If it's springtime, that means that camping season is just days or weeks ahead. Prepper Mom, who writes at A Prepared Mother, submitted a list for my List Contest that I thought was too fun to not post. If you've ever gone long term camping, you'll ... Read More
If you’ve been prepping for any length of time, you undoubtedly have several pounds of wheat berries stored away. You may also have experimented with making your own wonderfully delicious bread. The downside of long-term prepping and bread making ... Read More
With all the talk about food storage and growing our own food, I did a little digging around to find out what some people ate during America's Great Depression of the 1930's. What were the most popular Great Depression meals of that era? ... Read More
Even the most avid gardeners have a bad year! Any number of things can keep you out of the garden in April and May, weather problems, work commitments, family problems . . . we've all been there. But don't give up on your summer vegetable garden just ... Read More
When it comes to worst case scenarios, it's hard to beat the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and many people wonder how to make a Faraday cage to protect their electronic devices. From my book, Survival Mom: I'm not ashamed to say that reading One ... Read More
Over the last two months, on two separate occasions, I had the opportunity to test my 72-hour kit. Yes, these tests were intentional... Testing a 72 Hour Kit...Why? My background is one of preparedness. In the military, we made casualty ... Read More
Not long ago I was feeling pretty good about my food storage and other preps, perhaps even a bit smug, until someone asked, "Are you stocked up on potassium iodide tablets?" "What??" was my incredulous response. After some research, I ... Read More
Knowledge is something that takes time to develop, so we need to start teaching the next generation now. In case, God forbid, our children are left to fend for themselves or we are injured. Even just to make your family more apt to survive, every ... Read More
Last summer in Yuma, Arizona, we had the worst thunder/rain storm I have ever seen. We had winds of over 60 mph and astonishing rain. We got about 2.5 inches of rain in about two hours (our average rainfall for a year is 3 inches). At times the rain ... Read More
This is a guide to common materials that can be used as plant food for your garden. This plant food is organic and will help your garden grow. Fertilizers made with synthetic chemicals have a lot of negative side effects- they mess with the ecosystem ... Read More
