Archive for ' At Home'

Product Review: Freeze Dried Dog Food Posted:May 05, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Product Review: Freeze Dried Dog Food

When I first received a sample box of Rover’s Reserve Freeze Dried Beef Hearts for Cats and Dogs from my very good friends at Freeze Dry Guy, I was a little skeptical. Would our dogs turn [...]

ACTION STEP: Pay it forward Posted:April 26, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

ACTION STEP: Pay it forward

This Action Step doesn’t have anything to do with the movie, “Pay it Forward”, although doing kind things for people is always a good idea. This Action Step is all about doing something kind for your [...]

Love & Support our National Parks! Nature Valley GIVEAWAY! Posted:April 22, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Love & Support our National Parks! Nature Valley GIVEAWAY!

Contest is now closed.  The winners were Jill and Brea. I strongly believe that camping is one of the most powerful ways to teach kids useful, lifelong skills that will go a long way to prepare [...]

Preserving the Most Precious Memories Posted:April 12, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Preserving the Most Precious Memories

Yesterday I spent more than 4 hours trying to transfer old voicemail messages to my computer.  These messages are as valuable to me as old family photos because they are the recorded voices of my children [...]

How viable are your stored seeds? Posted:March 22, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

How viable are your stored seeds?

A lot of us have seed packets left over from years gone by or we’ve saved seeds from our own gardens.  Have you ever wondered if those seeds are viable anymore?  What is their germination rate?  [...]

Cleaning House TEOTWAWKI Style Posted:March 21, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Cleaning House TEOTWAWKI Style

Guest post by Kimber who blogs at KimbersGlen. If the S ever hits the fan, obviously cleaning house is not going to be your immediate concern,  survival is.  However, for continued comfort and health it is [...]

3 Tips for Getting Started With Food Storage (video) Posted:March 06, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

3 Tips for Getting Started With Food Storage (video)

Marjory Wildcraft is one of my favorite gardening gurus.  You can learn more about her at Grow Your Own Groceries.  Last month I had a chance to meet up with her, and we recorded this video. [...]

Have you thought about pets in your preparedness planning? Posted:February 22, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Have you thought about pets in your preparedness planning?

Guest post by Heather Laurie who blogs at Prudent Pantry. When thinking about preparedness, you think food, structure, transportation, and protection. I bet you don’t think of pets. I would like you to do just that [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: “Don’t make me tell you again!” Posted:February 21, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: “Don’t make me tell you again!”

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It’s tiiiiime!!!! Start those seeds indoors with toilet paper rolls! Posted:February 14, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

It’s tiiiiime!!!! Start those seeds indoors with toilet paper rolls!

I love this idea from the GardenGirl, whose videos you can find on YouTube.  Start saving toilet paper tubes, get some potting soil or use what she uses, coco fibers.  Toilet paper rolls are probably the [...]