Any homeschooling mom who tells you that homeschooling is a breeze is selling you a bag of goods. After homeschooling two kids from kindergarten through high school, well, let's just say I've earned every gray hair on my head! I've learned that ... Read More
Several years ago I bought the James Wesley Rawles book, How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, and to this day there's one statement he makes in the book that has stuck with me: "Waiting until the eleventh hour to stock up on canned and ... Read More
I don't have a ton of experience with the world of survival and prepping. But what I do have are plenty of badges to attest to the life skills I learned when I was active in scouting, all those years ago. Let me tell you, being a scout gave me a ... Read More
Over the years I've purchased "survival" food from a dozen or so different companies, and believe me, not all companies that sell that type of food are the same. In a couple of instances, the food was so bad that even I, a pretty damn good cook, ... Read More
My first venture into food storage was an expensive one. I didn't know what I was doing, so I stocked up on a lot of food that was typical of our young family's diet back then -- boxes of cereal, granola bars, and cans of ravioli. When a ... Read More
When spring fever hits, it is easy to want to plant everything you can think of in your garden, as soon as you are able to work the soil. If you are a new gardener, it is common to make this same mistake. Planning out your garden by season, as ... Read More
Think fast: What food items always seem to be on the shortlist when you head to the grocery store? Chances are, foods with the shortest shelf life will be on that list, e.g. milk, bread, eggs, produce. Foods that will spoil or rot within a couple of ... Read More
In the early days of the prepping craze, 2009-2014 or so, TEOTWAWKI was on every prepper's mind -- The End Of The World As We Know It. Wherever it originated, it struck a chord with Americans, in particular, who looked at the steep decline of their ... Read More
If you're starting to feel a little bit stir-crazy at home right now, especially if your kids are out of school due to the pandemic, you aren't alone. I can totally relate as someone who has been working from home for more than 2 decades. If you ... Read More
There's nothing like the word "pandemic" or "Ebola" to get people to finally pay attention to preparedness. When you have a well stocked pantry with enough food to last at least a couple of months, stored water and an effective way to purify tap ... Read More
