Archive for ' The Basics'

Home Protection: Security Basics Posted:February 11, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

Home Protection: Security Basics

Guest post by Thomas Bryant, a licensed Fire Protection and Security professional, who blogs at Cube 2 Farm Whether you are an urban prepper or are perfecting a homestead, upgrading the locks on your home and making [...]

February Survival Mom of the Month: MilkweedMama! Posted:February 09, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

February Survival Mom of the Month: MilkweedMama!

The winner of the Survival Mom of the Month (February) is Faith, aka MilkweedMama.  Faith has an inspiring story to share as well as some fantastic advice!  Faith wins a copy of Survival Mom, a $25 Amazon [...]

January Survival Mom of the Month: TexasMama! Posted:February 02, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

January Survival Mom of the Month: TexasMama!

Our first winner of the Survival Mom of the Month (January) is Peg, aka TexasMama. One reason her entry was selected as the winner was because of the huge amount of helpful information she included! Peg [...]

Freeze Dry Guy Warehouse Blowout Sale Posted:February 01, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

Freeze Dry Guy Warehouse Blowout Sale

I haven’t tried the Oriental Style Chicken, but my kids love the freeze-dried ice cream! Don't miss these related posts: A Closer Look at Freeze Dried Foods The Week the Freeze Dry Guy Saved My Family [...]

Food storage sizes: the #10 can and the pouch Posted:January 24, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

Food storage sizes: the #10 can and the pouch

I can still remember the very first #10 can I ever bought. It was in 2008 and I was learning how to dehydrate food. My new-to-me dehydrator was just waiting to be used, and I thought [...]

January Skill of the Month: Waxing cheese Posted:January 17, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

January Skill of the Month: Waxing cheese

Guest post by RightWingMom, our Skill of the Month editor. Many of us have been stockpiling Mac & Cheese, Hamburger Helper, boxes of Velveeta, and cans of Campbell’s cheese soup.  If you can afford it, you [...]

Ask The Survival Mom: Re-using glass jars, food storage brands, budget camping gear, and dehydrating dairy and eggs Posted:January 09, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

Ask The Survival Mom: Re-using glass jars, food storage brands, budget camping gear, and dehydrating dairy and eggs

From Stacey:  Hi! I have been following you for several months now and planning, planning, planning. I have done as you suggested and saved 2liter bottles and glass jars for cheaper storage of dry goods, but [...]

The Mountain House Bug Out Bucket: A must-have for any emergency Posted:December 26, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

The Mountain House Bug Out Bucket: A must-have for any emergency

Mountain House foods have consistently ranked at the top of every consumer taste test I’ve read. Two nights ago I fed their Beef Stroganoff with Noodles to my husband for dinner, and he was perfectly happy. [...]

Every nook & cranny: Using empty spaces to maximize your food storage Posted:December 22, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Every nook & cranny: Using empty spaces to maximize your food storage

This creative prepper, a single guy, ladies!, has come up with an ingenious method for packing food and other supplies in a cardboard box, using every extra nook and cranny. He had noticed all the empty [...]

Can a Whole Foods Mom make peace with food storage? Posted:December 16, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Can a Whole Foods Mom make peace with food storage?

From the archives! Sometimes I could throttle my friend Diana.  She is also married to a Paranoid Dad, who is actually further off the paranoia scale than my husband. She talks about stocking up on food [...]