met Chewbacca.

    Apr 25

    My Dad Burned a Whole Country. My Mom Met Chewbacca.

    Meta just laid off 8,000 people. Oil's over $96. The Iran war is dragging into month three. Meanwhile, your girl was on the farmstead watching her seventy-something dad burn leaves like it was a holy mission, plant bamboo posts like he was reseeding the Garden of Eden, and helping build a side garden that nobody asked for. And my mother — my NOT-an-animal-person mother — spent an HOUR on the bed in her room snuggling my cat Chewbacca, who is the world's biggest belly-rub bandit. I have witnesses. I have photos. I have receipts. This is the prep nobody talks about — the people. Beans without people is just beans, babe.

    19 min
  3. Ep 12. The Petty Prepper’s Guide to Hoarding Toilet Paper (Without Losing Your Mind)

    Apr 1

    Ep 12. The Petty Prepper’s Guide to Hoarding Toilet Paper (Without Losing Your Mind)

    Gas prices are climbing. Supply chains are shaky. The world is doing that weird “are we fine or are we absolutely not fine” dance again… …and somehow people are back to fighting over toilet paper like it’s 2020. In this episode, Mama K breaks down why panic buying keeps happening, why it’s NOT prepping (not even close), and how scarcity mindset turns normal humans into Costco gladiators. We’re talking: Why people panic even when there isn’t a real shortageHow one viral video can empty an entire city’s shelvesThe psychology behind “grab it before it’s gone” chaosAnd how to actually prep like a calm, rational adultBecause here’s the truth nobody wants to admit:Most shortages are created by panic… not reality. And if you don’t want to be the one crying in aisle 7 over Charmin, it’s time to get your act together. ✨ In this episode, you’ll learn how to:✔ Build a stash without blowing your budget✔ Stop reacting and start preparing✔ Think like a prepper instead of a hoarder✔ Stay calm while everyone else loses their mind 🎯 Grab your FREE 72-Hour Emergency Checklist →https://sustainablepreppers.com/freebie 📘 Want your backup brain for blackouts?The Blackout Binder is waiting for you. 💬 Share this episode with someone who panic-bought in 2020…You know exactly who. Stay prepped. Stay petty.And seriously… stop fighting over toilet paper

    15 min
  4. Ep.11 Dear Government: Thanks for Nothing | A Viral Letter Every Canadian Needs to Hear

    Mar 28

    Ep.11 Dear Government: Thanks for Nothing | A Viral Letter Every Canadian Needs to Hear

    A brutally sarcastic thank-you letter to Canadian PM Mark Carney is going viral — and it reads like a stand-up set written by someone who just spent $97 on milk and bread. Mama K reads the whole thing out loud, completely loses it, and then breaks down why every single line is actually a prepper's wake-up call. Nine-dollar eggs? $3,000 studio apartments? "Financial gymnastics just to exist"? Yeah. We're talking about ALL of it. And then we're talking about what you can actually DO about it — because complaining is fun but preparing is survival. This isn't just a Canada problem. If your government has ever promised to fix something and then made it worse? This one's for you. 🔗 Free 72-Hour Survival Starter Kit — 🔗 The Blackout Binder ($17) — 🔗 The Survival Starter Vault ($27) —📲 Follow @preppedandpetty everywhere https://preppedandpetty.com/

    17 min
  5. Ep 10 - AI Took Your Job. Here’s What Comes Next.

    Mar 25

    Ep 10 - AI Took Your Job. Here’s What Comes Next.

    AI is not coming for jobs. It already has them. In this episode of Prepped & Petty, Mama K breaks down what’s actually happening with AI, layoffs, and the quiet shift nobody wants to admit is already here. Writers. Designers. Customer service. Even coding. Gone… or going. But this isn’t a doom spiral episode. Because the people who make it through disruption aren’t the ones who panic…they’re the ones who prepared. Inside this episode: Who is actually losing jobs right now (and why)The pattern most people are missingWhy “secure income” might be a mythThe surprising jobs that are survivingHow a homestead mindset becomes a financial strategySimple, real-world steps you can start this weekNo fear tactics.No tech worship.Just calm, capable, slightly petty preparedness. Because at the end of the day… The person with food, skills, and community?Sleeps just fine. Grab your FREE 72-Hour Emergency Checklist →👉 SustainablePreppers.com Want the full system?Check out The Survival Starter Vault →👉 SustainablePreppers.com/vault

    11 min
  6. Ep 9 -The Prepper Blind Spot No One Talks About (And Why It Matters)

    Mar 23

    Ep 9 -The Prepper Blind Spot No One Talks About (And Why It Matters)

    Your bug-out bag won’t save you if your community falls apart. Let’s talk about the prep nobody wants to admit. Community is the prep. Period. In this episode, Mama K takes you inside one of the most intense, heart-expanding weeks of her year — a mass sterilization clinic helping hundreds of dogs and cats in a small coastal town in Mexico. We’re talking: 🐾 Real vets, real surgeries, real impact 🌮 Community showing up (and feeding everyone like heroes) 🔥 And one uncomfortable truth most preppers avoid Because here’s the deal… Most people in the preparedness world are focused on survival — their food, their gear, their exit plan. But history says something very different: The people who actually make it through hard times… have community. This episode breaks down: The prepper blind spot nobody wants to admitWhy animal welfare is actually a preparedness issueThe real reason “lone wolf prepping” failsHow helping the voiceless builds stronger, more resilient communitiesAnd why your emergency plan better include your animals (seriously)Plus: Adopt, don’t shop — and yes, Mama K is calling you out (with love… mostly). If you’ve ever thought prepping was just about stockpiling supplies, this episode might change how you see everything. 💥 Because prepping isn’t just about surviving. It’s about being someone your community can count on. 🎯 Want to help support the sterilization clinics? Check the link in bio / show notes to donate or share. 🎙️ Prepped & Petty — where preparedness meets real life, real talk, and a little bit of sass.

