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INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Watch that bleach! Posted:April 29, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Watch that bleach!

Did you know that bleach has a shelf life of only sixteen months?  In fact, it begins losing its’ effectiveness after about half that time.   If you’re storing bleach as a water purifier, be sure to [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: From produce to powder Posted:April 27, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: From produce to powder

What if you could take the tastiest essence of nearly any fruit or vegetable and put it in a handy form you could use in sauces, soups, salad dressings, and even as a mix-in with yogurt [...]

Emergency Exits: Getting to a Safe Place in a Crisis Posted:April 23, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Emergency Exits: Getting to a Safe Place in a Crisis

Do you remember the last time you were in a really awful traffic jam?  Getting stuck in backed up traffic is one of the things I dread most about going downtown to a baseball game.  Now imagine [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: To Do vs. To Buy Posted:April 22, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: To Do vs. To Buy

Every family I know is cutting back on extra spending.  When your goal is preparedness, though, the fact of the matter is that money is required if you’re working on food storage, making trips to the [...]

Make a Garbage Bag Shelter Part of Your Survival Kit Posted:April 22, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Make a Garbage Bag Shelter Part of Your Survival Kit

by Leon Pantenburg, Survival Common Sense I’m not sure how the early settlers along the Oregon Trail or the western frontier  got along without duct tape, WD-40 or trash bags, but life surely would have been easier with [...]

Nuclear Attack: Hunker down and wait… Posted:April 21, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Nuclear Attack: Hunker down and wait…

This article just about made my day, Nuclear blast victims would have to wait.  The White House has warned state and local governments not to expect a “significant federal response” at the scene of a terrorist [...]

Failures are a part of prepping Posted:April 19, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Failures are a part of prepping

Failure is success, if we learn from it.                           -Malcolm S. Forbes   Since I began this blog nearly a year ago, I have certainly learned a lot, and some of that learning has come from [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Freeze, baby, freeze! Posted:April 14, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Freeze, baby, freeze!

Perhaps the only positive thing to come from living in a desert is that insects and humidity aren’t much of an issue with food storage.  Or so I thought.  A few days ago I had a [...]

Ask TheSurvivalMom: How much do I plant? Posted:April 12, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Ask TheSurvivalMom: How much do I plant?

Can you give us some tips on how to figure out how much we need to support our family through the garden? –Herbwifemama Gardening, or farming, is nothing if not a learning experience.  It takes time [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Ingredients vs. Prepared Foods Posted:April 11, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Ingredients vs. Prepared Foods

I’ve been contemplating my 45 jars of Ragu pasta sauce that are sitting on my pantry shelf, wondering how many more jars I want to store.  It all goes back to a recurring nightmare of mine: the [...]