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Essential Items For Your Car Emergency Kit (video) Posted:March 16, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Essential Items For Your Car Emergency Kit (video)

What are the top five or six items you should keep in every vehicle?  I shared my recommendations on “Good Morning Arizona” earlier this week.  Here they are, along with a few tips. (If my book [...]

Even “The Today Show” is Paying Attention! Posted:March 09, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Even “The Today Show” is Paying Attention!

It was kind of fun being invited to participate in a story The Today Show was preparing on the topic of preppers and survival.  Naturally, I made sure the house was clean and that the kids [...]

Survival Survey:  What Are Your Plans For Bugging IN? Posted:March 08, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Survey: What Are Your Plans For Bugging IN?

I got a question from one of my readers, Dee, and thought it would make a great Survival Survey. I live on my own in a suburb of a large city and don’t think I’m going [...]

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. [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Car Survival Kit Posted:February 24, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Car Survival Kit

       By  John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template photo by DaLee_pl Years ago, I was fortunate to be able to attend an Arctic Survival Course in Alaska. I was surprised to hear the [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Willow Bark – Nature’s Painkiller Posted:February 18, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Willow Bark – Nature’s Painkiller

       By  John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template photo by aresauburnâ„¢ For centuries, willow bark has been used as treatment for a myriad of ailments.  The bark contains a chemical called salicin that  is similar [...]

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 [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: 3 Gifts from the Pine Tree Posted:January 27, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: 3 Gifts from the Pine Tree

by John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template Photo by Naomi Ibuki Pine trees are beautiful and abundant, while they offer the following three valuable gifts: Pine Needle Tea – green pine needles can make [...]

Survival Survey:  What was your trigger point? Posted:January 17, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Survey: What was your trigger point?

Over on The Survival Mom Facebook page, we’ve had a discussion about the perception of most Americans that this is all one big party that will never end, in spite of warnings that the cops are [...]

Survival Survey: What is the most helpful skill you’ve learned? Posted:January 04, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Survey: What is the most helpful skill you’ve learned?

In the prepper world, skills are just about everything, even surpassing buckets of beans in importance.  As one writer pointed out, what if everyone in your “survival group” is a computer programmer?  Yep, you’re pretty much [...]