Archive for ' January,2010 '
Emergency Kit + Information = Survival
I thought I had checked out every survival and emergency website out there, but last week I was pleasantly surprised by the discovery of Survival-Goods. The website is not only well organized with a variety of emergency survival kits [...]
Ask TheSurvivalMom: What skills should a prepper learn?
Yesterday, this email popped up in my in-box. I started reading your site along with a few others, and find myself agreeing with much that you and your fellow preppers write about. I was wondering [...]
Check this out! The Stove-Tec Rocket Stove
Erich, over at Tactical Intelligence, has put together a great video demonstrating a small but powerful stove. One of the basic principles of preparedness is thinking in terms of layers and back-ups. A stove like this, [...]
An Everyday Story of Preparedness
One of my readers, Debbie, sent me an email this morning telling me about her own story of preparedness. Debbie has been a reader since this blog launched last June, and she keeps me informed of [...]
TheSurvivalMom in the news, again
Okay, this is getting embarrassing, but if you’ve ever wondered what my food storage looks like, or what my dogs look like, or what I look like, here’s your chance. The Fox News affiliate here in Phoenix [...]
A reader’s question: Food storage for a gluten-free diet
One of my readers, Becky B., asks, Thanks for the great article. I have a question I’ve been really eager to have answered. I have a 10 year old son with autism on a gluten free [...]
Snow Happens, or What Everybody Should Know About Snow Storm Survival
For a few of us in the Sun Belt, winter weather might mean gray skies and colder days, but many of you are digging through snow drifts even as I write! Blogger Tom Martin over at American [...]
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: A Prepper Friend is Priceless
“Are you a prepper?” A good friend of mine asked this question today of a casual acquaintance, someone she had just met. This woman had mentioned raising her own chickens, and nowadays, the only logical follow-up question to [...]
Food Storage Advice from Walton Feed
Sooner or later, the food storage path leads to Walton Feed. This Idaho company is the granddaddy of long-term food storage products and has been in business for 54 years. Their vast array of products are packaged [...]
A Closer Look at Freeze Dried Foods
I first began my food storage with a mother-of-all-shopping-trips to a local grocery store. They were having one of those ten-for-ten sales (10 items for $10), and we did a pretty fair job of stocking up [...]
Why Getting in Shape Should be Part of Your Apocalypse Preparations
Not only should endurance and strength be of concern but if one needs
Why Getting in Shape Should be Part of Your Apocalypse Preparations
I want/need to lose about 35 pounds want to get to or under 200 for my
Why Getting in Shape Should be Part of Your Apocalypse Preparations
I only noticed a handfull of truly obese "characters" on the show. Man
How-to: Storing food in buckets
I've been stockpiling Idahoan potatoes and such, and wonder how to bes
Why Getting in Shape Should be Part of Your Apocalypse Preparations
This article really hits home for me. I started doing some cardio work