    10 min
  7. Ep 8. Rumours of War, Tinfoil Hats & Backyard Chickens

    Mar 7

    Ep 8. Rumours of War, Tinfoil Hats & Backyard Chickens

    🎙️ PREPPED & PETTY — Episode 8"Rumours of War, Tinfoil Hats & Backyard Chickens" The world is giving off a vibe right now. And the vibe is NOT chill. Wars. Rumors of wars. Biblical prophecy trending harder than a Taylor Swift album. Days of darkness warnings flooding every corner of the internet. Economic chaos that nobody can explain with a straight face. Is this prophecy? Is it politics? Or is it just the universe's very loud reminder that prepared people sleep better? In Episode 8, Mama K connects the ancient dots — scripture, geopolitical chaos, grid failures, solar flares, and full tinfoil hat energy — to the one conclusion that has never, ever changed: Prepare your home.Grow your food.Build your resilience.Don't depend on systems you don't control.Because here's what blows my mind: the ancient prophets and the modern preppers were writing the exact same memo. And whether you believe biblical prophecy is actively unfolding right now OR you just believe governments are deeply, impressively incompetent — the answer is identical. No fear. No bunker obsession. No freeze-dried meals as a personality trait. Just calm, capable, slightly sassy readiness. Practical steps. Real talk from a woman actually living this on a one-acre homestead on the coast of Mexico — with chickens, a garden, water storage, and zero apologies. Whether we're in the last days or just the latest episode of humanity being dramatically, spectacularly human — the people with eggs are going to be very popular. Just saying. 🐔 Grab the FREE 72-Hour Emergency Checklist → SustainablePreppers.com📦 Ready to go deeper? Check out The Survival Vault — the full preparedness system for normal people with normal lives who just want to be READY. Stay calm. Stay capable. Keep that tinfoil hat polished.

    14 min
  8. Ep 7- Water Is the New Oil and You're Not Ready

    Mar 3

    Ep 7- Water Is the New Oil and You're Not Ready

    Water Is the New Oil and You're Not Ready Bill Gates bought the farmland. BlackRock called water their top investment. Michael Burry bet his entire fortune on it. And I'm over here on my one-acre homestead in Mexico getting my water delivered by truck. I am telling you — I am the sane one in this story. In this episode Mama K breaks down exactly who is buying up the world's water supply, why it matters more than anyone is talking about, and what you can actually DO about it — whether you live in an apartment or on 10 acres. We're covering: → The billionaires quietly cornering global water rights (and the numbers are unhinged) → My real, unfiltered water situation on the homestead right now → 4 DIY water systems I'm personally building — atmospheric water generators, rainwater harvesting, passive fog collectors, and the community well I'm funding one affiliate click at a time → Exactly what to do this week no matter where you live This episode comes with a companion digital guide: They're Buying the Water. You're Collecting It From the Sky. — the complete DIY Water Independence Guide covering all 4 systems with step-by-step builds, costs, checklists, and a property audit. Link below. The answer to the commodification of water is not panic. It's a barrel under a downspout and a plan. Stay ready. Stay petty. Stay winning. 🌊🌿 — Mama K ───────────────────────────────────── RESOURCES & AFFILIATE LINKS (Everything mentioned in this episode — when you buy through these links you're co-funding the homestead and the community well project. No extra cost to you. Genuine thanks.) DIY Water Independence Guide (digital product) — Berkey Gravity Water Filter — Santevia Filter Or Search Here Dehumidifier (for DIY atmospheric water generator build) — OR Mercado Libre in Latin America IBC Totes (rainwater storage) — Look locally on Facebook marketplace, Here are other options on Amazon and accessories First Flush Diverter — Rain Barrel / 55-Gallon Food-Grade Barrel — Also look on Facebook Market place locally Shade Cloth Mesh (for fog collector build) — Water Bricks (stackable emergency water storage) — WaterBOB Bathtub Bladder (emergency storage) — Home Water Test Kit — Activated Carbon - Activated Carbon Filter Peltier TEC Module (AWG DIY build) — ─────────────────────────────────────

    23 min
See All (14)

About

I'm Mama K — a single woman over 40 who moved to Mexico with no land, no farm, no clue, and no man. Now I'm building a homestead from zero, raising chickens and ducks, rescuing strays, and figuring it all out in real time. Prepped & Petty covers homesteading, recipes, emergency prep, natural living, and the conversations nobody wants to have out loud. I'm not an expert — I'm learning as I grow and growing as I learn. If you're starting over, starting late, or just starting to question everything — pull up a chair, babe. We're figuring this out together. Prep Smart. Live Ready. Stay Petty.

Information

  • Creator
    Mama K
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mama K
  • Show Website
    Prepped and Petty