It was Day 3 of the flooding following Hurricane Harvey that I finally told my kids, "Get your emergency kits ready to go by the back door. We may have to leave if the flooding gets any closer." Day by day, hour by hour, floodwaters had crept ... Read More
I've read dozens, and I mean dozens, of lists telling me everything I need to have with me to survive. Usually there are no surprises. This list of 13 survival must-haves has some genius suggestions for items your emergency kit might be ... Read More
This new year, most people are setting goals for health, fitness, money, or organization. However, you may not have thought of adding a resolution about your food storage. Here is a list of 13 Food Storage New Year's resolutions to help you improve ... Read More
Have you ever wondered how your current home location ranks in terms of survive-ability in case of a major catastrophe? When you consider the possibility of The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) how survival-friendly is your location? Did ... Read More
Many different types of parasites can affect us in the aftermath of a man-made or natural disaster. If we have a scenario of a large scale disaster or the grid goes down, we will encounter things, yucky things, that we normally wouldn't, including ... Read More
Men! They can be so hard to buy for. My own husband is possibly the worst. This year I bought him a beautiful menorah and, wouldn't you know, he just happened to open that particular Amazon box -- after I had spent weeks wondering what I should get ... Read More
You love your non-prepper family members, but they think you're nuts. Until you show them your Life Straw or cool Swedish Survival knife, and they say, "Hey, that's a good idea!" With graduation and wedding season around the corner, ... Read More
One of the scarier survival events that preppers need to be concerned about is an attack involving a High-altitude ElectroMagnetic Pulse, also called HEMP. All nuclear weapons create EMP, but when detonated high in the atmosphere, the EMP generated ... Read More
I’m a planner by nature; my gift-giving list is usually complete by the end of October. But when it comes to thoughtful gift-giving, my husband seems a little…how can I say this… last-minute? What I mean is, he doesn’t know how much I love gifts ... Read More
UPDATED 12/9/19 We have an abundance of milk and eggs on our farm due to our milk cow and a flock of laying hens. Production slows down a bit in the winter, but in the summertime, we run two fridges just to keep up with it all! I'm ... Read More
